Before the game Cash said RHP Chris Archer would pitch as long as he could. But Archer left the game after five innings having thrown only 72 pitches.
“I didn’t feel like myself,” Archer said.
Archer was making his 34th start of the year. The five innings gave him 252 for the season. Both are career highs.
But Archer said Friday that he felt fatigue during his last few starts. So after talking with head athletic trainer Ron Porterfield and Cash after the fifth inning, the trio decided to call it a season for the Rays All-Star.