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   MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AFP) - New York's Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez blasted seventh-inning homers and Los Angeles' Vlad Guerrero singled in two runs in the ninth as the Yankees and Angels completed their series sweeps Sunday.
   
   
   Posada and Rodriguez hit home runs in the seventh inning as the Yankees beat Minnesota 4-1 to win their best-of-five postseason series in three games.
   
   Guerrero singled in two runs with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Angels a 7-6 win sending the Boston Red Sox crashing out in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball playoffs.
   
   Posada smacked a solo blast to put his team in front as the Yankees advanced to the American League championship series for the first time since 2004.
   
   "Our goal is to try to win a championship," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "It's very difficult to do. This is the second step for us and hopefully we have two more."
   
   New York's late inning onslaught spoiled a stellar pitching performance by Minnesota's Carl Pavano, who battled Yankees' starter Andy Pettitte for much of the game.
   
   This is the third time in six years New York has eliminated the Twins in the first round of the post-season.
   
   Mariano Rivera closed it out with a four-out save, the 35th of his postseason career.
   
   "We played a great game and came up short," Pavano said. "The whole road coming here was still enjoyable. Obviously this should leave a bad taste in a lot of our mouths. We'll go in the offseason hungry and try to do it again."
   
   Minnesota's Nick Punto made a huge baserunning blunder in the eighth just as the Twins looked like they might tie the game.
   
   Punto, who hit a leadoff double in the inning, lost track of a Denard Span hit up the middle and was thrown out at third base -- first trying to sneak home and then deciding he couldn't make it. Punto had ignored the stop sign at third from the coaching staff.
   
   The Yankees will next play the Angels starting in New York on Friday.
   
   The last time the two met in the playoffs was 2005, with the Angels winning the best-of-seven 4-1.
   
   Unlike the Twins, the Angels avenged playoff ousters by the Red Sox in 2008, 2007 and 2004 and booked a spot in the American League championship series. Los Angeles had never before swept a playoff series.
   
   "It means a lot," Angels veteran Torii Hunter said. "We battle. That's why you play nine innings."
   
   Scoring two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth, the Angeles overcame a 5-1 deficit and will play either the New York Yankees or Minnesota Twins for a spot in the World Series. The Yankees lead that best-of-five series 2-0.
   
   Boston was last swept out of the playoffs in 2005, the same year that was the last time the Red Sox squandered a four-run lead in a playoff game.
   
   The Red Sox led 6-4 entering the ninth inning but the Angels rallied when just one out from defeat as Erick Aybar hit a two-out single up the middle and Red Sox closing relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon walked Chone Figgins.
   
   Bobby Abreu followed with a single off the giant left-field wall known as the "Green Monster", scoring Aybar and sending Figgins to third with the tying run. Abreu was the third Angel in a row to answer when down to his last strike.
   
   Hunter was intentionally walked to load the bases, setting up a force out at any base, but Vladimir Guerrero singled to centerfield to score Figgins and Abreu and give the Angels a 7-6 lead to complete the stunning reversal.
   
   "Vlady came through with a big hit right there, probably one of the biggest of his career," Hunter said. "And Abreu, that was a clutch hit off the Green Monster to keep the inning alive."
   
   The Red Sox lifted Papelbon, who had not allowed a run in 27 prior playoff innings, in favor of Japanese left-hander Hideki Okajima, who finally obtained the last out - ending the onslaught one batter too late for Boston.
   
   Los Angeles set down the Red Sox in order in the ninth and a shocked crowd at historic Fenway Park was sent walking to the exits in near-disbelief. The Red Sox hit only .158 for the series in falling

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