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}}The series headed back to New York for Game 6, marking the 100th World Series game played at Yankee Stadium. Marlins manager [[Jack McKeon]] decided to start 23-year-old [[Josh Beckett]] on three days' rest instead of [[Mark Redman]], who had struggled in his Game 2 start. Beckett made the move seem brilliant—his complete
[[Andy Pettitte]] pitched seven strong innings in a losing cause, with only one run being earned. [[Mariano Rivera]] pitched the last two innings for New York.
With the victory, the Marlins became the first National League team since the [[1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1981 Los Angeles Dodgers]], the last opposing team to win a Series championship at Yankee Stadium, to win the World Series without having home field advantage. They are just the fourth team overall to do it since the [[1984 Detroit Tigers season|1984 Detroit Tigers]], [[1992 Toronto Blue Jays season|1992 Toronto Blue Jays]] and [[1999 New York Yankees season|1999 New York Yankees]]. They also became the second expansion team in the National League to win two World Series titles, following the [[New York Mets]] who achieved this feat in {{wsy|1986}}; the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] of the American League, who pulled this off in {{wsy|1992}} and {{wsy|1993}}, are the third major-league expansion franchise to do so. The Marlins also became the fastest expansion team to win two World Series titles, as the Mets won their second title in their 25th season, and the Blue Jays did it in their 17th (the Royals, joining the group 12 years later, got their second title in their 47th season).
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