SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Willie Randolph thinks Billy Wagner can get most anybody out, even Barry Bonds.
Wagner pitched to Bonds and gave up a tying ninth-inning homer. Chris Woodward then lined a go-ahead double in the 11th and scored on Jose Reyes' single to lift the New York Mets to a 9-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
"He's not the old Bonds, but he can still hit," Wagner said.
Bonds pinch hit and forced extra innings with his 711th homer, a two-run drive. He sent a 99 mph fastball from Wagner into the seats in left-center for his third homer of the year and second in as many games.
"He's still the best in the game to me but I liked our matchup because Billy's one of the best closers in the game," Randolph said.
It was Bonds' fourth career pinch-homer. Wagner became the 418th pitcher to surrender a homer to Bonds -- and blew his second chance save in the process. Bonds hadn't had a pinch-hit homer since Aug. 23, 2001, at Montreal.
"Especially off Billy, it's crazy," Bonds said. "I haven't hit a ball like that off him ever. Ever. ... It was a big boost for us because it tied the game. They came back and beat us. It shows what kind of team they are. We played good against them. Right now, they're probably one of the best teams on the East."
Bonds remained in the game to play left field in the 10th to chants of "Barry! Barry!" and looked like he had a hard time chasing down Woodward's double off Scott Munter (0-1), which scored Ramon Castro. Bonds hit a game-ending flyout in the 11th.
The 41-year-old Bonds is four homers from passing Babe Ruth for second on the career list and 45 away from breaking Hank Aaron's mark of 755.
"I haven't thought about that right now," said Bonds, whose tender right knee was helped by the warmer weather. "I'll think about it later."
Darren Oliver (1-0) got the final out in the 10th and worked the 11th for the win, and the Mets took two of three in the second series of their 10-game trip and opened a five-game lead on the Braves heading into a weekend series at Atlanta.
Pinch-hitter Julio Franco had given the Mets the lead with a two-run single in the eighth and then stole a base with still speedy 47-year-old legs. David Wright's RBI double scored Franco from second.
"I've told you guys I don't believe in age, I don't worry about age," Franco said.
Carlos Delgado splashed a home run into McCovey Cove for his ninth of the season, tying the franchise mark for the month of April that Dave Kingman accomplished in 1976.
While Franco became the oldest player in major league history to hit a home run last Thursday at San Diego -- and he's batting .400 -- he was only the second-oldest to steal a base, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Arlie Latham swiped a bag in 1909 for the New York Giants at age 49.
Moises Alou hit a tying single in the seventh for one of his two RBIs and three hits that also included a run-scoring double, spoiling a gutsy effort by Mets starter Brian Bannister.
Bannister hobbled home with the go-ahead run despite the pain of a strained right hamstring in the sixth that put the rookie pitcher in position for the win following five strong innings on the mound before the injury.
Bannister, who had followed his fourth-inning two-run double with another double, went 2-0 in his first four starts and had the lead again when he hurt himself running the bases.
He began limping as he approached third base on Kaz Matsui's RBI double and somehow made it home before falling to the ground after touching the plate.
Bannister, 2-0 over his first five starts, made it 4-3. He allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings, struck out two and walked one.
Bannister had to be helped off the field and left to a warm applause. He will be reevaluated Thursday.
"I felt it going to second and I slowed down," Bannister said. "I didn't think it was anything but when I got to third and planted, it grabbed. It felt like I was dragging a big weight behind me."
The Giants rejiggered their rotation to get Matt Morris back on the mound three days after he was ejected Sunday at Colorado after only eight pitches for plunking two of the five batters he faced, but he didn't have his best stuff.
Delgado's solo shot gave the Mets homers into the water for the second straight game after Cliff Floyd did it in New York's 4-1 victory Tuesday night. It was the 13th splash-hit homer by a San Francisco opponent. The Giants have done it 40 times -- 31 by Bonds.
Bonds was not in the starting lineup after playing a day after hitting career homer No. 710. After Thursday's off-day, manager Felipe Alou hopes Bonds will play both Friday and Sunday against Arizona -- and possibly Saturday, too.
Notes: Randy Winn ended an 0-for-17 slump with his first-inning single -- batting in the No. 3 hole for the first time this season instead of his regular leadoff spot. He singled again in the third. Winn batted third

NEW YORK (AP)
-- Keith Jackson thinks this is the right time for him to retire. Jackson, widely regarded as the voice of college football, has decided to stop broadcasting games. "I'm finished with play-by-play forever," he told The New York Times, which first reported his retirement. Jackson spent some 40 years calling the action in a folksy, down-to-earth manner that made him one of the most popular play-by-play personalities in the business. "Keith Jackson is a man of great character and a legendary broadcaster. For decades, his unmistakable style defined college football for millions of fans," George Bodenheimer, the president of ESPN and ABC Sports, said in a statement Thursday. "While we hate to say goodbye, we understand his decision and wish him the very best." Jackson also announced he would retire after the 1998 season, but ended up continuing with ABC Sports. He said this time is different. "This is the perfect time," Jackson told the newspaper. "I don't want to get back into the pressure cooker of play-by-play and worry about travel. I don't want to die in a stadium parking lot." Jackson, 77, began calling college football games with ABC in 1966. He also worked NBA, NFL games and the Olympics, but was always best known for college football. An ABC Sports executive said they tried to keep Jackson, but respect his decision.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP)
-- After losing to LSU in the NCAA tournament, Duke freshman Josh McRoberts said he would return to school for his sophomore season. After one month of consideration, McRoberts confirmed yesterday that he would come back for the 2006-2007 season. McRoberts says the chance to continue to improve his game under the guidance of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski factored into his decision. The Blue Devils lost four of their top seven scorers from last year's 32-4 team and would have been in a tough spot without McRoberts. Greg Paulus returns at the point and DeMarcus Nelson on the wing, but without McRoberts, the Blue Devils would have been without experience in the post. With Shelden Williams and former walk-on Patrick Johnson graduating and freshman Eric Boateng deciding to transfer, the other options in the post were fan favorite Jamal Boykin and incoming freshman Brian Zoubek.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Durham Bulls outfielder Delmon Young threw a bat into the chest of the home plate umpire after being called out on strikes in the first inning of Wednesday night's game at Pawtucket.
Young took a third strike on a 1-and-2 pitch. When Young delayed leaving the batter's box, the umpire ejected him. Young then flipped his bat underhand. It sailed end over end and hit the umpire in the chest.
Pawtucket catcher Corky Miller said he didn't hear Young say anything to the umpire. "I heard the umpire say, 'You better get going,'" Miller said.
"It was hard to say what was going through his mind. Guys have emotions. But you try to learn how to control them. I'm sure as the bat left his hands he knew it was a bad decision," Miller said.
Young left during the game and wasn't available for comment afterward. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who selected Young with the first overall pick in the 2003 First-Year Player Draft, said they would have no comment until they review the situation.
Replacement umpires have been working all minor league games this season because the regular umpires are on strike. Bill Wanless, a spokesman for the Pawtucket Red Sox, said minor league teams are not releasing the names of umpires while the regulars are on strike.
"It's an unfortunate incident and there should be no place for actions like that in the game of baseball," the umpire said in a statement released by Pawtucket. "Any official should not be treated like that. He embarrassed himself and his teammates."
Young, 20, is the younger brother of Detroit Tigers outfielder Dmitri Young. He was voted the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' minor league player of the year last season and the 2005 minor league player of the year by Baseball America.
"It was unfortunate and until I speak with the organization and see what they have in mind, maybe I can comment on it later," Durham manager John Tamargo said. "It's a tough situation right now.
"I haven't spoken with [Young] and haven't gotten his side of it. We've had some problems with different umpires and it's tough. But I can't say any more."
According to International League policy, the umpire will file a report with president Randy Mobley on Thursday. Mobley will read it, interview parties involved in the incident and decide what penalty should be assessed.

MILWAUKEE (AP)
-- The Green Bay Packers made their first major splash in the free-agent market this offseason, agreeing to terms with defensive back Charles Woodson on Wednesday.
Woodson's agent, Kevin Poston, said the Packers agreed to a seven-year deal for $52.7 million, including $10.5 million in the first year of the contract.
Packers general manager Ted Thompson declined comment.
Woodson's signing comes a day after Brett Favre told the team he would return to play the 2006 season. Favre previously urged the team to make a "statement" in free agency, similar to the signing of Reggie White in 1993.
The team lost out on its pursuit of kicker Adam Vinatieri and linebacker LaVar Arrington before finally landing Woodson.
Woodson, a four-time Pro Bowler, has played eight seasons for the Oakland Raiders, intercepting 17 passes in 106 games.
Woodson hasn't played a full season since 2001, and broke his right leg Oct. 23 against Buffalo. The Raiders declined to use their franchise tag on Woodson in February, making him an unrestricted free agent.
He won the Heisman Trophy at Michigan and was the fourth overall pick in the 1998 draft.
The Packers also announced signing free-agent defensive tackle Kenderick Allen, who played in 14 games last season for the New York Giants, recording 21 tackles, two sacks and two fumble recoveries.

PHOENIX (AP) -- Just enough Kobe Bryant and a load of Lamar Odom have the Los Angeles Lakers even with the Phoenix Suns two games into the playoffs.
Bryant had 29 points and 10 rebounds, Odom scored 21 and the Lakers held off a late rally to beat the cold-shooting Suns 99-93 Wednesday night and square the best-of-seven series 1-1.
Game 3 is Friday night in Los Angeles.
Steve Nash had 29 points and Raja Bell 23 for the Suns, who shot 43 percent -- 34 percent in the first half.
Los Angeles led by as many as 17 points late in the second quarter and early in the third after Phoenix went nearly 7� minutes without a point.
"We've really struggled to be ourselves regardless of how they play us," Nash said. "We've got a little bit of I don't know if it's playoff anxiety or what. We really just need to get back to being ourselves."
The Suns excel at high speeds, and they were tentative and out-of-kilter, clanking shot after shot off the rim in the first half.
"For whatever reason, it looks like it's almost a weight on our shoulders or whatever," Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We just need to get out there and run. We've got to bust through some barriers there for whatever reason."
Bryant's emphatic stuff with 3:13 left put the Lakers ahead 92-83. Nash was called for a foul on the play, but Bryant missed the free throw.
Bell scored six in a row, the last a 20-footer at the shot clock buzzer to cut the lead to 92-89 with 1:51 to play. But he missed a 3-pointer that would have tied it. Smush Parker scored inside and Luke Walton sank two free throws to put Los Angeles ahead 96-89 with 34.5 seconds to go.
"There were some dramatic plays down the stretch, and I thought our composure was not what I like," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. "But we were able to sustain the effort and get a couple of terrific plays -- one from Smush and one from Kobe. I thought defensively it was our night, and that was the best thing about it."
Bryant finished 12-for-24 shooting after going 7-for-21 in Game 1.
"He stayed very well inside of what we're trying to do," Jackson said.
Odom shot 9-for-12, 3-for-5 from 3-point range.
"Lamar is a dangerous player," Bryant said. "There are not too many like him in the league. As a matter of fact, he's probably the only one in the league that size who can handle the ball, post you up and shoot the 3."
Phoenix went 7:22 without scoring while the Lakers reeled off 19 points to open a 38-22 lead on Jim Jackson's 20-footer with 6:17 left in the half.
The Suns went without a point from the 1:30 mark of the first quarter to 6:08 left in the second as they struggled from the perimeter.
While Nash was shooting 4-of-5 and scoring 15 points, the rest of the Suns were 2-for-20 before Bell rattled in a 20-footer cut the lead to 38-24.
With 3:02 left in the half, Bryant went to the bench with three fouls, two of them on offensive fouls drawn by Bell. The Suns cut it to 45-36 on Bell's' 3-pointer 2:16 before the break.
But Odom sank a 3-pointer, Kwame Brown converted a three-point play and Parker made two free throws after a flagrant foul against Brian Grant with 45 seconds to go to put Los Angeles up 53-36.
Bell's steal and layup at the buzzer made it 53-38 at the half.
The Lakers shot 58 percent in the first half, including 5-of-6 by Odom.
After Bryant's 20-footer to start the second half, Phoenix finally mounted a run, outscoring the Lakers 20-6 to cut it to 61-58 on Tim Thomas' 3-pointer with 5:25 left in the third. But Los Angeles scored the next six, four by Bryant, to boost the lead to 67-58.
Phoenix scored six straight, including two free throws apiece by James Jones and Shawn Marion, to cut the lead to 72-67, then Bryant's driving bank shot just before the buzzer put the Lakers up 74-67 entering the fourth.
Notes: Other than Nash and Bell, the Suns were 4-for-21 in the first half. The front line of Marion, Boris Diaw and Thomas was a combined 3-for-15. ... The Suns never have held a 2-0 lead in a playoff series against the Lakers in 10 tries. ... Los Angeles beat Phoenix for the first time in nine games when the Suns had Nash in the lineup. ... The Lakers' reserves outscored their Suns counterparts 21-4. ... Phoenix was 18-for-18 at the foul line and is 50-for-53 in the series.

REUNION, Fla. (AP) -- Kelly Jo Dowd didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she did a little of both. With one swing of her 13-year-old daughter's driver, a mother's dream came true.
Dakoda Dowd opened play Thursday with a birdie in the LPGA Ginn Open, doing so while her terminally ill mother looked on, surrounded by friends and family. Wearing a pink shirt and black skirt, the teen teed off at 9:32 a.m., her first ball sailing down the left-center of the fairway.
Kelly Jo Dowd is fighting cancer for the second time in four years. She was given a clean bill of health after doctors believed she beat breast cancer, but she learned last year that she has terminal bone and liver cancer -- and, conceivably, only months to live.
"This is one of the best weeks of my life," Kelly Jo said Thursday before heading to the course. "It's such a warm feeling. It's almost like I'm walking and it's not really happening. I feel like a kid at Christmastime."
When Ginn officials learned Kelly Jo's wish was to see her daughter, who has won dozens of amateur tournaments, play against the LPGA's best, they made it possible with an exemption into the field.
Dakoda received a sponsor's exemption to play in the event near Orlando. Playing with pros Kate Golden and Tracy Hanson -- both at least 21 years older than the phenom -- she started on the 532-yard, par-5 10th hole. She arrived at the driving range 90 minutes earlier, clearly relaxed. After one wedge sailed long of her target, she playfully punched a cameraman standing nearby.
She chewed on her right thumbnail for a few minutes before teeing off, then hugged her mother and leaned her head back in relief that the wait was, at long last, over.
"I'm excited," Dakoda said after walking off the practice green and signing a few autographs before teeing off. "I feel like I'm going to Busch Gardens."
The Tampa amusement park is one of her favorite places. And she doesn't mind the spotlight, either.
"This has all been great," Dakoda said.
Through the attention generated here, the Dowd family hopes to raise cancer awareness and encourage women to be diligent in getting checked -- something Kelly Jo acknowledges that she did not do, instead waiting nearly a year before getting the breast lump that turned out to be cancerous examined by doctors.
Kelly Jo said countless strangers have approached her in the past few weeks, offering kind words and encouragement.
"I want to live as long as I can anyway," Kelly Jo said while Dakoda warmed up a quarter-mile away. "And now, after all these people and what they've done for me, I want to live harder and longer. God wants me here."
Virtually all of the top women's players -- sans Michelle Wie, who declined an invitation -- are at the Ginn and playing for $2.5 million, $375,000 going to the winner.
Even with the likes of Annika Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel -- some of the game's most popular players -- in the field, some simply came to see Dowd. Cameras have followed her all week, and they were around her again Thursday.
She expected the intense attention.
"Once I step on the golf course, I'm totally focused on, 'OK, I want to do well,"' Dowd said Wednesday. "So hopefully I can try to focus."
Her game and concentration have both drawn high marks from the pros.
Dowd played in a practice round this week with Creamer and Sorenstam, and both emerged convinced of her potential.
"I don't know how she does it," Creamer said. "That's pretty remarkable. ... She's such a good kid. She's fearless on the golf course, she just steps up and hits it and hits it again. I couldn't even imagine what that whole family is going through."
Pressel understands that, on a number of levels.
Not only does she know what it's like to be the kid among golf grown-ups -- the 17-year-old has earned $101,354 in five starts so far this season -- but Pressel lost her mother to breast cancer in September 2003.
"It doesn't matter what she shoots at all," Pressel said. "You know, she's here to have fun and that's all that it should be."

MILWAUKEE (AP)
-- Brett Favre certainly isn't the first star quarterback to have a difficult time deciding when the time is right to step aside.
Johnny Unitas and Joe Namath are considered prime examples of NFL legends who held on too long. And Favre's fellow Green Bay Packers icon, Bart Starr, includes himself on that list.
"In hindsight, I should have done it sooner," Starr said of his retirement from the Packers in 1971. "But I have no regrets."
Starr said he kept playing through chronic injuries out of loyalty to new coach Phil Bengtson, who was put in the impossible position of replacing Vince Lombardi.
The sentiment was nice, but the results weren't.
"My performance went downhill," Starr said from his office in Birmingham, Ala.
But Starr isn't drawing a comparison between the way his career ended and Favre's decision to return to the Packers next season, announced by the team Wednesday morning.
Favre is expected to participate in the Packers' first minicamp beginning May 5, general manager Ted Thompson said.
Starr doesn't think Favre, who turns 37 Oct. 10, is making a mistake.
"He's got as many good years left as he wants to," said Starr, who won five NFL championships and two Super Bowls with the Packers.
Favre threw a career-worst 29 interceptions last season, causing some to wonder if his skills were beginning to erode. But Starr said fans shouldn't read too much into the way Favre played last season as the Packers were beset by injuries and free-agent losses.
"Last year, no disrespect to anyone, he just didn't have a team around him," Starr said.
That's perhaps the most confusing part of Favre's decision to return. As he waffled on his football future this offseason, he all but demanded that general manager Ted Thompson improve the team by making a splash in free agency.
But beyond retaining their own key free agents, including running back Ahman Green and defensive end Aaron Kampman, and adding a few role players, the Packers generally had not been active in free agency.
That changed Wednesday night, when the team agreed to terms with defensive back Charles Woodson. But one free agent signing isn't going to turn around a 4-12 team.
So why did Favre come back?
"This is a decision that he and his family have to make," Starr said. "Outsiders can't understand everything that goes into it."
Favre began waffling on his future toward the end of last season, kicking off retirement speculation that is becoming a winter ritual in Wisconsin.
But the so-called "Favre Watch" grew to epic proportions in 2006 as Favre took nearly four months to make a final decision. Team officials were careful not to put public pressure on Favre, but the process wore on fans and the media.
"I've read in the media that people were frustrated with the length of time it took Brett to come to this decision," said former Packers coach Mike Sherman, now an assistant with the Houston Texans. "Last I checked, he hasn't missed any preseason practices or games yet in the 2006 season."
Sherman applauded Favre for his deliberate decision making.
"I'm sure his intent was to validate to himself that by coming back he was doing the right thing for himself, his family, the Packers and the fans," Sherman said in comments distributed by the Texans. "I'm sure he wanted to make with total certainty a commitment to the team physically, mentally, and emotionally. How can you question that process?"
Packers president and CEO Bob Harlan watched the Favre saga unfold on television with everybody else, but as the process dragged on, Harlan said he grew more confident Favre would return.
"Every time I would see him in his television interviews, it just looked to me like he had that desire to play," Harlan said.
"I think he's looking forward to it, and I think he's going to be ready."
Sherman said he spoke to Favre recently and came away convinced he still was committed to playing football.
"He put his heart and soul into this decision," Sherman said. "He wouldn't have decided to come back if he wasn't totally confident in his commitment and his future contribution to the Packers."
It is not immediately clear if Favre's commitment runs beyond this season, although he said in a newspaper interview last month he wouldn't consider playing beyond 2006.
"If I do play this year, it will be my last," Favre told the Biloxi Sun Herald. "There's no doubt about that."
Thompson said he and Favre did not discuss his plans beyond next season.
"We just got past this hurdle," Thompson said.
The message: Fans should enjoy it while they can.
Starr expects them to do just that.
"For someone who has displayed that kind of leadership, enthusiasm, guts and grit, so to speak, I would think that every single one of them is ecstatic," Starr said. "I'm sure they were high-fivin