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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Time is running out on the Kansas City Royals if they are going to make it back to the postseason.After advancing to the World Series the past two years and winning it all in 2015, the Royals take a 48-49 record into a three-game series Monday night against the Los Angeles Angels to close out this nine-game homestand.The Royals fell below .500 for the first time since May 15 after a 2-1 loss Sunday to the Texas Rangers. They have not won back-to-back games in July, a month where they have a putrid 6-13 record.It is time for the Royals to get it going if they are to remain in playoff contention.We thought about that like three weeks ago, Royals manager Ned Yost said. We can think it all we want. That doesnt help you. Weve got to get it going.The Royals are 9-36 when they score three or fewer runs.Its important to get all of our guys going again, Yost said. When you struggle offensively, generally, when we do it we do it as a team. Weve got to find ways to produce more offense.The Royals will start right-hander Ian Kennedy in the series opener. He is 0-3 with a 6.35 ERA in four career starts against the Angels. He lost a 6-1 decision on April 25 at Anaheim, when the Royals were swept in a three-game series and scored only seven runs in the three games.Albert Pujols is 4-for-10 with three home runs off Kennedy, while Mike Trout is 1-for-6.Kennedy has had trouble the third time through the lineup. They are hitting .215, 67-for-312, the first two times. On the third time, hitters have a .293 batting average with nine home runs and two doubles.The Angels will counter with right-hander Hector Santiago, who had his career-high 24 inning scoreless inning streak snapped in his previous start by the Rangers. He owns a 2.28 ERA in his past seven starts.Eric Hosmer is 6-for-19 and Alcides Escobar is 5-for-16 off Santiago.Shortstop Anrelton Simmons is batting .404 since June 23 and is the hottest Angels bat.The Angels lost 13-3 Sunday at Houston with Jose Altuve hitting two home runs and driving in five runs in the first two innings off Tim Lincecum, who was yanked after retiring only four batters and allowing eight runs.Pretty pathetic, Lincecum said after the poor performance. I wasnt putting the ball where I needed to at all, from the first pitch. I have a lot of work to do. Im confident in the process, that this is part of what Im going through right now. If it takes going through this, then it takes going through this.Lincecum wont start against the Royals and there is some uncertainty whether he will remain in the rotation with an 8.70 ERA and allowing nine home runs among his 54 hits, while walking 15 and allowing 31 runs, 29 earned, in 30 innings. 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The lawyers filed a 33-page amended complaint Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, expanding on the suit originally filed Oct. 3 in New York Supreme Court. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz last week refused to compel Selig to testify in the grievance, and Rodriguez then walked out of the hearing without testifying.Kuantan -- Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh starred in front of goal for India, helping his team beat South Korea in a tense penalty shootout and enter the final of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy.Sreejesh, who recovered from his ankle injury to play in the semifinal at the Kuantan Hockey Stadium, saved South Koreas last penalty to secure a 5-4 win in the shootout, after both teams were locked 2-2 at the end of regulation time.Sreejesh padded away the ball from the stick of Lee Dae-Yeol to clinch the victory and seal Indias place in Sundays final. India won the competition in 2011, and finished runners-up to Pakistan in 2012.?India, the top ranked team in the competition, found it tough against a young Korea, who bounced back after conceding the initial lead and were ahead briefly before India got the equaliser in regulation time.Talwinder Singh gave India the initial lead with a field goal in the 15th minute, but the Koreans came back to score through Seo In-Woos strike in open play in the 21st, and then took the lead from a penalty stroke conversion by Yang Ji-Hun in the 53rd. The match went into a shootout after Ramandeep Singh scored in the 55th minute to make it 2-2.In the shootout, Sardar Singh, Ramandeep, Rupinder Pal Singh and Akashdeep Singh duly scored the first four attempts. Birendra Lakra was obstructed in his, and the resultant penalty stroke was converted by Rupinder to give India all five successful strikes in the shootout.For South Korea, captain Jung Man-Jae, Kim Hyeong-Jin and Lee Jung-Jun faced no problem in converting their attempts. The fourth shot by Bae Jong-Suk was blocked by Sreejesh, but a penalty stroke was awarded for a stick-check by the Indian goalkeeper after Korea asked for a video referral. The resultant stroke was converted by Yang Ji-Hun.The match came down to the last Korean shot, and Sreejesh rose to the occasion to deny Lee Dae-Yeol.During the match, India launched the first attack in the seventh minute as Talwinder moved into the circle from the left and tried a reverse shot to the far post, but the ball was intercepted by a defender to avert the danger.The first Indian penalty corner came two minutes later, but Rupinders grounder posed no danger to the Korean goal.Right-half Pradeep Mor sent a diagonal ball into the goalmouth, where Talwinders faint deflection went wide of the left post in the 14th minute.ddddddddddddithin 15 seconds, Talwinder got a ball from Akashdeep on the other flank and this time he unleashed a diagonal shot from top of the circle into the boards to open Indias account.The Koreans retaliated with their first penalty corner, but captain Jang Man-Jaes shot was wide.Nikkin Thimmaiah dribbled around in the Korean circle in the 17th minute to get a clear view of the goal, but then left the ball for Indias captain for the match SK Uthappa, who show wide after dribbling past one defender.The Koreans equalised in the 21st minute when Rupinder was unable to intercept a long through pass at the top of the circle. Korean striker Seo In-Woo succeeded in stealing the ball from Rupinder and then wrong-footed him to have a clear view of the citadel. Seo beat Sreejesh with a firm drive that sounded the boards.The Koreans then forced two penalty corners before half-time, but failed to convert both.In between the two Korean penalty corners, India got one of their own, but the defenders rushed off briskly to block Rupinders shot within a yard of leaving his stick in the 29th minute.Rupinder was frustrated again in the 36th minute from Indias third penalty corner. This time a rising shot was slapped away by ?the goalkeeper Hong Doopyo.The last quarter of the match was played under heavy rains. The Koreans made the most of a momentary confusion in the Indian defence near 25 years and moved the ball briskly to the circle to earn their fourth penalty corner.Sreejesh blocked two shots, but the third struck the body of Devender Walmiki, who was standing on the goalline. The resultant penalty stroke was duly converted by Yang Ji-Hun to give South Korea a 2-1 lead in the 53rd minute.Trailing for the first time in the contest, India charged ahead to earn a penalty corner, where the shot was deflected out by the defenders, but Sardar produced his old sparkle to set up the Indian equaliser.He moved in along the goalline on the left flank and went past a couple of Koreans before passing the ball to Ramandeep, who flicked into the goal to draw level.India continued to attack in the last five minutes, but the Koreans packed their territory in numbers to thwart any danger to their citadel. ' ' '