METS BEAT ROCKIES, SNAP LOSING STREAK.(SPORTS)

Byline: Associated Press

Mets 5 Rockies 2 DENVER -- Timo Perez entered the game soon enough to help the New York Mets snap their long losing streak.

Perez, a fifth-inning insertion for Roger Cedeno, hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning as New York snapped a 12-game skid by beating the Colorado Rockies 5-2 Saturday night.

``The whole time Roger was telling me to be ready because his shoulder was bothering him,'' said Perez, who also singled in the seventh inning. ``I was ready from the first inning on and came through for the ballclub in a key situation.''

With the Rockies leading 2-1, closer Jose Jimenez (2-9) retired …