Bonds closes on legends

Bonds has hit 19 home runs already this year

Sunday's Major League Baseball results

The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds is inching ever closer to baseball's big three home run heroes - Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays.

Bonds hit his 586th home run in a 9-2 win over the Colorado Rockies, drawing him level with Frank Robinson on the all-time home run list.

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Aaron tops the list with 755 career homers, followed by Ruth with 714 and Mays, Bonds' godfather who also played for the Giants, with 660.

Bonds began the season in seventh spot with 567 homers.

He passed Harmon Killebrew (573) and the recently-retired Mark McGwire (583) earlier in the season.

He now has 19 for the year, tying him with rival Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs for the league lead.

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Sunday's MLB results:

American League:
Cleveland 4-3 Chicago White Sox
NY Yankees 1-7 Boston
Tampa Bay 2-4 Oakland
Baltimore 8-11 Seattle
Detroit 6-7 Toronto
Minnesota 4-5 Anaheim
Texas 8-6 Kansas

National League:
Cincinnati 5-1 Atlanta
Philadelphia 18-3 Montreal
St Louis 2-5 Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs 4-2 Houston
Florida 7-3 NY Mets
Los Angeles 6-3 Arizona
San Diego 3-4 Milwaukee
San Francisco 9-2 Colorado