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| YANKEES BEAT MARINERS IN ALCS!! |
The 25 Time World Champions of baseball ended their season winning the American League East Division for the 36th time in the team's history. Although the
"Bombers" finished in first place, the Yankees lost 13 of their final 15 games, and went into the playoffs facing the Western Division Champion Oakland Athletics.
The Athletics forced the series to a deciding Game 5 in Oakland, where the Yankees beat the Athletics in the Division Series. The Bombers reclaimed home field advantage
as they faced the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series and won 4 games to 2. The Yankees move on and try to win their fourth championship in five years.
To view results and recaps, please visit our American League Division Series Page.
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| RESULTS FROM THE 2000 ALCS vs. SEATTLE MARINERS |
| YANKEES LEAD SERIES (3-2) |
| Game |
Team |
Score |
Pitcher |
| Game 1 |
Yankees |
0 |
L - Denny Neagle |
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Mariners |
2 |
W - Freddy Garcia |
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| Game 2 |
Yankees |
7 |
W - Orlando Hernandez |
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Mariners |
1 |
L - Arthur Rhodes |
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| Game 3 |
Yankees |
8 |
W - Andy Pettitte |
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Mariners |
2 |
L - Aaron Sele |
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| Game 4 |
Yankees |
5 |
W - Roger Clemens |
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Mariners |
0 |
L - Paul Abbott |
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| Game 5 |
Yankees |
2 |
L - Danny Neagle |
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Mariners |
6 |
W - Freddy Garcia |
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| Game 6 |
Yankees |
9 |
W - Orlando Hernandez |
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Mariners |
7 |
L - Jose Paniagua |
Game 1 - Mariners Defeat Yankees With Impressive Pitching
On Tuesday, October 10th, the Seattle Mariners met the New York Yankees
for Game One of the American League Championship Series. In a game
dominated by pitching, Mariners' 24 year-old starter Freddy Garcia
dominated the Yankee lineup while Denny Neagle did everything he could
to keep his Yankee team in the game. Garcia, the second-year
right-hander, pitched six and two-thirds scoreless innings, striking out
eight and giving up just three hits. Neagle pitched five and two-thirds
innings allowing only three hits and two runs. Both teams combined for
22 strikeouts for the game, which is an American League Championship
Series record. The Mariners won the game by a score of 2-0. Their runs
came off of a weakly hit grounder by Rickey Henderson through the hole to
drive in a runner from second base and a solo home run by Alex Rodriguez.
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Game 2 - Yankees Explode in the 8th Inning, Score 7 Runs, and Win Game.
With an emotional first pitch thrown out by Jean Stottlemyre, wife of ailing Yankee pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, Game 2 began with a roaring crowd on its feet. El Duque, celebrating his birthday and basking in the roar of the crowd, struck out the side in the first inning. Brooklyn native John Halama took the mound for the Mariners and settled into a pitching duel with Hernandez. El Duque allowed only one run and five hits in 7 innings, joining Orel Hershiser as the only pitchers to ever win their first 7 postseason decisions. He also lowered his postseason ERA to 1.22, the lowest of all active pitchers. Entering the eighth inning, the Yankees had not scored a run in 21 innings , and were in desperate need of some offensive power. Inspired by the We Want A Hit message on the scoreboard the crowd rallied behind David Justice as he walked to the plate to lead off the inning. Justice answered the hopes of the fans and his teammates with a line drive double off the top of the leftcenter field wall. Bernie Williams drilled a line drive over the reach of the Mariners second baseman that scored Justice to tie the game. Martinez singled and Posada drove in Williams with a single to right field. Up 2-1 the Yankees continued to hammer the Mariners as Sojo singled and Vizcaino, in his first at-bat, doubled; Knoblauch singled; and Jeter hit an opposite field home run, only the second Yankee home run in 88 innings, to give the Yankees a 7-1 lead. Mariano Rivera pitched a scoreless ninth inning to finish off the game and tie the series at one game apiece.
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Game 3 - Great Pitching and Clutch Hitting Put Yanks Up 2-1 In Series.
After splitting two games in New York, the Yankees gave the ball to Andy Pettitte, winner of six of his last seven playoff games, to start Game 3 in Seattle.
Pettitte pitched 6 and 2/3 innings of solid baseball, allowing only two runs off of 9 hits during the game. The pitching was strong, and so were the Yankee
bats. The offensive story of the night was the power that came from Bernie Williams. Williams blasted a home run in the second
inning, singled and scored in the sixth inning, singled in the eighth inning, and delivered a sacrifice fly in the ninth. With a Yankee lead going into the eighth
inning, the stage was set for Mariano Rivera to close out another Yankee victory. While making the save in the game, Rivera broke New York Yankee Whitey Ford's
postseason scoreless record with 33 and 1/3 innings pitched. With the victory, the Yankees took a 2-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.
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Game 4 - Rocket Roger Goes the Distance For A One Hitter!
On Saturday, October 14, Roger Clemens turned in one of the greatest postseason pitching performances of all-time, a one-hit, 15-strike out shut out of the Seattle Mariners in Game 4 of the ALCS. Derek Jeter provided all the runs Clemens would need with a fifth inning 3-run home run off of Paul Abbott. David Justice added a two-run blast in the eighth inning to give the Yankees a 5-0 lead. The 38-year old Clemens took control early as he struck out the first two batters, with fastballs registering 97 mph on the radar gun, and then brushed back Alex Rodriguez with consecutive fastballs before walking him. Rodriguez was the only batter Clemens failed to retire in the first six innings. Al Martin, a good fastball hitter, drilled a line drive off the glove of a leaping Tino Martinez to break up Clemens' bid for his first career no-hitter. The Rocket responded by striking out the side. Clemens was still throwing 96 mph as he struck out two in the ninth inning to become the first pitcher ever to strike out 15 batters in an ALCS game and only the sixth pitcher in postseason history to achieve that mark. More importantly the Yankees took a 3 - 1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
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Game 5 - Mariners Force a Game Six in the Bronx!
Facing elimination, the Seattle Mariners were finally able to wake up their bats as they had scored a mere five runs in four previous game. On Sunday, the M's rallied behind their 3-4-5 hitters to win the game by a score of 6-2. Yankee reliever Jeff Nelson replaced Denny Neagle in the fifth inning with runners on second and third base. Alex Rodriguez started the charge for Seattle with a two-run single. He scored after Edgar Martinez drove him in on a two-run homer. John Olerud completed the onslaught by driving a solo homer into the seats. Nelson threw only six pitches before being replaced by Jason Grimsley as the Mariners scored five runs in the inning. That was all the M's needed behind starting pitcher Freddy Garcia, who improved his postseason record to 2-0. Both teams now return to the Bronx where the Yankees look to clinch the American League Pennant in front of the home crowd on Tuesday, October 17th at 8:00 p.m.
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Game 6 - YANKEES MAKE SUBWAY SERIES!
On October 17th, 24 hours 38 minutes after the Mets secured their spot in the Subway Series, the Yankees, behind a dramatic 3-run home run by David Justice, won their 37th American League pennant and a trip to their 14th Subway Series.
Early in the game the Mariners took advantage of a sluggish Orlando Hernandez to forge a 4-0 lead. The normally raucous Yankee fans were deflated as the Bombers came to bat in the bottom of the fourth inning against Brooklyn native John Halama. After Halama retired Jeter, the Yankees came alive as they loaded the bases and Jorge Posada delivered a critical two-run double to cut the Mariner's lead in half; Paul O'Neill followed with an RBI single. Tension mounted as the game moved into the seventh with the Mariners holding a slim 4-3 lead. After El Duque retired the M's in order in the top of the seventh, the scoreboard implored the Yankee faithful to chant: We Want A Hit! We Want A Hit! Jose Vizcaino, pinch hitting for a struggling Scott Brosius, answered the desperate pleas of the 56,598 on hand with a lead-off single; Knoblauch laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt moving Vizcaino, the tying run, into scoring position; and Jeter singled moving Vizcaino to third setting the stage for David Justice. Lou Piniella brought the hard-throwing Arthur Rhodes to face Justice. On a 3-1 pitch, Justice secured his place in Yankee lore with a climatic upper deck home run that gave the Yankees a 6-4 lead. Yankee Stadium was a sea of delirious fans as the Yankees continued to pound the Seattle pitchers to take a 9-4 lead into the eighth inning. Mariano Rivera closed out El Duque's major league record eighth consecutive postseason victory, but not before Mariano's streak of 33 1/3 innings of scoreless postseason relief came to end. Game One of the 14th Subway Series will be played on October 21st in Yankee Stadium.
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Top Player Performances
Bernie Williams (NY) - The Yankee center fielder, in 23 at-bats, batted .435 with 10 hits (the most by any player on either team). He also added a home run and 3 RBI for the series.
David Justice (NY) - Since joining the team, Justice has batted .305 with 20 home runs including a home run in the American League Division Series against the Oakland Athletics.
Derek Jeter (NY) - Batting .315 in 22 at-bats for the series, Jeter also drilled two home runs and 5 RBI. Considered by many to be the next Yankee captain, Jeter offered his leadership in the dugout as New York eliminated both Oakland and Seattle.
Roger Clemens (NY) - In his only game pitched in the ALCS, Clemens was brilliant as he threw a complete game one-hitter. Clemens struck out fifteen batters while walking only two. His masterpiece made him the winning pitcher in Game Four of the ALCS.
Orlando Hernandez (NY) - In the two games he pitched during the ALCS, "El Duque" won both. His career postseason record is now 8-0. Between his two outings Hernandez struck out fourteen with a 4.20 ERA.
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