STARS Monday &#149 Bengie Molina , Giants, homered twice in the fifth inning and had five RBI to lead San Francisco to a 9-4 win over New York. &#149 Brad Penny , Dodgers, struck out a career-high 14 and allowed five hits in seven scoreless innings, and Los Angeles beat Florida, 6-1. &#149 Chris Capuano , Brewers, struck out a season-high nine in eight-plus innings for his fifth win of the year, and Milwaukee defeated Washington, 3-0. &#149 Adrian Beltre , Mariners, hit a tiebreaking homer off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, and Seattle edged the Yankees, 3-2. SPEAKING “Have you seen Roy pitch• I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s 19-1 against anybody. He’s the best in the game, as far as I’m concerned.”– Houston slugger Lance Berkman, on teammate Roy Oswalt improving to 19-1 for his career against Cincinnati. Oswalt gave up two runs in seven innings for his fifth win of the year, and the Astros topped the Reds, 5-4. SEASONS May 9 1901 — Earl Moore of the Cleveland Indians pitched nine hitless innings against the Chicago White Sox before giving up two hits in the 10th to lose, 4-2. 1937 — Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds went 6 for 6 in a 21-10 rout of the Phillies in Philadelphia. 1961 — Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles hit consecutive grand slams in the first and second innings of a 13-5 rout of Minnesota. 1973 — Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hit three home runs off Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton for the second time in his career, in a 9-7 victory. Bench drove in seven runs. 1984 — The Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers played for eight hours and six minutes. After playing 17 innings the previous day, the teams met again before a regularly scheduled game, making the total 34 innings for two days. Harold Baines homered off Chuck Porter with one out in the bottom of the 25th for a 7-6 victory. Tom Seaver won both games for the White Sox. 1987 — Baltimore’s Eddie Murray became the first major leaguer to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games, as the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox, 15-6, at Comiskey Park. 2006 — Tampa Bay prospect Delmon Young was suspended for 50 games without pay by the International League for throwing a bat that hit a replacement umpire in the chest. IL president Randy Mobley said he believed the suspension was the longest in the league’s 123-year history. The suspension is retroactive to April 27, the day after Young tossed his bat in a Triple-A game while playing for Durham. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Brandon Webb 28; Aaron Harang 29; Tony Gwynn 47. — The Associated Press

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