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Play by Play for Game 4

FIRST INNING

Arizona--1. Tony Womack, who was 0 for 11 in the World Series, singles to center. 2. Craig Counsell sacrifices Womack to second. OUT ONE. 3. Orlando Hernandez hits Luis Gonzalez with a pitch on the right foot. 4. On a full count, Erubiel Durazo walks, loading the bases. 5. On another full count, Matt Williams strikes out swinging. OUT TWO. 6. Steve Finley pops to third. OUT THREE. No runs, one hit, three left.

New York--1. Derek Jeter lines to shortstop. OUT ONE. 2. Paul O’Neill grounds to shortstop. OUT TWO. 3. Bernie Williams strikes out looking. Curt Schilling throws eight pitches in the inning, all fastballs and all strikes. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits. none left.

SECOND INNING

Arizona--1. Reggie Sanders strikes out swinging. OUT ONE. 2. Mark Grace grounds to second. OUT TWO. 3. Damian Miller strikes out swinging. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits, none left.

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New York--1. Tino Martinez grounds to second. OUT ONE. 2. Jorge Posada flies to left. OUT TWO. 3. David Justice strikes out looking. OUT THREE. No outs, no hits, none left.

THIRD INNING

Arizona--1. On four pitches, Womack walks. 2. Counsell sacrifices Womack to second. OUT ONE. 3. On four pitches, Gonzalez walks. 4. Durazo flies to right, Womack tags and takes third. OUT TWO. 5. Williams grounds to third baseman Scott Brosius, who forces Gonzalez at second. Williams has left five runners on base. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits, two left.

New York--1. Shane Spencer hits a fastball to the opposite field and just inside the right-field foul pole for a home run. Yankees lead, 1-0. 2. Brosius strikes out swinging. OUT ONE. 3. Alfonso Soriano flies to right. OUT TWO. 4. Jeter grounds to shortstop. OUT THREE. One run, one hit, none left. Yankees 1, Diamondbacks 0.

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FOURTH INNING

Arizona--1. Finley singles to center. 2. Sanders grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, Jeter to Soriano to Martinez. OUTS ONE AND TWO. 3. Grace pulls a 3-1 fastball high and deep down the right-field line, landing in the third deck for a home run. Score tied, 1-1. 4. Miller pops to second. OUT THREE. One run, one hit, none left. Yankees 1, Diamondbacks 1.

New York--1. O’Neill strikes out swinging. OUT ONE. 2. Williams grounds to first. OUT TWO. 3. Martinez strikes out swinging. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits, none left.

FIFTH INNING

Arizona--1. Womack turns on a breaking ball and yanks a double into the right-field corner. 2. Counsell sacrifices Womack to third. OUT ONE. 3. Gonzalez flies to left, Womack tags, and Spencer makes a one-hop throw to Posada, who grabs the ball with his bare hand and tags out Womack. OUTS TWO AND THREE. No runs, one hit, none left.

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New York--1. Posada strikes out swinging. OUT ONE. 2. Justice strikes out swinging. OUT TWO. 3. Spencer grounds to third. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits, none left.

SIXTH INNING

Arizona--1. Durazo strikes out swinging. OUT ONE. 2. Williams, swinging on a 3-0 pitch, fouls to Posada. OUT TWO. 3. Finley strikes out looking. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits, none left.

New York--1. Brosius doubles over the head of Finley. 2. Soriano fakes a bunt and takes a strike, takes a full swing and misses, then bunts foul for strike three. OUT ONE. 3. Jeter grounds to first, Brosius taking third. OUT TWO. 4. O’Neill grounds to first baseman Grace, with Schilling covering for the out. Brosius is the first runner left on base by the Yankees. OUT THREE. No runs, one hit, one left.

SEVENTH INNING

Arizona--1. Sanders grounds to shortstop. OUT ONE. 2. Grace walks. 3. Hernandez hits Miller with a pitch on the left elbow, Grace taking second. 4. Mike Stanton relieves Hernandez. Womack grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, Soriano to Jeter to Martinez. OUTS TWO AND THREE. No runs, no hits, one left.

New York--1. Williams lines an 0-2 pitch into left field for a single. 2. Martinez walks, the first walk given up by Schilling, Williams taking second. 3. Posada grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, Counsell to Womack to Grace, Williams taking third. OUTS ONE AND TWO. 4. Justice strikes out swinging and has struck out in each of his eight at-bats in the Series. OUT THREE. No runs, one hit, one left.

EIGHTH INNING

Arizona--1. Counsell flies to center. OUT ONE. 2. Gonzalez lines a single into center. 3. Durazo, the designated hitter who would not have started if the game had been played in Arizona under National League rules, doubles to center, over the head of--and just out of the reach of--a lunging B. Williams. Gonzalez scores, Durazo takes third on the throw home. Diamondbacks lead, 2-1. 4. Ramiro Mendoza relieves Stanton. Midre Cummings runs for Durazo. M. Williams grounds to shortstop, Jeter throws home, but Cummings slides home ahead of the throw as he dislodges the ball from Posada’s glove. Williams reaches first on the fielder’s choice. Diamondbacks lead, 3-1. 5. Finley pops to short. OUT TWO. 6. Sanders grounds to Brosius, who forces Williams at second. OUT THREE. Two runs, two hits, one left. Diamondbacks 3, Yankees 1.

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New York--1. Byung-Hyun Kim relieves Schilling, who made 88 pitches. On a full count, Spencer strikes out looking. OUT ONE. 2. On another full count, Brosius strikes out swinging. 3. On another full count, Soriano strikes out swinging. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits, none left.

NINTH INNING

Arizona--1. Grace grounds to shortstop. OUT ONE. 2. Miller strikes out looking. OUT TWO. 3. Womack grounds to the pitcher. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits, none left.

New York--1. Jeter drags a bunt down the third-base line, M. Williams makes a barehand pickup and throws him out. OUT ONE. 2. On a full count, O’Neill flares an opposite-field single into left. 3. On a 0-2 pitch in the dirt, B. Williams strikes out swinging. OUT TWO. 4. With the Yankees one out away from defeat, Martinez crushes a first-pitch fastball over the center-field fence, tying the score with his first hit of the Series. Score tied, 3-3. 5. Posada walks. 6. Justice grounds to Counsell, who slips as he fields the ball and loses control as he falls to the ground. Justice reaches first on the infield single, Posada takes second. 7. On a full count, Spencer strikes out swinging. Two runs, three hits, two left. Diamondbacks 3, Yankees 3.

TENTH INNING

Arizona--1. Mariano Rivera relieves Mendoza. Counsell grounds to shortstop. OUT ONE. 2. Gonzalez grounds to first. OUT TWO. 3. Danny Bautista, batting for Cummings, grounds to second. OUT THREE. No runs, no hits, none left.

New York--1. Brosius pulls the first pitch into the left-field stands, just wide of the foul pole, then flies to right. OUT ONE. 2. Soriano flies to left. OUT TWO. On a full count, Jeter deposits a fastball just inside the right-field foul pole and just over the 314-foot sign, hitting the game-winning home run and becoming the first “Mr. November” in a game that ends minutes after midnight in New York on Nov. 1, in the first World Series extended past October. One run, one hit, none left. Final score: Yankees 4, Diamondbacks 3.

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