SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds had the perfect stage. Only one thing was missing last night: the home run he needed to break Hank Aaron's record.

No. 756 had to wait for at least another day.

Back home two days after matching the Hammer's mark, Bonds was held in check by a 22-year-old rookie making just his third major league appearance.

Bonds went 0 for 3 with a walk and came out of the game against Washington after seven innings. The San Francisco Giants beat Washington 3-2 in 11 innings.

Bonds' Hall of Fame godfather, Willie Mays, was in the house. So was his oldest daughter, Shikari, after she returned from a trip to Sweden, along with his 8-year-old daughter, Aisha, who had "Pitch 2 Dad!" written in black marker on her right cheek.

Not to mention 43,000 others who dearly wanted to witness history.

But Bonds never came close. He walked down the dugout steps and disappeared with his batboy son, 17-year-old Nikolai, by his side after striking out against John Lannan in his final try.

So sit tight, San Francisco.

"We're going to see something that's never been done," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "It's intense. It's anticipation. Everybody's watching every pitch. You see the flashes going off. Only Barry knows what he's going through. I can only imagine."

Bonds gets to try again today against Mike Bacsik. Bonds is 0 for 2 with a walk against the left-hander, who certainly will be looking to follow the success of fellow lefty Lannan — who avoided becoming the 446th different pitcher to surrender one of Bonds' home runs.

"He went after him," Bochy said of Lannan. "There's probably a lot of pressure on the pitcher, too. All eyes are on him. I give him credit."