ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Tim Salmon also waited a long time for his World Series moment.

Salmon hit his second homer of the game, a tiebreaking, two-run shot with two outs in the eighth inning that lifted the Anaheim Angels over the San Francisco Giants 11-10 Sunday night, ending a thrilling, back-and-forth game and evening the Series at 1-all.

No active player in the majors had gone longer than Salmon -- 1,388 games -- without reaching the postseason until this year. He made it all worthwhile, connecting off Felix Rodriguez to give the Angels their first-ever World Series win.

Much of the credit belonged to Francisco Rodriguez, too. The 20-year-old rookie sensation pitched three perfect innings and got the victory, making him 5-0 in the postseason.

Barry Bonds homered for the second straight day, launching a solo shot with two outs in the ninth off Angels closer Troy Percival. But the crowd of 44,584 roared as Percival finished it without further damage.

Pacific Bell Park will host the World Series for the first time in Game 3 Tuesday night. Livan Hernandez, 6-0 lifetime in the postseason, starts for the Giants against Ramon Ortiz.

Salmon went 4-for-4 with a walk, driving in four runs and scoring three. As he circled the bases and fireworks exploded overhead after connecting on a 93 fastball, Felix Rodriguez angrily tugged on his cap.

The homer capped the Angels' comeback from a 9-7 deficit. They had led 5-0 after the first inning before homers rallied the Giants.

Bonds, making his first Series appearance in his 17th major league season, went 1-for-2 with three walks. Like everyone else in the San Francisco lineup, he couldn't solve Rodriguez as he grounded out. The rookie pitcher struck out four.

A day after both bullpens pitched 3 1-3 hitless innings, most of the relievers had a lot more trouble getting outs.

The Giants scored four times in the fifth off John Lackey and Ben Weber for a 9-7 lead. Game 1 star J.T. Snow hit a tying, two-run single, then hustled to avoid being forced to give David Bell a go-ahead infield hit with two outs. Shawon Dunston, playing in his first Series game at age 39, added a sharp RBI single.

At that point, the Giants and Anaheim already had outscored one NFL game played earlier in the day. Arizona beat the Dallas Cowboys 9-6 -- in overtime, no less.

Scott Spiezio's sacrifice fly off Chad Zerbe pulled the Angels within a run in the fifth.

The Rally Monkey made its first appearance on the scoreboard in the sixth. And for the second straight night, the Angels promptly scored, with Garret Anderson's single off Aaron Fultz making it 9-all.