Barry Bonds hits a bases-clearing double to tie Babe Ruth for third on the all-time career list with 1,356 extra-base hits. Bonds also singles in a run for his fourth RBI, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 10 – 2.

Kevin Mench of the Texas Rangers homers in his seventh straight game, moving within one game of the major league record. Dale Long, Don Mattingly and Ken Griffey, Jr. share the major league record with homers in eight straight games. Mench also becomes the first right-handed batter to homer in seven straight games, joining lefties Jim Thome, Mattingly, Long and Griffey.

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hits his 13th home run in April to tie the major league record, matching the mark shared by Ken Griffey, Jr. in 1997 with Seattle and Luis Gonzalez in 2001 with Arizona.

Striking minor league umpires reach a tentative agreement with management on a six-year contract and could be back at work next week if the deal is ratified.