Despite the three-run victory by the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, the game was much closer than the 5-2 score would suggest. The story of the night for the Cleveland Indians was Shaun Marcum. Marcum looked to maintain his spot in the rotation, and, in the process, hurled 6 1/3 innings while surrendering just three earned runs. Marcum needed just 92 pitches to strike out four and walk one.
Marcum did allow eight hits, one of which was the game-winning home run to Adam Jones to lead off the sixth inning.