Article: Long ball helps Mets even National League Championship Series, 2-2

ST. LOUIS - Here's the face of the National League Championship Series: New York Mets starter Oliver Perez threw 52/3 innings Sunday night, was bombed for three home runs and nine hits altogether, and was practically mobbed by appreciative teammates when he came to the dugout for the last time.

Had one of those 400-foot home runs blown foul, they might have renamed the Triboro Bridge for him.

"I didn't know what to expect, to tell you the truth," Mets General Manager Omar Minaya said later. "All I know is I was very pleased."

So lie the standards of the National League Championship Series,

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