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"evened the score" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that an action has caused a situation to become equal or balanced. For example, "The team scored another goal to even the score at 2-2."
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evened the score
verb
Past of even the score
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A hit could have evened the score.
The Red Wings had evened the score.
And the Rangers had evened the score at 2-2.
Jason Varitek's sacrifice fly evened the score, 1-1.
Or Beltrán, whose two-run homer evened the score.
Scatchard evened the score less than three minutes later.
Bonk's goal, his 13th, evened the score at 1-1.
The Mets evened the score in the next inning.
You think that last shot in Salt Lake City evened the score?
Federer, understandably shaken, lost the next three points as Soderling evened the score at 2-2.
Obama's momentum since mid-January has evened the score with Romney among political independents.
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