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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- With the Aug. 1 trade deadline approaching next week, the World Series champion Kansas City Royals may be sellers instead of buyers.Delino DeShields homered in the seventh inning to break a tie and the Texas Rangers beat the Royals 2-1 on Sunday.The loss dropped the Royals to 48-49, the first time the World Series champions have been below .500 since May 15. The Royals have lost 13 of 19 games in July and have not won back-to-back games June 29-30.For Kansas City, it might already be too late to find another gear for a postseason push.We thought about that like three weeks ago, Yost said. We can think it all we want. That doesnt help you. Weve got to get it going.The Royals are in third place in the AL Central, eight games behind Cleveland. They are in seventh place in the wild card race, six games back.Royals starter Edinson Volquez left after six innings and 91 pitches, allowing one run and seven hits while walking three and striking out three. It was Volquezs fifth straight start pitching at least six innings and he has a 2.87 ERA in that span.We know what we can do and we never give up, Volquez said. Were going to be all right. Were going to make some adjustments and win games I believe.Volquez is eligible for free agency after this season and could be traded at the deadline. He stranded runners at third base to end the third, fourth and fifth innings.He pitched in and out of trouble all day long, a fantastic job, Yost said.DeShields, who was recalled Thursday from Triple-A Round Rock, walked and doubled before leading off the seventh with his third home run. DeShields hit a 2-1 pitch from Luke Hochevar out to left.Hochevar (2-3) took the loss and has allowed six runs in 6 1/3 innings in July.It was a four-seam fastball and it just took off and ran back over the plate, Hochevar said of DeShields home run. Trying to go down and away with that and it just ran middle.Left-hander Alex Claudio (2-1) picked up the win, pitching a scoreless sixth.Rangers relievers Claudio, Keone Kela, Jake Diekman and Sam Dyson held the Royals scoreless the final four innings.Dyson earned his 20th save in 22 opportunities, but not before allowing two singles and taking Paulo Orlandos liner off his right shoulder.The Rangers broke through with a clutch hit in the sixth when Mitch Morelands two-out single scored Adrian Beltre, who began the inning with a single.Rangers right-hander A.J. Griffin left after allowing four hits in five innings, including Kendrys Morales home run in the fourth inning. Morales had three of the Royals seven hits.PEREZ RESTEDC Salvador Perez was not in the Royals lineup for the first time since July 3 with Drew Butera behind the plate with a day game after a night game. Perez was in a 2-for-23 skid with eight strikeouts and no walks over six games before delivering a pinch-hit single in the ninth.STREAK ENDS3B Cheslor Cuthbert went 0 for 4, snapping his 12-game hitting streak, the longest by a Royals rookie since Mike Moustakas 15-game streak in 2011.TRAINERS ROOMRangers: General manager Jon Daniels said he anticipates LHP Derek Holland and RHP Colby Lewis will return to the rotation on Aug. 20 and 21, the dates they are eligible to come off the 60-day disabled list.Royals: OF Lorenzo Cain (left hamstring strain) ran before the game. Hes making progress, Yost said. Well evaluate it tomorrow.UP NEXTRoyals: RHP Ian Kennedy, who starts Monday against the Angels, allowed four home runs in a loss Wednesday to the Indians and is tied with teammate Chris Young in allowing a major league-high 26 homers. Los Angeles sends out RHP Hector Santiago. Cheap Nike Sneakers From China . 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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Given the NFL-leading pace hes established in his eighth season, LeSean McCoy has no reason to believe hes running out of time.The Buffalo Bills running back went so far as to suggest on Tuesday theres at least three more prime years left in his 28-year-old body.I feel young. I feel good. Im not like other backs that only take a pounding, McCoy said. So Im not really concerned about time.Just to be safe, he knocked on the wooden podium for luck.Otherwise, it hasnt been easy for anyone to contain McCoy.He has nearly single-handedly been the key reason why the Bills (7-7) are still mathematically alive in the AFC playoff race.Buffalo doesnt control its destiny and could be eliminated by various scenarios this weekend, including a loss against AFC East rival Miami (9-5) on Saturday.As part of the leagues top running attack, McCoys 5.5 yards per run ranks first among players with 200 or more carries. His 1,129 yards rushing rank fifth, and hes fourth in scoring with 13 touchdowns (including one receiving).Add in 333 yards receiving, and McCoys 1,462 yards from scrimmage represent 30 percent of Buffalos total output.Coach Rex Ryan shudders when asked where the Bills would be without McCoy.I dont know, but Im not going to waste my time thinking about it, Ryan said. I told him the other day, `Golly, its like youre second or third year in the league. I mean, the guys having a phenomenal season.Except for an injury to his left hamstring that sidelined him for six quarters in October, McCoy has fully rebounded from last season, his first in Buffalo, when hamstring and knee injuries slowed his production.Acquired in a trade with Philadelphia, the NFLs 2013 rushing leader finished with 895 yards rushing and 1,187 yards from scrimmage -- the second-lowest total of McCoys career -- in 12 games.This season, McCoy has topped 100 yards rushing six times this season, including a season-best 153-yard, two-touchdown outing in a 33-13 win over Cleveland last weekend. Hes part of an offense that has set a franchise record by scoriing 27 touchdowns rushing.ddddddddddddWhat troubles McCoy is a belief he can do even more, saying there are several plays he wished he could have over again.If Im not playing well, Ill say it, he said. You start talking about 30 percent (of the offense), but theres also some room for improvement in different runs, different reads, that I can get better with.None of his teammates are criticizing McCoy.Hes a stud, guard Richie Incognito said. We get these creative game plans going and we get guys blocked up and he makes us look good. Hes out there razzling and dazzling.It helps that McCoy doesnt forget about his offensive linemen during touchdown celebrations.For the second time this season on Sunday, McCoy scored and allowed Incognito to handle the duties of spiking the ball in the end zone.Having some fun. Letting them know that I appreciate them, McCoy said.What separates McCoy has been his shiftiness and ability to avoid taking many direct hits.His lateral quickness, thats one of the things that I think hes really elite at, offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn said. Straight-line speed, a lot of backs can run a straight line. But LeSean can move laterally just as fast as he can go forward. And thats special.Lynn, a former NFL running back, took over the job after Greg Roman was fired two weeks into the season.One of the adjustments Lynn has made is having McCoy lining up deeper in the backfield to provide him more time to see openings develop and adapt on the run.McCoy is looking ahead to facing the Dolphins after he managed a season-low 11 yards rushing in a 28-25 loss at Miami on Oct. 23. He was limited to playing just the first half and missed the following weeks game due to a sore left hamstring.We let that game slip away. So were definitely going to pay them back, McCoy said. 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