The Montreal pitcher has seven games left from a carryover suspension.

He socked a pair of home runs against Montreal pitchers on Saturday and connected against two Expos rookies today.

Perez was helped by Tim Burke, the third Montreal pitcher, who earned his 17th save of the season.

Although the bullpen is among the league leaders with 42 saves, no Montreal pitcher is among the top eight in the league.

Floyd Youmans, the Montreal pitcher who was suspended for drug use in June, admitted publicly for the first time yesterday that he used cocaine.

It was also the 12th surrendered by Montreal pitchers, setting a National League record.

Vazquez was the Montreal pitcher whose teammates gave him no help in making 27 consecutive outs against Cone on July 18.

The bases were infested with base-stealers, and the Montreal pitcher tried, stepping off the pitching rubber and threatening them.

Tim Burke, the third Montreal pitcher, worked one inning and earned his seventh save.

For two straight nights Montreal pitchers have been working over the Mets' batters.