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Archer wraps up unique breakout season

"Arch was good," Cash said. "We basically made a decision after the fifth -- you guys have reported that he's pretty exhausted, the body, the arm -- and when that came up in the game, we just said, 'Let's go ahead and get him out of the game.'

"It didn't make much sense for him to continue pitching. He's had such a good year, we're not going to risk him grinding through three, six more outs at this point of the season."

Archer told reporters on Friday that he was tired and only at about 80-90 percent.