Womack, whose infield single keyed an eighth-inning rally that gave Arizona a 3-2 lead, dropped a fly ball in the bottom half of the inning that helped the New York Mets tie the game.

The Mets eventually won it 4-3 on Todd Pratt's homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to take the best-of-5 first-round series 3-1.

So instead of playing behind the most dominating pitcher in the league in a deciding game, Womack will be reliving a woeful series all offseason.

The Diamondbacks' leadoff hitter went 2-for-17 in the series and was outclassed by Mets counterpart Rickey Henderson, who hit .400 with six stolen bases.

"They pitched me tough all series," Womack said. "They tried to keep me off the bases and they did that."

But it was Womack's blunder in the field that will haunt him most.

With a runner on first and no outs in the eighth, John Olerud hit a high drive to deep right-center.

Womack, who had moved to right field from shortstop to start the eighth, appeared to misjudge it at first as it carried to the warning track. He got under it, but closed his glove early and the ball bounced off, putting runners on second and third.

"No excuses," he said. "I just dropped the ball. I've been moving from infield to outfield all year and it hasn't been a problem. I didn't execute."

Roger Cedeno followed with a sacrifice fly to tie the game.

Womack, who made two errors in 258 chances in the outfield in the regular season, also committed an error in right field in the Mets' sixth-run sixth inning Friday night. He played over 100 games in the outfield this season compared to a total of about 50 games at second base and shortstop.

"Tony is one of the big reasons we are here today," manager Buck Showalter said. "I think it would be very unfeeling of me or anyone else to forget that. I know I won't."

The Diamondbacks, who were fourth in the league in fielding percentage this year, made four errors in the series.

Until the eighth-inning miscue, this had been Womack's best game of the series. He made a diving stop in the hole at shortstop to rob Pratt of a single in the fourth that probably saved a run.

With two outs and a runner on first in the top of the eighth, Womack reached on an infield single when Mets second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo bobbled a grounder up the middle.

Jay Bell followed with a two-run double off Armando Benitez to give Arizona a 3-2 lead.

But the Diamondbacks couldn't hold it in the eighth and lost it in the 10th, bringing an end to a season that saw them win 100 games in the regular season and win the NL West in just their second year.