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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians lineups may have some different faces Wednesday.Not only is it an afternoon game after a night game, but the temperature is forecasted to reach 97 degrees with a heat index of close to 110 and a humidity of 60 percent.An extreme hot and humid day will likely force managers Ned Yost of the Royals and Terry Francona of the Indians to rest some usual starters.You almost have to because the heat is stifling and the heat index is going to be even worse, Yost said. At least when the sun goes down, its bearable out here.But you can see you have to be prepared. You saw what happened to (Corey) Kluber last (Monday) night. He just got dehydrated and started suffering cramps.Kluber left after some warmup pitches in the eighth inning with his right calf cramping.Were going to have to look and see who needs a break, probably Salvy for sure, Yost said.Salvador Perez not only started the All-Star Game, but has caught the first five games after it. Expect Drew Butera to be behind the plate for the first pitch Wednesday.In addition, left-fielder Alex Gordon could use a break. He is 2-for-17 since the All-Star break, dropping his average to .200. He has struck out four times in seven at-bats against the Indians, bringing his strikeout total to an alarming 72 in 215 at-bats.Plus, Gordon is a .154 hitter, 4-for-26, off Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco, who starts Wednesday. However, two of Gordons hits off Carrasco are home runs.Rookie Brett Eibner, who has sat out the past four games after playing Friday, will almost certainly start Wednesday somewhere in the outfield. Christian Colon will likely start somewhere in the infield.Outfielder Michael Brantley not only will not be in the Indians lineup Wednesday, but could be out for the remainder of the season after another setback on his shoulder while rehabbing with Double-A Akron.Were not to that point, yet, Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti said. We want to try to first understand whats going on. What is causing this to continue to happen? What is the root of the soreness he is experiencing now? And, how do we help him through that?Brantley, who has been limited to 11 games this season because of the shoulder issues, will have an MRI Wednesday. He hit .327 with 20 home runs and 97 RBI in 2014 and .310 with 15 home runs and 84 RBI in 137 games last season, but had shoulder surgery in November.There has been a couple times where hes come up to me and apologized, Francona said. His effort has been incredible. All the reasons we want him back, and the admiration we have for him, doesnt go away when his shoulder hurts.Eric Hosmer has a .333 average, 7-for-21, off Carrasco, which is the best of any of the Royals hitters with at least 14 at-bats. Rookie Whit Merrifield went 2-for-3 with a home run earlier this season in his only time seeing Carrasco.The Royals will start right-hander Ian Kennedy, who will be facing the Tribe for the fourth time this season. He is 2-1 with a 4.12 ERA in his first three starts. He is 3-3 with a 4.02 ERA in eight starts against American League Central clubs this season. Chris Carson Seahawks Jersey . Brandon Morrow allowed five runs on six hits over three innings. He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter. Edwin Encarnacion had a two-out, bases loaded two-RBI double in the third inning. Phil Haynes Womens Jersey . 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A scoreless first half featured chances for both teams, but it wasnt until Dzsenifer Marozsans goal in the opening minutes of the second half that Germany did what neither the United States nor Brazil could manage in preceding games: force Sweden to play from behind.Germany then doubled its lead on a Swedish own goal, but Sweden quickly cut the deficit to a single goal to set up a tense finish over the remaining quarter of the game, right down to a scramble for the ball yards from the German goal in stoppage time.In the final game of coach Silvia Neids tenure, Germany joined the United States and Norway as the only countries to win both Olympic gold and World Cup titles in womens soccer.More to come after the medals are awarded, but here are some thoughts at the final whistle.1. Healthy Marozsan makes a differenceAn injured Marozsan was far less than 100 percent when Germany and the United States met in a World Cup semifinal a year ago. And the day before the gold-medal game, German coach Silvia Neid suggested Marozsan was the only potential health concern for her team.Well, Marozsan started this final and looked no worse for wear in the first half, as Germany slowly built offensive momentum. And she looked simply world class when a deflected cross fell to her feet in the 48th minute. A few yards outside the 18-yard box and unmarked, Marozsan took her time, picked her spot and curled a beautiful shot past the diving goalkeeper.Time and again, the United States and Brazil hammered away at the Swedish goal in this tournament, but barely any of the shots from a bevy of talented players actually went on frame. Maroszan made the most of her first opportunity. Then her free kick from 20 yards in the 61st minute caromed hard off the post and into Swedens Linda Sembrant, who scored an own goal on a failed clearance.Put it on frame and good things happen. Have a healthy Marozsan and good things happen.2. Sweden played for the goldIt took less than a minute for Sweden to earn a free kick near the German goal. The Swedes accumulated six first-half corner kicks. At times they had all 10 field players in the German end without the added enticement of a set piece. Really, they did. They even had an edgge in possession through the first 45 minutes.dddddddddddd All right, Sweden wasnt trying to pull off a Scandinavian ode to Barcelona. They played their way, which meant two organized and tightly synced lines of four on defense and a lot of long balls over the top. But they played.All the hubbub about Swedens defensive tactics in penalty-shootout wins against the United States and Brazil seemed forced anyway. And Swedens supposedly dire soccer didnt stop 70,000 people from showing up to watch them play for the gold medal. But Sweden played to win -- or lose -- the gold medal for 90 minutes Friday night.The Swedes almost paid for it on a couple of occasions in the first half, and it cost them when the back line found itself stretched on Marozsans opening goal and the sequence that led to the own goal. But it also gave them a chance to threaten Germanys goal -- an Olivia Schough misfire on a Lotta Schelin cross and Schelins missed shot on a counter were moments that will leave some Swedish fans to wonder what might have happened had their team scored first.3. Meanwhile, in Sao PauloA tournament that began so promisingly for the host ended in bitter disappointment. Brazil left without a medal of any kind after a 2-1 loss to Canada in the bronze-medal game played in Brazils largest city. By the time Brazils goalless drought ended late in the second half -- the team going without a goal for nearly seven consecutive hours of soccer during the tournament -- Canada already had a two-goal cushion. But if its a sad finish to what looked like a great Brazilian story, dont expect the Canadians to apologize for playing spoiler.Canada becomes the fifth country to medal in womens soccer in back-to-back Olympics, taking the sting out of its own mildly disappointing showing as host of last years World Cup. Although Christine Sinclair fittingly scored the eventual bronze-clincher against Brazil, Canadas feat is perhaps most impressive for how different the two medal-winning Canadian teams were.In the span of those years, coach John Herdman successfully set the table for the post-Sinclair era. Fridays starting lineup included current West Virginia standouts Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence. And they are all but old-timers compared to 18-year-old Jessie Fleming and 17-year-old Deanne Rose, who scored the opening goal in the game. Add in Janine Beckie, who didnt start Friday but had such a strong tournament, Rebecca Quinn, Nichelle Prince and others, and Canada can celebrate both another medal and what the future holds. ' ' '