Phillies hang on in Series

PHILADELPHIA -- Put those parade plans on hold, New York. The Phillies are coming back.

Desperate to hang onto their World Series title and hounded by the Yankees to the very last swing, Philadelphia somehow held on for an 8-6 win Monday night in Game 5.

Chase Utley hit two home runs to take his Series total to a record-tying five, Cliff Lee won again and Philadelphia cut its deficit to 3-2.

Ahead 8-2, the Phillies watched New York score three times in the eighth inning and put its first two batters on in the ninth. Derek Jeter grounded into a run-scoring double play, but the fans on their feet couldn't exhale until Mark Teixeira struck out as the tying run.

Game 6 will be played Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium, with New York's Andy Pettite going on short rest against Pedro Martinez. The Series hasn't gone this far since 2003.

"We had to do it," Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins said. "We didn't have a choice. It was either go home and watch football and college basketball or extend the season."

Utley hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the first inning off A.J. Burnett and added a solo shot in the seventh to join Reggie Jackson as the only players to hit five home runs in a single World Series.

"It's pretty cool," Utley said. "It's pretty surreal. I'm glad we got the win tonight. We're going back to Yankee Stadium."

Philadelphia replicated its winning formula from the opener, when Utley hit two solo homers and Lee pitched a six-hitter. Raul Ibanez set off fireworks from the Liberty Bell one last time, adding a second solo shot in the seventh off Phil Coke that made it 8-2.

Lee gave up a run-scoring single to Alex Rodriguez in the first inning but settled in until A-Rod chased him with a two-run double in the eighth.

Lee allowed five runs and seven hits in seven-plus innings. He is 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five postseason starts.

Phillies slugger Ryan Howard continued to struggle.

Howard went 0-for-2 with two walks and two strikeouts and is hitting .158 (3-for-19) with 12 strikeouts, tying the Series record set by Kansas City's Willie Wilson in 1980.

If the Phillies come back to become the first NL team to win consecutive Series titles since the 1975-76 Cincinnati Reds, Yankees manager Joe Girardi will be widely second-guessed for his pitching decisions. No Series champion has gone the entire postseason with just three starters since the 1991 Minnesota Twins - when there were just two rounds of playoffs.

Phillies 8, Yankees 6

LOB--New York 6, Philadelphia 5. 2B--Teixeira (1), A.Rodriguez 2 (3), Posada (1). HR--Utley (4), off A.Burnett; Utley (5), off Coke; Ibanez (1), off Coke. SB--Utley (1). SF--Cano. DP--New York 1; Philadelphia 1.

Cl.Lee pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. A.Burnett pitched to 4 batters in the 3rd.

HBP--by A.Burnett (Victorino). WP--Aceves. T--3:26. A--46,178.

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