Bonds belts two; now at 737

Bonds hit his 736th and 737th career homers before being lifted in the fourth inning of the San Francisco Giants? 8-5 win in Pittsburgh. That wasn?t even the best performance of the night in the Keystone State as Lee clubbed three homers in the Astros? 9-6 win at Philadelphia.

Lee hit a solo homer off Brett Myers (0-2) in the second inning, and a grand slam off him in the third. Lee connected again to straightaway center field off Ryan Madson in the ninth for his first three-homer game.

?At the beginning of the season I was trying to do too much,? said Lee, who signed a six-year, $100 million free-agent contract in the offseason. ?Now I?m trying to see the ball more. All of the homers were on fastballs. I was patient enough to wait for fastballs.?

Lee had one homer and six RBIs in the first eight games.

Bonds, hitting .192 with one homer in 26 at-bats previously, hit a two-run shot down the right-field line in the second inning off Zach Duke (1-1) and a deeper solo drive into the right-center stands in the fourth off Shawn Chacon.

After Friday?s game, the 42-year-old Bonds needed 19 homers to break Hank Aaron?s record.