NEW YORK -- Dig out the videotape. It can't be dusty, because it's only a day old.

	Scott Brosius made some history with a dramatic ninth-inning blast.

You remember the scenario. Bottom of the ninth inning. Two outs. Diamondbacks lead the Yankees by two runs. Sidearming right-hander Byung-Hyun Kim pitching for Arizona.

It happened again. One night after Tino Martinez tied Game 4 of the World Series with a home run, Scott Brosius dug into the black hat of Yankee magic tricks and did the same, tying Game 5 with a two-run blast to left field.

How unlikely was this? The Yankees had never in their long history hit back-to-back game-tying home runs in the ninth inning -- and that includes the regular season, although apparently doesn't consider Babe Ruth's unauthorized barnstorming trip with some teammates after the 1921 World Series that got him suspended for part of the 1922 season.

"It's pretty amazing," Brosius said after the Yankees eventually won in 12 innings. "You can't draw up two better innings than we had. ... To have a situation two nights in a row and have it happen is pretty unbelievable."

The unbelievable began when manager Bob Brenly summoned Kim from the bullpen, even though the 22-year-old reliever had thrown 62 pitches the night before and gave up the game-tying and game-winning home runs.

"I talked to BK earlier today," Brenly said. "He assured me that he was fine and he wanted to pitch, he wanted the ball. When I got reports of how he warmed up, there was no reason not to put him in there."

Jorge Posada led off the inning and drilled a 1-1 pitch down the left-field line for a double. Kim fell behind Shane Spencer 2-0. Spencer fouled off a pitch, took ball three low and in, and then grounded out to third base. Chuck Knoblauch fouled off three pitches around a ball before half-swinging at an inside slider for the second out.

Brosius stepped in. He's performed World Series heroics before -- two home runs in Game 3 in 1998, including an eighth-inning, go-ahead shot off San Diego's Trevor Hoffman that helped earn him MVP honors.

But like most Yankees, he hadn't done much in this World Series, just 3-for-16 as he came up with five strikeouts. He had struggled the entire postseason, going 7-for-49 (.143). He had struck out against Kim the night before -- although he did a long foul ball -- and was 0-for-3 in this game, with a grounder to second and two routine flyballs to right field. He hadn't pulled the ball all night.

Manager Joe Torre admitted he has thought about pinch-hitting at times for Brosius.

"`Every time I sort of think about it I can't help but look at the statistics he's had, in the World Series especially," Torre said. "Sometimes the matchups don't seem right, but human beings play this game and dig down deep. It sounds sort of corny, but it seems to work."

Kim's first offering sailed inside for ball one. The next offering was right down the middle and sailed the opposite direction. Brosius drilled the pitch eight rows deep into the left-field stands.

"I cannot imagine ever being on a team or in a situation where, in that type of stage, to have just three unbelievable games in a row like that," Brosius said.

Even Torre, who has seen these miracles repeatedly since 1996, seemed a little shocked.

"I don't know what's going on," he said. "You just shake your head. I said I didn't know last night. You just double that."