<P> It was a matchup of two twenty - game winners in the Series finale that would crown a new champion . Roger Clemens at 39 years old became the oldest Game 7 starter ever . Curt Schilling had already started two games of the Series and pitched his 300th inning of the season on just three days' rest . The two aces matched each other inning by inning and after seven full innings, the game was tied at 1--1 . The Diamondbacks scored first in the sixth inning with a Steve Finley single and a Danny Bautista double (Bautista would be called out at third base). The Yankees responded with an RBI single from Tino Martinez, which drove in Derek Jeter . Brenly stayed with Schilling into the eighth, and the move backfired as Alfonso Soriano hit a solo home run on an 0--2 pitch . After Schilling struck out Scott Brosius, he gave up a single to David Justice, and he left the game trailing 2--1 . Brenly brought in Miguel Batista to get out Jeter and then in an unconventional move, brought in the previous night's starter Randy Johnson, who had thrown 104 pitches, in relief to keep it a one - run game . It proved to be a smart move, as Johnson retired pinch hitter Chuck Knoblauch (who batted for the left handed Paul O'Neill) on a fly out to Bautista in right field, then Johnson returned to the mound for the top of the ninth where he got Bernie Williams to fly out to Steve Finley in center field, Martinez to ground out to Tony Womack at shortstop and he then struck out catcher Jorge Posada to send the game to the bottom of the ninth inning . </P> <P> With the Yankees ahead 2--1 in the bottom of the eighth, manager Joe Torre turned the game over to his ace closer Mariano Rivera for a two - inning save . Rivera struck out the side in the eighth, including Arizona's Luis Gonzalez, Matt Williams, and Bautista, lowering his postseason ERA to a Major League--best 0.70 . Although he was effective in the eighth, this game would end in the third ninth - inning comeback of the Series . </P> <P> Mark Grace led off the inning with a single to center on a 1--0 pitch . Rivera's errant throw to second base on a bunt attempt by Damian Miller on an 0--1 pitch put runners on first and second . Jeter tried to reach for the ball, but got tangled in the legs of pinch - runner David Dellucci, who was sliding in an attempt to break up the double play . During the next at bat, Rivera appeared to regain control when he fielded Jay Bell's bunt and threw out Dellucci at third base, but third baseman Brosius decided to hold onto the baseball instead of throwing to first to complete the double play . Midre Cummings was sent in to pinch - run for Damian Miller . With Cummings at second and Bell at first, the next batter, Womack, hit a double down the right - field line on a 2--2 pitch that tied the game and earned Rivera a blown save . Bell advanced to third and the Yankees pulled the infield and outfield in as the potential winning run stood at third with fewer than two outs . After Rivera hit Craig Counsell with an 0--1 pitch, the bases were loaded . On an 0--1 pitch, Gonzalez lofted a soft single over the drawn - in Jeter that barely reached the outfield grass, plating Jay Bell with the winning run . This ended New York's bid for a fourth consecutive title and brought Arizona its first championship in its fourth year of existence, making the Diamondbacks the fastest expansion team to win a World Series . It was also the first major professional sports championship for the state of Arizona . </P> <P> In 2009, Game 7 was chosen by Sports Illustrated as the Best Postseason Game of the Decade (2000--2009). </P>

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