Utley, who had hit a three-run bomb in the first inning, blasted a solo shot in the seventh, which was followed by a third Philly homer and eighth run, this one courtesy of Raul Ibanez. More fireworks, more screaming, more joy in Philadelphia, in what ended up an 8-6 Game 5 victory over the Yankees, cutting New York’s Series lead to three games to two.

At the time, leading already by four, the runs in the seventh had seemed superfluous, a piling on by the Phillies against Phil Coke. They wouldn’t after the top of the eighth, in which the Yankees battered Cliff Lee and Chan Ho Park for three runs, and in the ninth, when they got another.

But Ryan Madson regrouped to get the final out, fanning Mark Teixeira with a runner on, and on the strength of Utley - and his fifth home run against the Yankees, tying Reggie Jackson for the most in a Series - and Ibanez, the Phillies sent the Series back to Yankee Sta dium. It’s likely New York’s Andy Pettitte, working on short rest, will go against Pedro Martinez, and Utley has at least one extra game to one-up Jackson, and the Yankees.

“I used to say Kirby Puckett was my favorite player,’’ Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. “The only thing Kirby might have on Chase is he’s more flamboyant because he smiles a lot, and Chase is a little bit different.

“Chase, when he gets hot, definitely can get hot and stay hot for a month or two. Knock on wood, hopefully he’s sitting in there right now because he’s swinging the bat good, and things are going really well for him.’’

So as Ryan Howard was tying a record with his 12th strikeout in a Series, Utley was shattering records of his own. He had gone deep twice off CC Sabathia in Game 1, also pitched by Lee, also won by the Phillies, and did it again last night. He had upstaged the Yankees’ bid to earn their 27th championship, prodding his team to the win in front of 46,178 at Citizens Bank Park, even with the extra tension at the end.

“Those guys never die either,’’ the Phillies’ Shane Victorino said. “They definitely battled tonight. I think this was a big game; obviously if we don’t win we’re going home. It was a big game for us to try to take some of that momentum back . . . but yes we are going to New York. They’re going to their home park - but again you’ve got their two pitchers throwing on three days’ rest.’’

Joe Girardi declined to officially name Pettitte his starter last night, choosing to take more time. But the decision to wait on using Lee might have been a better one than was generally thought when Manuel made it. Even though Lee gave back those two seventh-inning runs and finished having allowed five over seven innings, it appeared the battle over short rest vs. regular rest lived on. Girardi had chosen to pitch A.J. Burnett with three days’ rest and he blew up, though the manager said he didn’t think there was any correlation between Burnett’s results and his rest. Lee went on four days, and did enough to get the win.

Burnett got just six outs, leaving before he had gotten an out in the third. He gave up three runs in the first, with Jimmy Rollins singling to center, then Victorino getting hit on the right index finger as he squared to bunt. It was Utley, yet again, who demonstrated that it might not be a coronation for the Yankees.

Utley had figured out a way to hit a Yankees pitcher not named Sabathia, and he slammed a pitch into the seats in right field, giving the Phillies a 3-1 lead before a batter was out.

As Manuel boasted after the game, “He’s one of the most prepared, one of the most dedicated [players]. He has the most desire and passion to play the game that I’ve ever been around.’’

It made up quickly for the run Lee had allowed in the first, when Johnny Damon singled and Alex Rodriguez plated him with a double, and it returned the fervor to the crowd and the team. It returned the idea that they might just be going back to New York, after all.

After a decent second, with only a walk to Rollins, Burnett couldn’t get through the third. It began with a walk to Utley, continued with another to Howard, and went downhill from there. Jayson Werth singled to send one runner home. Ibanez singled in another, and was the final batter Burnett would face.

“His curveball didn’t have the tilt that he had in Game 2,’’ Victorino said. “He’s a power pitcher, so you rely on his fastball. Obviously we were able to get him early. I think that was big, to get on him early. He was a guy that definitely as the game goes on he gets better and better.’’

David Robertson entered, allowing a run on Carlos Ruiz’s fielder’s choice before getting the third out. Still, six runs had now scored, and the end of this Series was looking a bit further away.

And it took all the runs the Phillies got, with the dicey moments in the eighth and ninth. It took Utley, really, as his homers soared out of the park, as the fireworks flashed and filled the November sky.

“It doesn’t really matter who it is,’’ Utley said. “The bottom line is to win the game, however you need to do it, whether it’s hitting, pitching, defense. It doesn’t really matter who steps up, it’s just a matter of when and how.’’

Amalie Benjamin can be reached at abenjamin@globe.com.