![]() ![]() The always-stoic Phil, meanwhile, rolled his eyes a bit before glancing over at his brother on first and giving him the smallest of smirks. Nick was all smiles on his way to first base as his teammates whooped it up from the visitor’s dugout and asked for the baseball. Phil got his brother down 0-2 in the count, but Nick battled back and got a fastball that he dropped into right field for a base hit. In the regular season’s 162nd game, which meant nothing for either team, both teams had players filling the top step of the dugout to see the first meeting of the Matons in the eighth inning. That changed Wednesday at Minute Maid Park. Karen Warren/Staff photographerīeing four years apart, the Maton brothers - Astros reliever Phil Maton and Phillies utility man Nick Maton - never got a chance to play on the same teams together growing up or even face each other in a game that meant anything outside the confines of their Illinois backyard. ![]() to come out and pull him as his brother Philadelphia Phillies Nick Maton stands on third base during the eighth inning of a game at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday, Oct. ![]() Houston Astros relief pitcher Phil Maton (88) on the mound waiting for manager Dusty Baker Jr. ![]()
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