BRADENTON, Fla. -- Spring Training spawns all sorts of weird situations, all sorts of strange matchups. But what happened Sunday at LECOM Field was something else entirely.

The third-inning matchup would have otherwise been a footnote in the Pirates' 13-1 win over the Orioles, had it not posed such a challenge for those scoring at home. What are we talking about? The name fun that occurred when Orioles righty Evan Phillips and Pirates infielder Phillip Evans squared off for the first time.

The at-bat, which resulted in a seven-pitch walk, generated all sorts of reaction on the internet because their names are literally the inverse of one another.

Despite their similar names, Phillips and Evans have starkly different stories.

Phillips, 26, was born in Maryland and grew up in North Carolina, was drafted by the Braves in 2015 and acquired by the O's in the '18 Kevin Gausman trade. He has appeared in 44 games for the club over the past three seasons, pitching to a 7.36 ERA.

Evans, 28, grew up in California and was drafted out of high school in 2011, reaching the Majors with the Mets in '17. He has appeared in 45 big league games over parts of three seasons, most recently hitting .359 with 14 hits in 11 games for the Pirates last year.

The two had never faced each other in the big leagues before.

Perhaps it's fitting that the situation involved the Pirates, who are no strangers to this sort of name fun. In 2018, Pirates infielders Kevin Kramer and Kevin Newman -- both of whom appeared in Sunday’s exhibition -- made headlines by creating the ultimate baseball “Seinfeld” tribute in recent memory.

The Phillips-Evans saga also wasn’t the only notable name event Sunday. Both teams trotted out No. 2 hitters with the same last name pronunciation -- Austin Hays and Ke'Bryan Hayes -- though they are spelled slightly differently.