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The rehabbing right-hander struck out three over five-plus efficient innings for Triple-A El Paso in his fourth rehab start on Thursday at Oklahoma City.
Musgrove threw 42 of his 60 pitches for strikes, scattering a run and five hits without a walk before left-hander JP Sears was asked to strand one of his runners at second base in the sixth inning.
The 33-year-old right-hander had been scheduled to start last weekend for El Paso, but he tweaked his back in his pre-start work and was pushed back until Thursday. He previously made rehab starts at low Single-A Lake Elsinore on Aug.
4 (2⅔ IP, 1 ER) and for El Paso on Aug. 9 (3⅓ IP, 1 ER) and Aug.
14 (4⅔ IP, 5 ER). Musgrove touched 97 mph in the Aug.
14 start at El Paso. He last hit that on a radar gun in the majors in 2017.
Working with top catching prospect Ethan Salas on Thursday, Musgrove largely sat 93-95 mph with his four-seamer. He spun five shutout innings before Oklahoma City, the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate, chased him in the sixth inning via a single and a double from Alex Freeland.
Freeland went 2-for-3 off Musgrove and Miller had two hits. Meantime, rehabbing catcher Will Smith went 0-for-2 with a strikeout and Hyeseong Ki m went 1-for-2 off the Padres’ rehabbing pitcher.
If his next start comes on four days rest, Musgrove could return to the big-league rotation as soon as Sept. 1, when rosters expand from 26 to 28.
If the Padres want him to make one more rehab start — Musgrove said this week the team wanted him to get to six innings and 85 pitches — his rehab assignment would have to be renewed on Sept. 2.
The Padres will be finishing a series at Great American Ball Park next week (Aug. 31-Sept.
2), are off Sept. 3 and will host the Yankees (Sept.
4-6) to start the next homestand. The Nationals, which may be the softest landing spot for his return, visit Petco Park Sept.
7-9. Musgrove last started in the majors in October 2024 in the NL Wild Card Series against the Atlanta Braves.
He exited that game with an elbow injury that ultimately required Tommy John surgery, wiping out all of last season and most of the 2026 campaign.
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