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Astros outfielder Jason Michaels breaks hand on diving catch

Jason Michaels, Dioner Navarro

Houston Astros’ Jason Michaels (4) walks off after striking out to end the game as Los Angeles Dodger’s catcher Dioner Navarro, right, starts to celebrate at a baseball game in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. The Dodgers won 7-0. (AP Photo/Christine Cotter)

AP

Astros outfielder Jason Michaels is done for the season after breaking his left hand making a diving catch last night.

Steve Campbell of the Houston Chronicle reports that Michaels “is scheduled for surgery today to repair a displaced fracture of the fourth left metacarpal bone.”

Michaels has spent a decade in the majors despite logging more than 350 plate appearances just once, way back in 2006 for the Indians, but at age 35 and coming off a .199 batting average his days as a solid fourth outfielder and platoon starter may be over.