It had to cause confusion with the official scorer. There can’t be a J. Henry on both teams.

Uh, yes there can.

Growing up, brothers Justin Henry and Jordan Henry did everything together.

The Vicksburg natives played together at Ole Miss for one season. They were drafted within a few years of each other, Justin by the Detroit Tigers and Jordan by the Cleveland Indians.

They had done everything brothers could do — all except play against each other.

But recently, thanks to Justin’s return to the Double-A Erie Seawolves and Jordan’s promotion to the Akron Aeros, the two brothers finally sat in opposite dugouts for an eight-game, home-and-home Eastern League series.

“It was a weird experience,” Jordan Henry said. “But it was exciting. Our ultimate goal is to suit up and play against each other in a major league game.”

Jordan’s Aeros took the eight game set 6-2, after Sunday’s 11-2 victory in Akron. Jordan had two hits and a stolen base in Sunday’s win and went 7-for-22 in the two series. Justin had an RBI single on Sunday and was 4-for-16 in the series, with five walks and two RBIs.

The primary impact for the two, though, was getting to spend their first appreciable time in months together.

A few weeks ago, it appeared the possibility was slim. Justin was promoted to Triple-A Toledo on June 24 as a replacement for injured second baseman Scott Sizemore. When Sizemore came off the disabled list on July 7, Justin was sent back down to the Seawolves — just two days before the back-to-back series against the Aeros began.

The brothers hung out off the field during the series and chatted a bit when Jordan was on second base, but the trash talk was kept to a minimum.

Jordan grounded out to his older brother a few times and Justin popped out to his younger sibling to cause the public address announcer some consternation.

“I’d rather have him in Triple-A, but it was great to hang out with him and catch up,” Jordan said. “We did talk a little bit, a few jokes here and there, but it was nothing too serious.”

Justin, a second baseman, is hitting .264 and has 15 RBIs this season in Double-A. In his brief five-game stint in Toledo, he showed he could fit in on the higher level. He had four hits and four walks for a solid .444 on-base percentage and .286 batting average.

Jordan struggled early after his promotion to Double-A, but has raised his average about 20 points to .243. He said a smaller strike zone that took away some of his takes led to his initial struggles.

His patience at the plate, a natural skill for a leadoff man, went from being his best friend to his worst enemy.

“Lately, I’ve taken a lot better at-bats and I’m just going from here,” Jordan said. “The strike zone is smaller the higher up you go and the difference is it leads to the pitchers throwing a lot more for strikes. They want to get ahead with that smaller zone and it’s something I’ve had to adjust to.

“I’m used to taking a lot of pitches and I ended up letting a lot more strikes go by. The problem with two strikes at this level, you might have already seen the best pitch you’re going to see.”

As for any future meetings next season, Jordan hopes the next one is in Triple-A and maybe in the big leagues in the future. It’s more likely to be in about six weeks, when the teams meet in Akron for a four-game series beginning Aug. 26. They also end the regular season with a four-game series in Erie on Sept. 3-6.

“We’ve been very fortunate to be where we are,” Jordan said. “We’ve always hoped we’d cross paths.”