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10:05 pm EDT Fri Apr 23, 2010

Cleveland’s Jake Westbrook and Oakland’s Justin Duchscherer are working their way back from injuries that kept them sidelined for all of 2009. Each pitcher walked away from his last start with reason for optimism. Westbrook and Duchscherer will square off Friday to open a three-game series between the Indians and Athletics. Westbrook is winless since beating the Angels on April 8, 2008, but is coming off one of his best outings since undergoing elbow surgery that kept him sidelined last year. The right-hander, who won 44 games from 2004-06, pitched seven innings against the White Sox on Saturday, allowing two runs and five hits in a 3-2 win. The Indians had lost his previous two starts. Westbrook has won his last five decisions against Oakland, posting a 2.34 ERA over those six starts. He has not faced the Athletics since 2007.

It’s been a similar journey for Duchscherer, a former All-Star who missed last season due to an elbow injury and clinical depression. After pitching 7 1-3 scoreless innings against Seattle on April 12, he gave up two unearned runs in 5 2-3 innings of a 4-3 win over Baltimore on Saturday. He did not factor in the decision. The right-hander went 1-1 with a 1.54 ERA in two starts against the Indians in 2008. He’s also made nine career relief appearances versus Cleveland. Oakland snapped a three-game losing streak Thursday by beating the New York Yankees 4-2 in an eventful finale of a three-game series. Kurt Suzuki hit a three-run homer, but also hit into a triple play in the sixth inning. The game also included a spat between Alex Rodriguez and Oakland starter Dallas Braden, who was upset when the Yankees star cut across the mound after Robinson Cano fouled off a pitch during the sixth inning.