Bronx, NY (My Sportsbook) - Chase Utley, who had hit just one home run since mid-September entering Game 1 of the World Series, clubbed his second homer off Yankees ace CC Sabathia in the top of the sixth, as the defending-champion Philadelphia Phillies extended their lead to 2-0 over New York.

Utley is the third left-handed hitter to have a multi-home-run game off Sabathia. Jim Thome and Ichiro Suzuki are the others to achieve the feat.

Utley clobbered a four-seam fastball deep into the right-center field seats with one out in the sixth, a towering shot that looked far different than his home run in the third inning. His second shot left the Phillies three innings from a Game 1 victory.

Utley spoiled several 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 home run also pushed Utley to 26 consecutive games reaching base in the postseason, moving him past Boog Powell for the all-time record.

The home runs are in support of Cliff Lee, who has looked in complete control through six frames with seven strikeouts and no walks.

After Utley's home run, Sabathia retired the next eight before Utley's second long ball of the night.

Meanwhile, Lee continued to dominate, even through an interesting play in the fifth. With a runner on first and nobody out, Robinson Cano hit a liner to Jimmy Rollins, who caught it just above the ground, tug second just in case and fired to first. The runner on first, Hideki Matsui, wandered off the base and Ryan Howard tagged him for the double play.

The Phillies' patience immediately ran up Sabathia's pitch count in the first. After two quick outs, Utley worked a work and 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. 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.