| Yankees win 2001 World Series |
| The Yankees avenged their "real" defeat in the 2001 World Series by defeating Arizona 4-3, using a 3 run 8th inning against Diamondback starter Curt Schilling who was breezing along with a 3-1 lead through the first seven innings. Back to back doubles by Tony Womack & Luis Gonzalez in the 4th staked the Rattlers to a 2-1 lead,then added a bases loaded walk from Yank reliever Mike Stanton in the 7th padding their lead to 3-1. Bernie Williams of New York belted a 2 run homer off Schilling to tie the game,bringing on Miguel Batista who promptly gave up a triple to Tino Martinez & the go ahead single to Jorge Posada. Yankee closer Mariano Rivera shut down the DBacks to close out the game. |
| Outs: | 3 | Inning: | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E | |
| Away | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Home | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 2001 New York Yankees | |||||||||
| AB | Runs | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR | BB | SO | RBI | |
| Derek Jeter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul ONeill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernie Williams | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tino Martinez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| David Justice | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorge Posada | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shane Spencer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Brosius | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| IP | Hits | Runs | BB | SO | W | L | S | ||
| Roger Clemens | 6.3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stanton | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mariano Rivera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks | |||||||||
| AB | Runs | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR | BB | SO | RBI | |
| Tony Womack | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Craig Counsell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Williams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Finley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Bautista | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Sanders | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Grace | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Damian Miller | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| IP | Hits | Runs | BB | SO | W | L | S | ||
| Curt Schilling | 7.3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miguel Batista | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||