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Putting behind their disappointing opening match loss against Germany, India rallied from a goal deficit to register a 2-1 win over Ireland in their second game of the six-nations invitational hockey tournament in Valencia on Tuesday.While both the teams started cautiously, playing the ball on the flanks and using the width to dictate play, India sat deeper in their zone and allowed Ireland to hold the ball, hoping to score via counters.Ireland took an early lead in the fourth minute through Kyle Goods strike. India had to wait until the 19th minute to earn their first penalty corner of the game.Three minutes later, Rupinder Pal Singhs initial flick was stopped by Ireland goalkeeper David Harte, but Talwinder Singh, lurking inside the circle, pounced on the rebound and slotted the ball into goal to level the scores in the 22nd minute.Indias attacking intent and skill was on full display after the goal, but Ireland held on to go into the break on level terms.It wasnt to last for long though, as India took the lead within minutes of the third quarter when captain Sardar Singh scored in the 32nd minute with a fine deflection. The goal was beautifully set up by VR Raghunath, Birender Lakra and Surender Kumar.India had several chances in the second half but Rupinder followed by Raghunath were denied from penalty corners.India played the final quarter strongly, with an eye on not conceding a goal as they looked to launch counters to finish the game.Speaking after the game Indias chief coach Roelant Oltmans said, We started off slow today, much like yesterday, but quickly came back and found our rhythm. The good thing is we played strongly once we took the lead and had several chances to secure the game, an area we need to work on. Ultra Boost Outlet . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. 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Adidas Nmd Schuhe Günstig .Y. - Free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, fresh off winning the World Series with Boston, reached agreement with the rival New York Yankees on a seven-year contract worth about $153 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday night. OAKLAND, Calif. -- Three straight one-run wins and a series sweep of slumping Kansas City might be just the thing to get the Oakland Athletics going again. A late tiebreaking home run from Yoenis Cespedes helps, too. Cespedes hit a leadoff homer in the eighth inning and the As beat the Royals 4-3 to move back over .500. "I would rather see us win by 10 runs ... but it makes for a little bit more excitement, certainly at the end," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "What it does for me more than anything is it shows some tenacity that when you get down, you dont worry about it." Jerry Blevins (3-0) pitched one scoreless inning. Ryan Cook worked the ninth for his first save of the season. Cespedes hit his eighth homer, connecting against Kelvin Herrera (2-4). Cespedes also singled and scored the As first run in the second. Held in check by Kansas City starter Luis Mendoza most of the afternoon, Oakland benefited from a costly error by centre fielder David Lough that allowed the tying run to score in the seventh. Derek Norris hit a leadoff single and raced to third when the ball skipped over Loughs glove and rolled to the fence. One batter later Coco Crisps sacrifice fly tied it. "I kind of hesitated, pulled up and it took one of those sharp hops and just got by me on the top of my glove," Lough said. "If I would have went for it I would have caught it in the air, for sure." Still, Oaklands first sweep of the Royals since 2008 didnt come easily. The As squeaked out a pair of 2-1 wins on Friday and Saturday, then had to sweat out another tight finish in the series finale. Cook, pitching because closer Grant Balfour was unavailable, allowed two-out singles to Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer in the ninth. Mike Moustakas then worked a full count off Cook before grounding out to end the game. "Any time you can get thhree wins and sweep a team thats playing pretty decent baseball, it doesnt really matter how you do it," Norris said.dddddddddddd "Its definitely a plus for us." Alex Gordon matched his career high of four hits for Kansas City. The Royals have lost 10 of 13 and fallen back to .500. Gordon hit an RBI single in the third, scored in the fifth and doubled in the seventh. Since moving to the third spot in the lineup on May 9, Gordon is batting .450 (18 for 40). The Royals, who scored just two runs and stranded 11 baserunners in the first two games of this series, went up 2-0 when Chris Getz singled in Hosmer in the fourth. Hosmer added an RBI double in the fifth. As starter A.J. Griffin had command problems most of the day. He walked three and struck out five but failed in his bid to become the second pitcher in Oakland history to reach 12 wins in his first 24 starts. Josh Donaldson had a sacrifice fly in the Oakland fourth and Jed Lowrie had an RBI single in the fifth. NOTES: Each of the As last 12 home runs have been solo shots, the second-longest such streak in Oakland history. ... Mendoza struck out four and didnt walk a batter for a second straight start. ... Gordon had 60 multihit games in 2012 but already has 20 in the Royals first 40 games this season. He has nine career four-hit games. ... Injured Oakland OF Josh Reddick continues to make slow progress from surgery on his right wrist. He was out Sunday after taking swings off a tee the previous day and is eligible to come off the disabled list Wednesday, though manager Bob Melvin thinks Reddick will need more time to heal. ... Kansas City RHP Jeremy Guthrie (5-1) pitches the series opener in Houston and is seeking to rebound from his first loss of the season. ... As RHP Bartolo Colon (3-2), who takes the hill against Texas on Monday, is winless in his last four starts. ' ' '