THE SERIES

Game 1: Yankees 4, Mets 3 (12)

Game 2: Yankees 6, Mets 5

Game 3: Mets 4, Yankees 2

Game 4: Tonight, Shea Stadium, 5:15

Game 5: Thursday, Yankees (Pettitte, 19-9) at Mets (Leiter, 16-8), Shea Stadium, 5:15 p.m.

Game 6: Saturday, Yankee Stadium, 5 p.m.*

Game 7: Sunday, Yankee Stadium, 5 p.m.*

TV--Ch. 11; *--if necessary (All times Pacific)

PLAY-BY-PLAY

FIRST INNING: Mets 0, Yankees 0--Vizcaino flied to right. Jeter struck out looking. Justice walked. Williams struck out looking. No runs, no hits.

Mets 0, Yankees 0--Perez struck out swinging. Alfonzo struck out swinging. Piazza struck out swinging. No runs, no hits.

SECOND INNING: Mets 0, Yankees 0--Martinez struck out swinging. Posada struck out looking. O’Neill doubled to left. Brosius struck out swinging. No runs, one hit, one left.

Mets 1, Yankees 0--Ventura homered on first pitch. Zeile struck out looking. Agbayani struck out looking. Payton struck out swinging. One run, one hit, none left.

THIRD INNING: Yankees 1, Mets 1--Hernandez struck out swinging. Vizcaino grounded to short. Jeter singled to left. Justice doubled to right, Jeter scored. Justice to third. Williams grounded to second. One run, two hits, one left.

Yankees 1, Mets 1--Bordick flied to left. Reed singled to left. Perez flied to left. Alfonzo popped to second. No runs, one hit, one left.

FOURTH INNING: Yankees 2, Mets 1--Martinez singled to right. Posada struck out looking. O’Neill tripled to center, Martinez scored. Brosius hit by pitch. Hernandez sacrificed. Vizcaino struck out looking. One run, two hits, two left.

Yankees 2, Mets 1--Piazza struck out swinging. Ventura doubled to right. Zeile struck out looking. Agbayani flied to right. No runs, one hits, one left.

FIFTH INNING: Yankees 2, Mets 1--Jeter singled to short. Justice flied to center. Williams grounded to first, Jeter to second. Martinez flied to center. No runs, one hit, one left.

Yankees 2, Mets 1--Payton fouled to the catcher. Bordick singled to center. Reed sacrificed. Perez walked. Alfonzo struck out swinging. No runs, one hit, two left.

SIXTH INNING: Yankees 2, Mets 1--Posada flied to left. O’Neill grounded to second. Brosius popped to second. No runs, no hits.

Yankees 2, Mets 2--Piazza doubled to left. Ventura walked. Zeile doubled to left, Piazza scored, Ventura to third. Agbayani walked. Payton struck out swinging. Bordick struck out swinging. Hamilton, batting for Reed, forced Agbayani. One run, two hits, three left.

SEVENTH INNING: Yankees 2, Mets 2--Wendell pitching. Hernandez struck out swinging. Vizcaino struck out swinging. Jeter walked. Cook pitching. Justice was hit by a pitch, Jeter to second. Williams struck out swinging. No runs, no hits, two left.

Yankees 2, Mets 2--Perez flied to left. Alfonzo grounded to third. Piazza popped to first. No runs, no hits.

EIGHTH INNING: Yankees 2, Mets 2--Martinez walked. J.Franco pitching. Posada grounded into a double play. O’Neill singled to center. Hill, batting for Brosius, flied to right. No runs, no hits, none left.

Mets 4, Yankees 2--Sojo to third. Ventura struck out swinging. Zeile singled to center. Agbayani doubled to center, Zeile scored. McEwing ran for Agbayani. Payton singled to second, McEwing to third. Harris was announced for Bordick. Stanton pitching. Trammell, batting for Harris, flied to center, McEwing scored. Abbott, batting for J.Franco, struck out swinging. Two runs, three hits, one left.

NINTH INNING: Mets 4, Yankees 2--Benitez pitching. McEwing to left field. Abbott to shortstop. Knoblauch, batting for Stanton, singled to center. Polonia, batting for Vizcaino, flied to center. Jeter struck out looking. Knoblauch to second on defensive indifference. Justice popped to second. No runs, one hit, one left.