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Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Tom Glavine had chances to reach milestones Tuesday night and didn’t.

Bonds remained one home run shy of tying Hank Aaron’s record at 755 as he went 0-for-2 and walked twice as the San Francisco Giants visited the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was removed for a pinch runner after reaching on an error by Dodgers shortstop Rafael Furcal in the seventh.

Rodriguez was one homer short of 500 and he didn’t reach it even though the Yankees tied a franchise record with eight home runs in a 16-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

A-Rod, who turned 32 on Friday, is bidding to break Jimmie Foxx’s record (32, 338 days) as the youngest to reach 500.

“I’m sure if you polled everybody in baseball who didn’t see the game and saw eight home runs being hit, they would have guessed that Alex hit two or three of them,” Yankees manager Joe Torre said.

Glavine’s chance at win No. 300 evaporated when the Mets’ bullpen couldn’t hold a lead. Glavine pitched six-plus innings and left with a 2-1 lead over Milwaukee. But his chance at becoming the 23rd member of the 300-win club was ended when Bill Hall doubled down the left-field line off Guillermo Mota to tie the game in the eighth inning. The game went to extra innings.

Rodriguez, who went 0-for-5, at least provided a souvenir when he flipped his bat toward a boy sitting behind the dugout after his final at-bat.

Dodger fans want to snag homer ball

Fans showed up at Dodger Stadium to boo Barry Bonds – and hoping to catch a piece of history.

“I want to be here to see it. It’s history, regardless,” Greg Montoya said Tuesday night in between bites of a Dodger Dog in the all-you-can-eat right field pavilion.

He spoke for a lot of folks when he said, “I came to catch the ball, even though I’m a Dodger fan.”

Montoya and his buddy, Mitch Sgro, were among the few outfield fans who didn’t come clutching gloves.

“We’re big boys. We’re getting that ball,” Montoya said.

Sgro added, “I’ll walk over a little kid.”

No one got a souvenir on this night. Bonds went 0-for-2 with a pair of walks before leaving in the seventh inning of San Francisco’s game against Los Angeles.

Fans who arrived early for batting practice didn’t boo Bonds, who hit six balls into the seats during his five rounds while being closely watched by a herd of media. Young boys scrambled for any balls that landed in the outfield seats.

A helicopter circled over Dodger Stadium during batting practice.

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