Bonds on fire

Bonds. Again. Bonds has now homered in his last five games. Bonds has seven homers in those five games and 29 on the season. Sure, Arkansas lost 5-1 to Vancouver, but has anyone been on such a tear in recent memory? All eyes will be on Barry over the weekend. By the way, Chris Carpenter, who won the game for Vancouver is now 4-2 since being traded from South Boston. The ERA is a bit higher than they'd like at 4.50, but he has been effective recently and more importantly, Carpenter is giving the Fist a lot of innings, giving the struggling bullpen much needed rest.

Philadelphia rallied to beat Hoboken yesterday after being down 5-3 in the ninth. Scott Rolen lined a double off Juan Rincon that scored two runs and gave the Animals the 6-5 lead. Francisco Rodriguez secured the ninth for his 19th save of the season.

Remember when Brett Myers couldn't buy a win...or a quality start for that matter? He's looked like a completely different pitcher lately. With the monkey now off his back, Myers looked excellent against Sardine City on Thursday, holding the Straphangers to only one run on seven hits in eight innings for his second victory of the year. He's still not getting any run support, but at least things are starting to fall his way. His ERA is now down to 6.96.

Making an emergency start for injured Gil Meche, Brad Hennessey looked very solid against Honolulu. Hennessey pitched eight innings and allowed only two runs on seven hits. Hennessey had spent the earlier part of the season in relief for the Mighty Men.

Josh Willingham's 5 RBIs propelled the Hired Hitmen to a 9-6 victory over South Boston. Willingham hit two homers in the game - his 8th and 9th of the season. Hillsborough has now won four in a row and is only three games under .500. With the streak, the Hitmen are now back in the playoff picture, only four games back of Vancouver.