2000s: Top 10 MLB Games

Yankees 1, A's 0 | Game 3, 2001 ALDS

The Yankees mustered only two hits, including Jorge Posada's fifth-inning homer off Barry Zito. Mike Mussina held the A's scoreless into the seventh, when Jeremy Giambi punched a two-out single and Terrence Long doubled into the right-field corner. Shane Spencer's throw home missed both cutoff men as Giambi barreled around third, but Derek Jeter, seemingly out of nowhere, corralled the errant toss and flipped it backhanded to Posada. Giambi, who failed to slide, was tagged an instant before his foot came down on the plate. Mariano Rivera got the final six outs as the Yankees staved off elimination en route to their fourth consecutive pennant.