MONTREAL (AP) -- Orlando Hernandez got plenty of run support from his New York Yankees teammates to overcome his one bad pitch.

Hernandez allowed four hits in eight innings and the Yankees stole a season-high five bases Wednesday night in a 7-2 victory over the Montreal Expos.

	Orlando Hernandez allowed a two-run homer to Vladimir Guerrero in the first inning, but it was his only mistake in the Yankees' 7-2 win.

It was one of the few pitches Hernandez didn't put where he wanted.

"I wish I could have taken it back," Hernandez said through an interpreter. "Guerrero doesn't forgive any mistakes."

Hernandez struck out five and walked two before Allen Watson finished with a perfect ninth.

"Obviously, when they get a two-run homer in the first inning, a lot of pitchers could all of a sudden blow up," Yankees right fielder Paul O'Neill said. "But he bounced back and we scored some runs for him. When he gets a lead, he's a great pitcher and it's fun to play behind him."

Bernie Williams went 2-for-5, including a two-run single in the fifth off Carl Pavano (6-3) that put New York ahead 4-2. Williams also had two of the five steals off Charlie O'Brien.

Pavano blamed himself, not his veteran catcher, for the Yankees' success on the basepaths.

"They were stealing on me," Pavano said. "I was awfully slow to the plate. I know that all those stolen bases were my fault. I should have been a little quicker to the plate."

Jorge Posada hit a two-run homer off Mike Johnson in the six-run fifth that helped the Yankees improve to 4-2 on the road in interleague play.

"I think we were very patient with their pitchers," Posada said. "We got deep in the counts, we had good swings and good at-bats, and it paid off."

Ricky Ledee, who went 2-for-4 with a steal, had an RBI single in the third that pulled the Yankees to 2-1.

Ledee reached in the fifth when shortstop Geoff Blum threw away his grounder for an error, took third on Derek Jeter's single and scored the tying run on O'Neill's single.

After Williams' go-ahead hit, Tino Martinez then hit his career-best fourth triple to make it 5-2 and chase Pavano.

"I don't try to hit triples, they happen just like that," Martinez said. "The ball goes off the wall, bounces away from the outfielders, and I have a chance for it."

Pavano, allowed six runs -- five earned -- and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings, his shortest outing of the season.

Montreal's Jose Vidro, who returned to the lineup after missing the last four games, hit a leadoff single in the sixth and two-out single in the eighth.

Game notes
Hernandez has allowed a staff-high 16 homers. ... Martinez had three triples for Seattle in 1995. ... The Yankees' bullpen has a major league-best 2.69 ERA and has allowed just five homers. New York relievers are 12-3. ... Yankees 2B Chuck Knoblauch missed his third straight start and might be placed on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained left forearm. ... New York is 31-24 in interleague play. ... The Expos have four players with 40 or more RBIs. Guerrero leads the team with 51, followed by Lee Stevens (45), Rondell White (41), and Vidro (40). Montreal has never had more than one player drive in 100 runs or more in the same season.