National Baseball Hall of Fame officials are expecting to receive artifacts from the San Francisco Giants commemorating Barry Bonds' historic 500th home run, which he hit Tuesday night against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.

Bonds became the 17th player in major league history to reach 500 home runs with his latest home run, which landed in McCovey Cove over the right field wall in San Francisco.

The two-run round-tripper came in the bottom of the eighth inning and gave the Giants a 3-2 victory.

"We did speak with the Giants yesterday in anticipation of Bonds hitting his 500th home run," said Hall spokesman Jeff Arnett Wednesday. "We're pretty confident we'll be able to secure something from last night's game. The Giants said they will do everything they can to make sure we have artifacts to add to our collection."

Arnett said an invitation has also been extended to the Hall of Fame to attend a ceremony in San Francisco honoring Bonds' achievement later this summer.

"We will have a presence there as well," Arnett said. "We'll either attend in person or send a video, which is what we did when the Giants honored (2000 Hall of Fame inductee) Orlando Cepeda."

Bonds has a chance to move into 10th place on baseball's all-time home run list this season, and is likely to move rapidly up that list this season, barring injuries.

Next up for Bonds is Eddie Murray (504); Mel Ott (511); Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks (512); Ted Williams and Willie McCovey (521); Jimmie Foxx (534); Mickey Mantle (536) and Mike Schmidt (548). Among active players, Bonds trails only Mark McGwire's 555 home runs.

The Hall of Fame already has four artifacts from Bonds, including a bat he used as a rookie in 1986; the spikes he wore when he hit his 400th home run; and the bat and ball from his 2,000th hit.

Bonds, the son of former major leaguer Bobby Bonds and Hall of Famer Willie Mays' grandson, is a sure-fire first year Hall of Fame inductee when his career ends. Mays (660), Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (755) are the only three to hit more than 600 home runs.