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Utley ties record for homers in a single World Series


Last Update: 11/03 12:59 am
Chase Utley #26 of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against the New York Yankees in Game Five of the 2009 MLB World Series at Citizens Bank Park on November 2, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Jed Jacobsohn, Getty Images)
Chase Utley #26 of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against the New York Yankees in Game Five of the 2009 MLB World Series at Citizens Bank Park on November 2, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Jed Jacobsohn, Getty Images)

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.

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 need to remain alive in the postseason. New York leads the best-of-seven series, 3-1.

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.

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