Bonds hit an RBI single and scored a run, and Bengie Molina drove in two runs to lead the Giants to a 6-5 win over the San Diego Padres tonight. It was the second win this season for the Giants, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

The season-high six runs matched the Giants' total output in their four consecutive losses.

Right-hander Matt Morris has both of San Francisco's wins after beating the Padres for the second time in six days.

San Diego's Clay Hensley, who lost both of those games to Morris, allowed all six runs, four of them earned. San Diego's bullpen pitched 4 2-3 scoreless innings to extend its season-opening streak to 25 1-3 innings without allowing a run.

Adrian Gonzalez hit his second home run of the game with two outs in the ninth to pull the Padres within 6-5, but Armando Benitez recovered, earning his second save in as many chances by inducing Khalil Greene to fly to center field to end the game.

Manager Bruce Bochy, who has two wins in five games against his former team, said he'd been thinking about the lineup switch for a few days to try to jump-start the offense. Bonds began the season in the No. 3 spot in part because Bochy liked the idea of the slugger having a first-inning plate appearance.

Bonds was 1-for-2 with two walks, one intentional.

In scoring their first two runs, though, the Giants benefited more from Padres lapses than Bonds' return to the No. 4 spot.

San Francisco scored two unearned in the second inning thanks to second baseman Marcus Giles' error on Bonds' leadoff grounder. Giles, who was playing several feet farther to his left than normal and well back on the outfield grass as part of the "Bonds shift," bobbled the ball and his throw to first was late.

Center fielder Mike Cameron then lost Ray Durham's ball in the lights and it fell in for a double. Molina singled in Bonds and Durham took third. Hensley somehow lost track of Durham because after he fielded Randy Winn's comebacker, he looked at second before throwing to first, allowing Durham to score for a 2-0 lead.

Molina had an RBI grounder in the fourth. Morris hit a leadoff single and scored in the fifth, when the Giants took a 6-0 lead. With Morris on third and former Padres outfielder Dave Roberts on second with one out, Rich Aurilia and Bonds hit consecutive RBI singles to chase Hensley. Mike Thompson came on and allowed Durham's sacrifice fly.

Morris allowed two runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings, struck out three and walked four. Hensley (0-2) struck out four and walked two in 4 1-3 innings.