ST. PETERSBURG -- Saturday’s 8-4 loss to the Rangers was a forgettable game for the Rays.

Rookie starter Taj Bradley allowed a career-high five runs (one unearned) and four walks in 3 2/3 innings, the shortest outing of his career. Second baseman Vidal Bruján made a costly throwing error. Reliever Jalen Beeks gave up a two-run homer to Corey Seager, who finished 5-for-5. Tampa Bay went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position, and the club’s seven-game winning streak came to an end.

But it was an unforgettable day at Tropicana Field for the Lowe family.

After sitting out Friday’s series opener, Rays outfielder Josh Lowe finally got a chance to take the field against his older brother, Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, in a big league game. Nathaniel went 0-for-3 with two walks and a Texas victory against baseball’s best team. Josh finished 2-for-4 with a double, an outfield assist and a bunch of memories he’ll cherish for a long time.

“Two brothers playing against each other in the Major Leagues,” Josh said, “you can’t ask for much more.”

Perhaps the most unique moment took place before Josh took his spot in right field, however. At Josh’s request, he and Nathaniel exchanged the clubs’ lineup cards at home plate, met with the umpires and posed for a picture before their first game as Major League opponents.

Josh had seen others do it before, citing the example of Astros manager Dusty Baker and his son, Nationals prospect Darren, in Spring Training. Why couldn’t he and his brother, too? It was Rays assistant hitting coach Dan DeMent’s day to take out the lineup card, but Tampa Bay’s staff wasn’t about to stand in the way of something like that.

“That was very cool,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “Special moment for them to go out there and do that. You're not going to see that very often.

"I had never been part of a home-plate meeting before, so that was really, really cool,” Nathaniel added. “Just another part of a really cool weekend for our entire family.''

There were plenty more moments to come. One took place in Bradley’s first inning, when Nathaniel came to the plate and Josh looked at his defensive positioning card.

“It's pretty cool to be out in the outfield and look down and see my outfield card says another Lowe on there,” Josh said. “It's pretty cool to watch him play.”

Nathaniel struck out in his first at-bat, then Josh fulfilled a promise in his first trip to the plate. Asked Friday afternoon about what they might say to each other when Josh reached first base this weekend, Josh quipped, “I hope to be running by first base.”

Sure enough, he doubled to right field off Nathan Eovaldi and dashed to second for his 14th double of the season.

“I wasn’t lying,” Josh said, smiling.

Josh said he didn’t even say anything as he trotted by his brother, not wanting to risk being thrown out by Rangers right fielder Adolis García.

But they had a chance to catch up in the fourth, as Josh led off with a single to center. So there they stood, finally, side by side at first base, on a big league field.

Josh said he couldn’t share the contents of their conversation, but noted they were talking baseball and that he messed around with his brother by making a facial expression that’s “more kind of just like, ‘I see you’” -- “normal siblings stuff,” as he called it.

“Brotherly love,” Beeks said with a grin. “Yeah, I could see them fighting growing up. But definitely, I know they love each other a lot.”

“That's probably going to be a picture [in] the Lowe household,” Cash added. “Well, all of their households.”

It wasn’t a long reunion, though. Randy Arozarena singled to right three pitches later, and Josh scored the Rays’ first run on a Luke Raley double in a four-run inning highlighted by Francisco Mejía’s second homer of the season.

“It was cool to see him there,” Nathaniel said. “I wish he’d have stuck around and hung out a little bit longer.”

The brothers did hang around after the last out, as they did Friday night, to share hugs and well-wishes with parents David and Wendy and everyone else there to be part of a day they won’t soon forget.

“That's just awesome. No matter what happens in the game, seeing the family there after the game, feeling their support every single day of the year, it's special,” Josh said. “Not all people have that, and that group means a lot to me.”