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HOUSTON - Mexico scored five times in the final 12 minutes and subdued Guyana 5-0 Friday night to formally eliminate the Caribbean side from CONCACAF World Cup qualifying.

Mexico, which already had secured its place in the six-team final round of qualifying, won its fifth straight having outscored its opponents 13-2.

The match, played before a crowd of 12,115 at the Houston Dynamo's BBVA Compass Stadium, was a "home" match for Guyana, which sought to change the venue after it had a conflict with its regular stadium.

El Tri hit the post three times before finally capitalizing when Andres Guardado scored in the 78th minute. Javier Hernández, Oribe Peralta, Ángel Reyna and an own-goal by Charles Pollard added to the final margin of victory on a night when the Guyanese gamely battled before finally succumbing.

Hernández had a chance to give Mexico the lead after five minutes. The Manchester United striker drew a penalty kick when fouled by goalkeeper Derrick Carter four minutes after the opening kickoff, but chipped the resulting attempt off the crossbar.

The frame came to Carter's rescue twice more as Mexico struggled to find its sharpness in front of goal.

Javier Aquino clipped an effort off the far post as Carter rushed off his line on a breakaway eight minutes after Hernández's effort. Israel Jiménez then hit a drive off the crossbar four minutes before halftime.

It took until the final quarter of an hour, but the Mexican persistence paid dividends with five goals in eight minutes.

Guardado started the spree with a low, left-footed drive after a corner kick squirted out to him on the left side of the penalty area.

Peralta made it two in three minutes when he tapped home a feed from Hernandez to complete a fine sequence through midfield.

Pollard added to Guyana's woes in the 82nd by unfortunately sweeping the ball away from Hernández and into the back of his own net.

Hernández finally produced his goal five minutes from time by nodding home a Guardado cross.

Second-half substitute Reyna capped the scoring with a fine solo goal four minutes from time.

Mexico will complete its semifinal round with a Group B finale against El Salvador in Torreon, Mexico, on Tuesday night. The loss was Guyana's fourth in five games and suffered its fourth defeat in five outings in qualifying, and seventh loss in eight games overall with only a draw against El Salvador.

It will finish out the semifinal round of qualifying at Costa Rica in San José at the same time.