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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 10, Cleveland 0
When: 10:05 PM ET, Friday, April 23, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 11547

Justin Duchscherer continued his comeback with six shutout innings and Kurt Suzuki homered for the second consecutive game as the Oakland Athletics blanked the visiting Cleveland Indians 10-0 on Friday night.

Duchscherer (2-0) allowed just five hits in his third consecutive outing of not allowing an earned run. In 19 innings over that span, the right-hander has given up just two unearned runs.

Duchscherer, a two-time All-Star, missed all of last season due to elbow surgery and a bout with depression.

Oakland turned five double plays, including one in each of the first four innings.

The Athletics took a 4-0 lead with a three-run sixth inning featuring Ryan Sweeney’s RBI single and Suzuki’s two-run homer. Suzuki’s homer, his fourth of the season, knocked Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook out of the game.

Oakland’s first run scored on Kevin Kouzmanoff’s run-scoring single in the fourth inning. Kouzmanoff drove in another run with a single during Oakland’s six-run eighth inning. Rajai Davis had the big blow with a three-run double.

Westbrook (0-2) allowed four runs and eight hits over five-plus innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Oakland
Jake Westbrook Player Justin Duchscherer
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 6.0
1 Strikeouts 2
8 Hits 5
7.20 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Cleveland   Oakland
Russell Branyan Player Kurt Suzuki
1 Hits 3
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
1 TB 6
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 5 0 5 .192 10 6 0 5 0 3
Oakland 12 1 17 .324 18 2 10 3 0 0