IT’S FAMILY AFFAIR: DIAZ BROTHERS EXCHANGE LINEUP CARDS

Family reunion at New York’s Citi Field.

New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz and his brother, Cincinnati Reds rookie reliever Alexis Diaz, exchanged the lineup cards at home plate before Tuesday’s game between the teams.

With several family members watching and wearing split Mets/Reds shirts picturing both brothers for the second straight night, Edwin and Alexis shook hands with the umpiring crew before hugging one another.

With a 1.39 ERA, 26 saves and 91 strikeouts in 451⁄3 innings — not to mention a popular entrance song — older brother Edwin, 28, is enjoying a dominant season. Alexis, 25, made the Reds out of spring training and is 3-1 with a 1.94 ERA and four saves in his first big-league action.

“It’s unbelievable,” their father, Edwin, said during the second inning. “Kids started playing at 5 years old, 6 years old. Their dream came true.”

Dad said he got the idea for the split shirts from the mother of Kyle and Corey Seager, who produced similar split shirts when Kyle’s Seattle Mariners and Corey’s Los Angeles Dodgers played against each other when Edwin

Diaz and Kyle Seager were teammates in 2018.

“I said, ‘One day, I’m going to be like that,’ ” the elder Diaz said. “When Alexis came to the big leagues, I said, ‘I’m going to have that shirt, too.’ ”

Following the exchange at home plate, the brothers posed for a photo with the umpires and hugged again. It was the second time this season the Diaz brothers exchanged lineup cards. They also did it before the series opener between the teams in Cincinnati on July 4.

“That’s a great moment for their family,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said Monday night. “Can you imagine how proud they are?”

ChiSox lose Anderson

Chicago White Sox AllStar shortstop Tim Anderson is expected to miss six weeks because of a tear in the middle of his left hand suffered in a game last weekend.

The playoff-contending White Sox made the announcement Tuesday after losing to Kansas City 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader. The 29-year-old Anderson, an All-Star the last two seasons, is batting .301.

Anderson will have surgery on Thursday in Chicago. He was hurt Saturday on a check swing in his last at-bat in a win at Texas.

Carpenter breaks foot

Yankees DH Matt Carpenter broke his left foot Monday night when he fouled off a pitch against the Seattle Mariners and will be out indefinitely.

Carpenter, wearing a protective boot in the Yankees’ clubhouse after their 9-4 win, said he’s hopeful he might only miss a month. But a timeline won’t be determined until he sees a foot specialist.

Notable

The Toronto Blue Jays signed veteran outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to a oneyear contract before Tuesday night’s game at Baltimore. He batted .210 with three homers and 29 RBIs in 92 games this season with Boston.

Dr. Anthony Fauci was presented with an honorary Hutch Award prior to the Seattle Mariners’ game against the New York Yankees. The Hutch Award has been awarded by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center based in Seattle and typically to a Major League Baseball player who “best exemplifies the determined spirit of the late Fred Hutchinson ,a pitcher and manager who died of cancer in 1964 at age 45.”