New York Mets vs New York Yankees
October 21, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 21, 2000 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"I was thinking I would be going to the World Series (when traded to the Yankees from the Dodgers), but I didn't think I'd be the hero in the first game." - Jose Vizcaino (October 21, 2000)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 3, New York Yankees 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Perez rf 6 0 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 6 0 1 1
Piazza dh 5 0 1 0
Zeile 1b 5 0 2 0
Ventura 3b 5 0 0 0
Agbayani lf 4 1 2 0
  McEwing lf 1 0 0 0
Payton cf 5 1 1 0
Pratt c 2 1 0 0
Bordick ss 1 0 0 0
  Trammell ph 1 0 1 2
  Abbott ss 2 0 1 0
Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 10 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch dh 4 1 0 1
Jeter ss 4 1 1 0
Justice lf 4 0 1 2
  Bellinger pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 6 1 2 0
Posada c 5 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 1 0
Brosius 3b 3 0 1 0
  Polonia ph 1 0 1 0
  Sojo 3b 2 0 0 0
Vizcaino 2b 6 0 4 1
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 12 4
New York 000 000 300 0003100
New York 000 002 001 0014120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   7.0 5 2 2 3 7
  Franco   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Benitez   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Cook   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Rusch   1.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Wendell  L (0-1) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.2
12
4
4
9
8
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte   6.2 8 3 3 1 4
  Nelson   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Rivera   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Stanton  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
12.0
10
3
3
1
10

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Agbayani (1,off Pettitte); Zeile (1,off Pettitte); Abbott (1,off Rivera), New York Justice (1,off Leiter); Posada (1,off Wendell).  SH–Bordick (1,off Pettitte).  HBP–Pratt 2 (2,by Pettitte,by Rivera).  SF–Knoblauch (1,off Benitez).  CS–Piazza (1,2nd base by Pettitte/Posada); Knoblauch (1,2nd base by Leiter/Pratt).  WP–Rusch 2 (2).  HBP–Pettitte (1,Pratt); Rivera (1,Pratt).  U–Ed Montague (NL), Charlie Reliford (NL), Jeff Kellogg (NL), Tim Welke (AL), Jerry Crawford (NL), Tim McClelland (AL).  T–4:51.  A–55,913.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


When Game 1 of the 2000 World Series was over, Bobby Valentine said, "We came in with very little World Series experience and got a lot of it in one night."

2000 World Series Official Patch

Pregame ceremonies for Game 1 of the 2000 World Series included Don Larsen throwing out the first pitch to Yogi Berra, Billy Joel singing The Star Spangled Banner, and the sale of the official patch pictured above.

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