Bronx, NY (My Sportsbook) - Chase Utley, who hit a first-inning home run in last year's World Series, started the Fall Classic scoring again, hitting a solo shot to right in the third frame, as the defending-champion Philadelphia Phillies took a 1-0 lead over the New York Yankees after three innings in Game 1.

Utley spoiled several CC Sabathia offerings before hitting the ninth pitch of the at-bat just over the wall in right. It was the first home run by a member of the visiting team at Yankee Stadium this postseason.

The Phillies' patience immediately ran up Sabathia's pitch count in the first. After two quick outs, Utley worked a work and Ryan Howard slammed a fastball into the right-field corner for a double. Jayson Werth took a free pass and Raul Ibanez ran a 3-1 count, however, the Yankee southpaw induced a groundout on the next offering to escape any damage despite a 24-pitch frame.

New York got its first hit on Jorge Posada's one-out single in the second. Cliff Lee navigated the frame and struck out four through two innings.

The game is pitting former teammates and the last two American League Cy Young Award winners. It is just the sixth time in history that former Cy Young winners have squared off and the first time since Game 4 of the 1999 World Series when the Yankees' Roger Clemens faced Atlanta's John Smoltz.

The Phillies are attempting to become the first repeat World Series champion from the National League since the Cincinnati Reds in 1975-76. In the process, they are trying to win their third world championship, far less than the 26 World Series titles already in the Yankees' hardware case.

First lady Michelle Obama and second lady Dr. Jill Biden escorted all-time Yankee great Yogi Berra to the mound for ceremonial first-pitch festivities.