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New York Mets at New York Yankees, October 21, 2000

At home, the New York Yankees won 4-3 over the New York Mets on October 21, 2000 in the World Series. The margin was one run. Retrosheet records a crowd of 55,913, a game time of 291 minutes, and a night start for this game. The weather notes give 68 degrees and sunny skies. All of the New York Mets scoring came in one inning, 3 runs in the seventh. The New York Yankees' runs came in the sixth, ninth, and 12th innings, 2 of them in the sixth. The line score runs past nine, to the 12th inning. Hits were 10 for the New York Mets and 12 for the New York Yankees, with 0 and 0 errors. Mike Stanton was the winning pitcher, allowing 0 earned runs on 0 hits in 2.0 innings. Turk Wendell took the loss after 1.0 innings and 1 run. Al Leiter led all pitchers with 7 strikeouts. The New York Mets used Armando Benitez, Dennis Cook, John Franco, Al Leiter, and Glendon Rusch on the mound. The New York Yankees' pitching table lists Jeff Nelson, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, and Mike Stanton. Benny Agbayani led the New York Mets at the plate: 2 for 4 and 1 double. Bubba Trammell drove in 2 for the New York Mets. For the New York Yankees, Jose Vizcaino went 4 for 6 and 1 RBI. David Justice drove in 2 for the New York Yankees. The home-plate umpire was Ed Montague.