CINCINNATI — Before Friday’s game at Great American Ball Park, Josh Lowe and Nathaniel Lowe had a family reunion of sorts. It happened as the Reds concluded their batting practice and the Angels were about to take theirs.

Mike Trout even joined in the conversation. No doubt good times were shared.

But it was also a significant one as the two were facing off in a regular season game for the first time since their beloved mother, Wendy, passed away in March at the age of 60 from glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

“A lot of people with her type of cancer are gone a whole lot sooner,” Nathaniel Lowe told MLB.com’s Mark Sheldon in March. “So for her to give it 33 months of fight was something pretty special. But at the end of the day, I’m happy she’s done hurting. I’m glad she can rest. She gave us a great life and she was a great mom. You can’t really ask for a lot more other than that.”

Hours after uttering those words, Lowe played in a spring game vs. the Dodgers, and belted a towering three-run home run.

In Friday’s 10-2 Angels win over the Reds, it was Josh’s turn to shine in memory of his mom in a game where both of her sons took the field.

Josh snapped out of a 3-for-33 slide with a 2-for-5 night, including a solo home run. Nathaniel entered as a pinch runner for Sal Stewart in the eighth and played first base in the ninth. Both had their moments to grin and smile, like their mom surely was looking down on them.

Josh’s grin came as he rounded the bases following a solo line drive shot to the seats in right in the sixth.

Ironically, Nathaniel’s came as he was watching his little brother swing and miss at a 54.2 mph knuckleball from Cincinnati catcher P.J. Higgins in the ninth during mop-up duty.

Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said after the game he could see progress with Josh Lowe in his batting practice approach. It finally paid off Friday.

“I feel the exact same way,” Lowe said. “I keep telling them, just keep saying it out loud, preaching to myself, ‘It’s really close. It’s about to click.’ I think that’s kind of just the mental attitude you need to get out of something like that. Just keep telling yourself that you believe in it, and you’ve got to believe it. Baseball is a funny game. Turn around 97 [for a home run] and then swing and miss at 56.”

On Friday, the two brothers Wendy so proudly cheered on when they came up together with the Rays at different times were together again on a big league diamond.

David Lowe, the father of the Lowe brothers, was on hand Friday, along with friends and family at Great American Ball Park.

“Yeah, he’s doing OK,” Josh said of his father before the game. “He’s excited to be here and see his two sons playing [in] the big leagues, and it’s gonna be a great night.”

As for their conversations when they’re together?

“I mean, now we keep it light,” Josh said. “Talk a little baseball here and there, but just more being back with your family and hanging out with your family.”

Josh left no doubt that he and Nathaniel keep close tabs on each other’s success.

“Oh, yeah, all of it,” Josh added. “Yeah, I’m always watching to see if he’s playing or not, and I know he’s doing the same, because he’ll text me after games and stuff like that. But yeah, I mean, it’s your family and you check up on them and see how they’re doing.”

Both would like better numbers now. Josh came in batting .091 with one home run and three RBIs in 12 games. Nathaniel entered batting .214 with no home runs and two RBIs in seven games.

But the bottom line is both brothers, always with proper perspective thanks to their mother, were able to share a moment pregame.

“I think that’s really cool,” said Suzuki, the father of two boys. “I never played against Josh. I played against his brother, Nathaniel, a lot [when he was in] Texas. I think it’s really cool.

“I’d love to see my kids play against each other in big leagues. That’s something really cool. It’s just a testament to, obviously, their talent, their work ethic.”