HOUSTON -- Joe Musgrove bounced back after two horrible outings, and the Houston Astros offense did the rest Monday night.Jose Altuve homered, Musgrove and three relievers combined on a four-hitter and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 6-0.Musgrove (2-2) struck out seven, walked three and allowed three hits over 5 1/3 innings, and then Luke Gregerson, Pat Neshek and Brad Peacock closed things out.Musgrove had allowed 13 runs over his last two starts.I have to be the guy who goes as hard as he can as long as he can, Musgrove said. The last couple outings I found myself trying to pace myself trying to get to the seventh. I did a lot of work this week making mechanical adjustments and told myself to go out there and give it everything you have as long as you can and let the bullpen take over from there.Musgrove retired 11 of the first 13 batters before Khris Davis singled with two outs in the fourth for the first hit against him.I thought he did a good job especially the fifth, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. He came out really aggressive which is an adjustment for him to match quantity of strikes with quality. He wasnt going to leave anything in the tank and he was going to go as hard as he could as long as he could.Houston closed within two games of the second AL wild card with the win and Baltimores loss.As starter Sean Manaea (5-9) left after 3 1/3 innings with a left rhomboid strain. Manaea fielded a comebacker from Yulieski Gurriel to start the fourth, then threw one pitch to Marwin Gonzalez before manager Bob Melvin and the trainer headed to the mound. The left-hander was replaced by Chris Smith.Manaea said he was uncertain if he would miss his next start. He is listed as day-to-day.Just frustrating from where Im at, Manaea said. Already been on the DL once and to me it just feels like Im letting everyone down. I hate being hurt and just getting taken out early, especially with a close game like that just bothered me. It is what it is, I just have to make sure going forward I get everything done and try not to have this problem again.Altuve hit his second homer in two games to lead off the sixth and extend Houstons lead to 3-0. Alex Bregman hit a two-run single and Carlos Correa had an RBI single as part of a three-run seventh.We got extra opportunities in the second, obviously got the two runs on a couple errors and a couple walks but Altuves homer obviously was a big tack-on run, Hinch said. The three-run inning where Bregman breaks it open is what good offenses do when you get the opportunity.Manaea allowed two unearned runs and one hit with four strikeouts.Marcus Semien had two of Oaklands hits.TRAINING ROOMAthletics: INF Billy Butler was reinstated from the seven-day concussion list. To make room on the roster, INF Arismendy Alcantara was optioned to Class A Stockton. ... LHP Sean Doolittle (left shoulder strain) will continue a rehab assignment Tuesday with Triple-A Nashville. ... RHP Henderson Alvarez (right shoulder surgery) is set to start a rehab assignment Tuesday in Stockton. ... RHP Jesse Hahn (right shoulder strain) will pitch Wednesday for Nashville.Astros: OF Colby Rasmus (cyst in right ear) was scheduled to work in the outfield, do some baserunning and also take batting practice, Hinch said, adding they will determine afterward whether to activate Rasmus on Tuesday or Wednesday or wait until the Texas series over the weekend. Weve toyed with the idea of whether he needs a rehab assignment, Hinch said. Hes one of our more veteran players, and maybe he will jump right back into competition. ... RHP Lance McCullers (mid right elbow strain) played catch.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Kendall Graveman (10-8, 3.97) starts Tuesday in the second of the three-game series with the Astros. Graveman is 3-1 with a 1.88 ERA over his last four starts.Astros: RHP Collin McHugh (8-10, 5.01) will take the mound Tuesday, looking for his second straight win after snapping a four-game losing streak Wednesday in Pittsburgh. Wholesale Shoes Adidas . Arsenal failed to take full advantage of its main rivals stumbles on Saturday as substitute Gerard Deulofeu levelled with a hard shot from a tight angle in the 84th minute to give Everton a deserved point. Ahead of a crucial fortnight that will see them play against Napoli in the Champions League, Manchester City and Chelsea, Arsenal leads by five points ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea. 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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Jim Harbaugh has come up with another unique way of helping his players stay motivated, imploring them to avoid Freddy P. Soft.Who?Hes a 4-inch guy that wears a cape and a hat with a plume in it, Harbaugh explained, holding his right thumb and index finger apart just above his right shoulder. Hes just tall enough to talk right into your ear and tell you that `You dont have to practice today. `Why are you working so hard? Or, `Get over there in the shade. No need to attack with enthusiasm unknown to mankind today. Take a break. Take a knee. Hes not a guy you want around. You want to get him off your shoulder as fast as possible.No. 4 Michigan (2-0) tried to avoid listening to the praise it is getting for beating Hawaii and Central Florida by a combined score of 114-17 while it prepared to play Colorado (2-0) on Saturday at home.Here are some things to watch when the Wolverines host the Buffaloes:HAIL AT MICHIGAN: Colorado is commemorating its 1994 win at Michigan Stadium, where Kordell Stewart famously threw a 64-yard Hail Mary to Michael Westbrook with no time left on the clock for a stunning victory. The Buffaloes plan to wear throwback uniforms that look like they did 22 years ago, sporting white jerseys, black pants and gold helmets. Bill McCartney, who coached the Buffaloes in that game and during their 1990 national championship season, plans to be in the Big House as a guest of Colorado athletic director Rick George.Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre said he has met everybody involved in the play, and got to know Stewart well last summer when the former star quarterback was back on campus to take classes and graduate.Not only can he throw the ball 70-something yards in the air, hes a really good guy, MacIntyre said.YEAH, THAT WAS ME: HBO Real Sports spent time with and around Harbaugh during his first spring at Michigan. In one scene, Harbaugh was shown shouting at a player, whose image was blurred to keep him relatively anonymous. Quarterback Wilton Speight, who has emerged as a starter this season, acknowledged earlier this week he was the player Harbaugh was yelling at.ddddddddddddAll my buddies joked, they said, `Yeah, they blurred out the number, but youre the only 8-foot quarterback, Speight said. Obviously, weve come a long way since then and its something to look back and laugh.VERY FUNNY: Michigan does not release its depth chart so the Buffaloes figured two can play that game. Colorados game notes list Elmer Fudd at quarterback, Vito Corleone at nose tackle and Happy Gilmore at punter.I think it was a very comical thing for us to release a depth chart like that, Colorados real quarterback Sefo Liufau.Harbaugh, apparently, didnt think it was humorous.I was trying to imagine how many people sat around and how many hours they worked on that, he said Thursday in a radio interview on WXYT.OH, NO I DIDNT: Harbaugh was the subject of social media buzz earlier this week when a video post appeared to show him put his right thumb and index finger near his right nostril and into his mouth during the UCF game. Harbaugh asked to address the topic on his radio show earlier in the week.I have never eaten a booger in my entire life, Harbaugh insisted. It might have looked like that was happening, but if you rub your nose and then you bite your fingernail, thats not eating a booger.CONNECTED: When McCartney was an assistant for Bo Schembechler, before Colorado hired him away in 1982, he worked with Jack Harbaugh, father of Jim and John. The eldest Harbaugh would later go on to lead Western Kentucky, where he coached Matt MacIntyre, Colorado coachs brother, and prevented the football program from folding with some help from his wife and sons.That family is credited for sure for saving football at Western Kentucky, MacIntyre said.---AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '