Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley hit his fourth and fifth homers of this World Series, tying ex-Yankee Reggie Jackson's record for one Fall Classic.
In Game 5 Monday night, Utley belted a three-run homer in the first inning off New York Yankees righty A.J. Burnett and then delivered a solo blast off Phil Coke leading off the seventh in Philadelphia's 8-6 victory.
Jackson hit five homers in 1977 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Utley's second homer gave the Phillies a 7-2 lead in a game they needed to remain alive in the postseason. New York leads the best-of-seven series, 3-2, with Game 6 scheduled for Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
"Obviously it's great company. At some point, not right now, maybe I'll look back on it and see what kind of special moment it is," said Utley. "But right now our goal is to win two more games."
Utley hit three solo homers off CC Sabathia earlier in this series. He is also the second player to have a pair of multi-home run games in a single World Series, joining Kansas City's Willie Aikens in 1980 against the Phillies.
With seven career World Series homers, Utley has the record for the most ever for a second baseman in the Fall Classic.
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