LOS ANGELES - Already bothered by a sore knee, Barry Bonds has bone chips in his swollen left elbow. He said he plans to continue playing with the problem until it forces him out.

Bonds was 0-for-2 with two walks, one intentional, in San Francisco’s 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night in a game delayed nearly two hours by rain. Ray Durham’s sacrifice fly scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, helping the Giants win the series opener.

Bonds said the bone chips were discovered in spring training, causing him to miss a week. He told MLB.com before the game that he would continue playing until his arm “blows up.”

Asked after Friday’s game what he meant, Bonds said, “It means I quit. Gone.”

However, he said he’s “not at all” worried about that happening.

“I played with bone chips before. I played with them in my knee with Pittsburgh many years,” he said. “They only hurt when they’re in the way. Once they move out of the way, you’re all right.”

Still without a homer this season, Bonds said his arm was not the cause of his low offensive production.

“I don’t make no excuses,” he said. “It was me.”

In the MLB.com interview, Bonds said he has "10 to 12 bone chips floating" in his left elbow, which he revealed is swollen "almost twice the size" of his other elbow.

"If I have to have a procedure, then I'm done. Finished. That would be it."

Bonds told MLB.com he felt his elbow pop during a spring training batting-practice session at Scottsdale Stadium last month. He underwent an MRI and was examined at the Giants' and Angels' orthopedic specialists.

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The Giants said Bonds was diagnosed with inflammation in the elbow, and Bonds missed about a week of action. On Friday, head trainer Stan Conte told MLB.com that the inflammation was caused by bone chips in the elbow. Conte was able to speak about the injury after getting clearance from Bonds, who controls his own flow of medical information to the media, the trainer said.

"He does have bone chips," Conte said. "We knew that after he took the MRI during spring training. He does have it, and he's going to have intermittent discomfort with that. A lot of players have those ... There's nothing we can do except keep an eye on it."

Conte told MLB.com Bonds probably won't need surgery to remove the bone chips.

Bonds, who will be 42 in July, said it is unlikely he would have that type of surgery during the offseason to play next season.

In the Giants' win, Omar Vizquel led off the ninth with a single, took second on Hong-Chih Kuo’s wild pitch and went to third on an infield groundout by Steve Finley. Vizquel scored on Durham’s deep sacrifice fly to right with one out.

Mark J. Terrill / AP Dodgers fans taunt Giants star Barry Bonds as he takes the field in the first inning Friday. Bonds has yet to homer this season, remaining stuck at 708 — seven away from passing Babe Ruth’s 714 for second on the career list.

Kuo (0-2) gave up one run and one hit in 1 1-3 innings, struck out one and walked two.

San Francisco’s Jamey Wright (2-0) allowed one run and five hits in eight innings, struck out five and walked two. Tim Worrell pitched the ninth for his fourth save of the season.

“I felt sharp,” Wright said. “I knew it was going to be a tough game. I’m just glad we got the game in. I like pitching here. I like the fact it’s a big rivalry and it gives you a little extra adrenaline.”

Randy Winn gave the Giants a 1-0 lead in the fourth with a leadoff homer, his first of the season.

Jeff Kent countered for the Dodgers in the sixth, tying the game on a one-out, two-strike homer — also his first.

A solid outing by Dodgers starter Brad Penny was dashed when he left after six innings because of a bruise on his right arm caused by a comebacker from Finley in the fourth.

“It was pretty stiff and it was getting worse,” said Penny, who doesn’t expect to miss his next start.

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