New York (AP) — Cliff Lee baffled baseball's most dangerous batting lineup and Chase Utley smashed two home runs to lead Philadelphia past the New York Yankees 6-1 in the opening game of the 105th World Series.

Lee struck out 10 without surrendering a walk, a feat done only twice before in World Series history, and scattered six hits over nine innings to give the defending champions a 1-0 edge in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final. Related Article: Cliff Lee excels in opener

"It's surreal. This is what you dream of as a kid," Lee said. "I've already put the work in. There's no sense in being nervous and worried. It's time to go out there and let my talent and skills take over."

On a cold and breezy night at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, the 31-year-old American southpaw mixed his dazzling arsenal of pitches to silence a Yankee lineup that produced the most runs and blasted the most homers in the major leagues this year.

"He had all his pitches going - fastball, cutter, curveball, change-up - and he used every one of them," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "Went through a tremendous lineup, struck out 10 and didn't walk anybody."

Since Pittsburgh's Deacon Phillippe did the same in the opening game of the first World Series in 1903, the only other Series pitcher before Lee to strike out so many without allowing a walk was Brooklyn's Don Newcombe in 1949.

"He was great. He kept us off balance. He got us to chase some pitches," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "A guy makes his pitches, sometimes you are going to have a hard time scoring runs.

"He's pitching extremely well. But one thing is, he can't pitch every day."

While New York can equalize in game two here on Thursday, the winner of game one has gone on to win the World Series in 11 of the past 12 years.

"As far as being frustrated, our guys will grind it out," Girardi said. "I'm not worried about that."

The Yankees, with baseball's richest payroll at 201 million dollars, seek a 27th World Series crown but their first since 2000. The Phillies could become the first National League club since 1976 to win back-to-back titles.

Utley blasted solo homers in the third and sixth innings off Yankee southpaw starter C.C. Sabathia to match 1920s Yankee legend Babe Ruth as the only left-handed sluggers with two homers in a Series game off a left-hander.

"That's pretty good company," Utley said. "But no, you try to take it game to game and keep working, so it doesn't really matter that much."

The Phillies All-Star second baseman also reached base in a record 26th consecutive playoff game, surpassing the mark he shared with Baltimore's 1960s star Boog Powell and giving his club a 2-0 lead through seven innings as well.

"C.C. is an outstanding pitcher," Utley said. "I was trying to lay off the slider and hit his fastball. He left one in the middle of the plate and you can't miss those pitches against that type of pitcher."

Raul Ibanez added a two-run single in the eighth while Shane Victorino and Ryan Howard drove in runs in the ninth to boost Philadelphia's lead.

The Yankees, who led baseball with 51 comeback victories this year, finally cracked Lee and snapped their 17-inning scoreless streak in the ninth when Jeter singled, took second on a Johnny Damon single and scored on a throwing error by Utley.

But Lee struck out Alex Rodriguez for the third time, ending the Yankee star's 11-game playoff hit streak, and Jorge Posada to end the game, improving to 3-0 in the playoffs with only two earned runs allowed in 33 1/3 innings.

"You have got to be unpredictable, show them stuff they haven't seen before, mix speeds and locations and don't get in patterns," Lee said. "If they get a clue on what you are trying to do they are going to make you pay."

Mark Teixeira and Rodriguez, who paced New York with 39 and 30 homers respectively, each struck out twice in the first four innings.

Sabathia, who shared the regular-season lead with 19 triumphs, had been 3-0 in the playoffs. He became only the third black pitcher for the Yankees in 40 World Series trips over 88 years but could not become the first to win.