The Cleveland Indians couldn’t battle their way back after falling behind 5-0 after five inning against the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. The Indians were shut down by A’s pitcher Justin Duchscherer until he had to leave the game with a bicep injury.
The Indians did make it interesting in the late innings with homeruns by Ryan Garko and Travis Hafner but it still wasn’t enough as the Indians lost 6-3.
Paul Byrd was the losing pitcher after giving up three earned runs in only 4.1 innings of play. He clearly didn’t have his stuff working for him on Friday night. Jorge Julio came in after Byrd, and also gave up one earned run.
The Indians are now 2-2 on the season, and will try to get about .500 with a victory over the Athletics on Saturday.
