The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds failed to homer in his eighth straight game Wednesday night, leaving him one shy of matching the major league mark.

He struck out and was walked twice on four pitches, leaving him one short of the record for consecutive games with a home run - shared by Dale Long (1956), Don Mattingly (1987) and Ken Griffey Jr. (1993).

He was replaced in left field by Dustan Mohr in the eighth.

Bonds' next homer, No. 668, will be the 1,000th for the Bonds family. His late father, Bobby, hit 332 home runs and stole 461 bases in a 14-year career with the Giants, New York Yankees, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Texas, Cleveland, St. Louis and the Cubs.

The next highest father-son total is 636 by Ken Griffey Sr. (152) and Ken Griffey Jr. (484).

Marlins 8, Phillies 7 (12)

PHILADELPHIA - Mike Lowell homered three times and Luis Castillo hit a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning to send Florida to its eighth straight victory over Philadelphia.

Lowell led off the ninth with a tying shot off All-Star closer Billy Wagner, who blew his first save with the Phillies. The Florida third baseman also hit a solo shot off Eric Milton in the second and a two-run drive off Tim Worrell in the seventh, becoming the first player in team history to connect three times in one game.

It was the first three-homer game in the majors this season.

Dodgers 9, Rockies 4

DENVER - Paul Lo Duca drove in three runs, and Adrian Beltre homered and had two RBI to lead Los Angeles.

Lo Duca went 3-for-4. Beltre hit his second homer in two games and Dave Roberts went 3-for-3 with three stolen bases and three runs scored for the Dodgers, who had 13 hits.

Cubs 12, Pirates 1

PITTSBURGH - Corey Patterson had five hits and the Chicago Cubs scored eight runs in the first inning.

Sergio Mitre pitched six shutout innings for his first major league win and the Cubs had another big night on offense. Patterson went 5-for-6 with a first-inning double and an RBI, and Moises Alou and Derrek Lee had three RBI each.

Expos 2, Mets 1

NEW YORK - Livan Hernandez pitched into the eighth inning, center fielder Brad Wilkerson made a key throw and run-deprived Montreal won its second game in a row.

Cardinals 12, Astros 6

HOUSTON - Jim Edmonds hit a grand slam for one of the St. Louis Cardinals' five home runs.

Reggie Sanders hit a three-run homer, Scott Rolen had a two-run shot, and Ray Lankford and Marlon Anderson added solo home runs for the Cardinals, who beat the Astros for only the fourth time in 12 games.

Brewers 10, Diamondbacks 6

MILWAUKEE - Scott Podsednik hit a go-ahead triple that chased Randy Johnson during an eight-run seventh.

Danny Bautista's three-run homer in the top of the seventh put Arizona ahead 4-2. Keith Ginter opened the bottom half with a double and capped the inning with a two-run homer, sending the Diamondbacks to their fourth straight loss.