Rangers vs. Yankees: Texas Takes Down New York, Reaches First World Series

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- A game four decades in the making saw the Texas Rangers make it to the World Series for the first time when their 6-1 victory eliminated the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.

Vladimir Guerrero broke a 1-all tie in the fifth with a two-out, two-run double after New York starter Phil Hughes intentionally walked Josh Hamilton with a runner on third base and two out.

Reliever David Robertson had no better luck, Nelson Cruz following Guerrero by launching his fifth post-season homer, a two-run blast that that got a sea of red pom-poms whipping up a frenzy in a way that baseball in Texas has never been whipped.

Texas right-handed starter Colby Lewis won for the second time in the series, allowing just three hits in eight innings, including striking out the side in the eighth as the Yankees' inability to connect became all the more pointed.

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