Anaheim, Calif. ? Troy Glaus finally got the big hit that mattered.

With the Anaheim Angels just six outs from elimination in the World Series, Glaus smacked a two-run double in the eighth inning to cap a comeback from a five-run deficit against the San Francisco Giants.

It didn’t go as far as his seven postseason home runs, but the hit was the most satisfying of his life.

The double to the left-center field gap caused Barry Bonds to make his second bobble of the inning and gave Anaheim a stunning 6-5 victory Saturday night that pushed the World Series to a seventh game.

“Baseball is a funny game. Anything can happen,” Glaus said. “Our goal today was to get to Game 7. Now we’re giving ourselves that chance.”

For the 26-year-old third baseman, the postseason had been strangely unfulfilling.

He homered twice in the playoff opener at the New York Yankees. And Anaheim lost.

He homered twice in the World Series opener last weekend. And Anaheim lost.

“It doesn’t matter,” he said then. “We didn’t win tonight. This team, all year long, has been about winning.”

On an Angels team that generally keeps emotions in check, he’s the clubhouse hot head, the one who throws bats when he strikes out, sometimes helmets, too.

He’s not glib and doesn’t seek attention, even though he led the American League with 47 homers in 2000 and had a career-high 111 RBIs this season.

“We’re baseball players, not media guru,” he once said.

After home runs by Scott Spiezio and Darin Erstad brought the Angels within a run, Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson singled. Bonds fumbled Anderson’s blooper down the left-field line, leaving runners at second and third on the error.

Glaus worked the count to 2-1, then sent a deep drive to left-center beyond Bonds’ reach. He couldn’t pick it up cleanly again, and two runs scored to put the Angels ahead.