Pablo Sandoval (right) and his brother Michael pose for a photo outside St. Peter’s Parish School last year.

SFGate has the scoop via Mission Mission.

How do you celebrate when you’ve just hit three home runs in a World Series game?

You head to the Mission to your favorite restaurant and convince the owner to open up for you, even though the kitchen was already closed.

Pablo Sandoval, his older brother (and uncanny look-alike) Michael and a few friends went straight from AT&T Park to Limon, the Peruvian restaurant on Valencia, on Wednesday night. The restaurant closes at 10, and Sandoval wasn’t finished with his postgame demands until well after 9:30. But being a star slugger has its perks.

“You have to open up after he homers three times,” said owner and chef Martin Castillo. “He’s a great customer. We always go the extra mile for him.”

According to Castillo, Sandoval is a fan of the rotisserie chicken and the empanadas. “We love that food,” Michael Sandoval said.

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Rigoberto Hernandez is a journalism student at San Francisco State University. He has interned at The Oregonian and The Orange County Register, but prefers to report on the Mission District. In his spare time he can be found riding his bike around the city, going to Giants games and admiring the Stable building.

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