ANAHEIM -- Rookie right-hander Joe Musgrove admitted he was "bummed out" by not being able to make his final start of the season this weekend against the Angels, especially considering he had tons of family and friends coming up from his home in the San Diego area to watch him possibly pitch.
Once the Astros fell out of contention on Thursday, they shut down Musgrove after he threw a career-high 147 1/3 innings combined between the Minor Leagues and the Majors.
Musgrove, who split his season between Double-A Corpus Christi and Triple-A Fresno before being called up, struck out eight batters in 4 1/3 innings of relief in his Aug.