The Series began later than usual as a result of a delay in the regular season after the September 11 attacks and was the first to extend into November . The Diamondbacks won the first two games at home , limiting the Yankees to just one run . The Yankees responded with a close win in game 3 , at which US President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch . In games 4 and 5 , the Yankees won in comeback fashion , hitting game-tying home runs off Diamondbacks closer Byung-hyun Kim with one out remaining in consecutive games , before winning in extra innings . The Diamondbacks won game 6 in blowout , forcing a decisive game 7 . In the final game , the Yankees led in the ninth inning before the Diamondbacks staged a comeback against closer Mariano Rivera , capped off by a walk-off , bases-loaded bloop single by Luis Gonzalez to clinch Arizona 's championship victory . This was the third World Series to end in a bases-loaded , walk-off hit , following and . Among several firsts , the 2001 World Series was : the first World Series championship for the Diamondbacks ; the first World Series ever played in the state of Arizona and the Mountain Time Zone ; the first championship for a Far West state other than California ; the first major professional sports team from the state of Arizona to win a championship ; and the earliest an MLB franchise had ever won a World Series ( the Diamondbacks had only existed for four years ) . The home team won every game in the Series , which had only happened twice before , in 1987 and 1991 . The Diamondbacks outscored the Yankees , 37 – 14 , as a result of large margins of victory achieved by Arizona at Bank One Ballpark relative to the one-run margins the Yankees achieved at Yankee Stadium . Arizona 's pitching held powerhouse New York to a .183 batting average , the lowest in a seven-game World Series . This and the 2002 World Series were the last two consecutive World Series to have game sevens until the World Series of 2016 and 2017 . The 2001 World Series was the subject of an HBO documentary , '' Nine Innings from Ground Zero '' , in 2004
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
2001 World Series