Bonds becomes new home-run king with 756th blast

By Adam Tanner

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barry Bonds hit the 756th home run of his career to set a new Major League record on Tuesday, sparking wild celebrations among his hometown fans and a mixed reaction elsewhere in the wake of past steroid allegations.

In belting his landmark homer against the Washington Nationals, the controversial 43-year-old San Francisco Giants slugger eclipsed the mark held by Hank Aaron for the past 33 years.

The home-run record is considered one of the most prestigious achievements in America's national pastime.

Bonds, a seven-time Most Valuable Player in his 22nd Major League season, completed the feat off Nationals starting pitcher Mike Bacsik in the fifth inning to put the Giants 5-4 ahead.

Bacsik became the 446th different pitcher to surrender a homer to Bonds. The slugger's 435-foot, right-field shot was his 22nd home run of the 2007 season.

Bonds had set the foundations for the home run with two productive at-bats earlier in the game.

In the second-inning Bonds doubled to deep centre right field and scored the game's first run on a single by Benjie Molina. In the third, Bonds singled and scored on a home run by Molina.

After bashing his way into sporting history, the game was delayed for 10 minutes to celebrate the achievement.  Continued...

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