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LOS ANGELES — The New York Mets flipped the Hollywood script on Monday and evened the National League Championship Series.
With six runs in the first two innings, the Mets came out swinging against the previously unhittable Los Angeles Dodgers and won 7-3 in Game 2 at Dodger Stadium. Francisco Lindor homered in the first inning, Mark Vientos hit a grand slam in the second, and Sean Manaea pitched five excellent innings — before nearly losing it in the sixth — as the Mets tied the series at a game apiece heading into Game 3 on Wednesday at Citi Field.
It was, except for one-half inning, a…