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Charles Curtis

Astros’ Phil Maton will miss the playoffs after punching his locker for the most unfortunate reason

And now, a story in three acts with Houston Astros reliever Phil Maton.

The pitcher threw in the Astros’ final regular-season game, giving up two runs.

The thing is: That outing came against the Philadelphia Phillies. And that’s the team that rosters his brother, Nick.

Nick ended up getting a hit off Phil, and Phil did NOT looked pleased about it. The appearance itself wasn’t a good one altogether with the two runs given up, but here’s where it takes a turn: Phil punched a locker, had surgery on his hand and will miss the rest of the postseason.

It’s a huge bummer, and Phil talked about it on Tuesday:

Here’s Nick’s hit off Phil:

Note that Phil didn’t say the punch was explicitly due to giving up the hit to his brother: “I was upset with how my outing went. Kind of a short-sighted move and ultimately it was selfish.”

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