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Friday's Indians lineup
Today's game: CLEVELAND (7-8) at Oakland (10-7) at 10:05 p.m. at Oakland Coliseum
Pitching matchup: Indians RHP Jake Westbrook (0-1, 5.40 ERA) vs. A's RHP Justin Duchcherer (1-0, 2.41 ERA)
Lineups: CLEVELAND
SS Asdrubal Cabrera (.297)
CF Grady Sizemore (.196)
RF Shin-Soo Choo (.288)
DH Travis Hafner (.235)
3B Jhonny Peralta (.140)
1B Russell Branyan (.286)
LF Matt LaPorta (.214)
1B Luis Valbuena (.205)
C Lou Mason (.103)
OAKLAND:
CF Rajai Davis (.214)
1B Daric Barton (.306)
RF Ryan Sweeney (.288)
C Kurt Suzuki (.222)
DH Eric Chavez (244.)
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff (.215)
LF Gabe Gross (.278)
2B Adam Rosales (.242)
SS Cliff Pennington (.226)
NOTES:
* Indians starting pitcher Jake Westbrook has not picked up a win in his first three starts, despite pitching well in his last outing against the Chicago White Sox.
* Oakland leads the American League West Division with a 10-7 record, a half of a game ahead of second-place Seattle (9-7).