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====2000s====
On May 28, 2000, [[Pedro Martínez]] and [[Roger Clemens]] faced off in an epic pitchers' duel at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]. Both pitchers threw complete games and combined for 22 strikeouts, 13 for Clemens, 9 for Martinez. The game was scoreless until [[Trot Nixon]] hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning. Martinez then got the final three outs in the bottom of the inning to secure the victory.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Curry |first1=Jack |title=BASEBALL; Clemens and Martinez Step Into the Sunshine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/14/sports/baseball-clemens-and-martinez-step-into-the-sunshine.html |website=nytimes.com |publisher=The New York Times Company |access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
ESPN was on hand for the [[2001 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]' historic comeback against the [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] on August 5, 2001. The Indians trailed 14–2 after six innings, but scored twelve runs in the final three innings before winning in the bottom of the eleventh, 15–14. The twelve-run comeback tied the Major League record for largest deficit overcome in a game.
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On September 2, 2001, [[Mike Mussina]] of the [[2001 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] came within one strike of a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] against the [[2001 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]. The effort was broken up on a single by [[Carl Everett]], with Mussina settling for a one-hitter. The game itself was an exciting pitchers' duel, with the Red Sox' [[David Cone]] also shutting out the Yankees for eight innings, before allowing an RBI double by [[Enrique Wilson]] in the ninth. It was the only scoring of the Yankees' 1–0 win. Additionally, Cone was the most recent pitcher to record a perfect game having done so two years earlier as a Yankee against the [[1999 Montreal Expos season|Montreal Expos]].
On June 16, 2002, ''Sunday Night Baseball'' covered a [[Subway Series]] at [[Shea Stadium]] in which [[Mo Vaughn]] hit a game winning three-run home run in the [[2002 New York Mets season|New York Mets]]' 3–2 win over the [[2002 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Vaughn Homers to Sink Yanks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/sports/baseball/vaughn-homers-to-sink-yanks.html |website=nytimes.com |publisher=The New York Times Company |access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
[[Rafael Furcal]] completed an [[unassisted triple play]] for the [[2003 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] against the [[2003 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] on August 10, 2003. It was the 12th such play in baseball history. In the fifth inning, the shortstop caught pitcher [[Woody Williams]]' liner with the runners moving in a hit and run attempt, stepped on second base to retire catcher [[Mike Matheny]] and tagged [[Orlando Palmeiro]] before he could return to first.<ref>{{cite web |title=Furcal turns 12th unassisted triple play ever |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story?id=1593632 |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN, Inc. |access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
On April 22, 2007, the [[2007 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] became the fifth team in Major League history to hit four consecutive home runs, doing so in the third inning of a 7–6 victory over the [[2007 New York Yankees season|Yankees]].
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