Hideki Matsui homered and drove in a World Series record-tying six runs as the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 Wednesday to win their first series title since 2000 and 27th overall.

Matsui was named the series MVP after driving in two runs in each of his first three at-bats with a homer, a single and a double in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium.

The designated hitter homered on a 3-2 fastball from Pedro Martinez to put the Yankees up 2-0 in the second inning. It was Matsui's third home run of this Fall Classic.

Alex Rodriguez drew a walk leading off the inning and Matsui had an eight-pitch at-bat against Martinez, fouling off three pitches from the right-hander before drilling an 89 mph fastball into the upper deck in right field.

Jimmy Rollins had a sacrifice fly in the top of the third but Matsui lined a two-run bases-loaded single up the middle in the bottom half to make it 4-1 and doubled in two more runs in the fifth.

Derek Jeter had a ground-rule double with none out in the fifth and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt before coming home on a Mark Teixeira single. After another walk to Rodriguez, Matsui doubled to right to extend the lead to 7-1.

Andy Pettitte, pitching on three days' rest, allowed three runs in 5- 2/3 innings. Martinez was chased after four innings.