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Utley, Phils stay alive with 8-6 win over Yankees

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Chase Utley has tied a World Series home run
record while helping the Philadelphia Phillies send the Fall
Classic back to the Bronx.

Utley homered twice as the Phillies clobbered the New York
Yankees 8-6 to force a Game 6. The second baseman joins Reggie
Jackson as the only players to hit five home runs in a single World
Series. Jackson needed six games to do it for the 1977 Yanks
against the Dodgers, going deep on his final three swings.

Utley put the Phils ahead to stay with a three-run blast in the
bottom of the first after Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez
laced an RBI double. Utley added a seventh-inning solo shot, three
batters before Raul Ibanez (ih-BAHN'-yehz) went deep.

Utley also scored while the Phillies were chasing losing pitcher
A.J. Burnett during a three-run third. Burnett was lifted following
consecutive RBI singles by Jayson Werth and Ibanez.

Cliff Lee has both of Philly's World Series wins after allowing
five runs over seven-plus innings. Lee tossed a six-hitter in
beating the Bombers 6-1 in the opener.

Burnett was charged with six runs and five hits over two-plus
innings.

Ryan Madson allowed a ninth-inning run before claiming the save.

Rodriguez had three RBIs for the Yankees, who host Game 6
Wednesday.


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