ST. PETERSBURG -- One of the few bright spots in the Rays’ 7-4 loss to the Red Sox on Sunday at Tropicana Field, was seeing two-way player Brendan McKay, the Rays’ No. 2 prospect and the No. 13 prospect overall according to MLB Pipeline, connect on his first career home run.

McKay hasn’t gotten much of an opportunity to hit at the big league level due the necessity of having him in the rotation, but he picked up his first big league hit last weekend in Anaheim as a pinch-hitter.

The left-handed hitting McKay got another chance to pinch-hit on Sunday and took full advantage of it, launching a solo home run in the ninth inning off Red Sox reliever Trevor Kelley. The ball traveled 420 feet and hit the D-ring at Tropicana Field.

“That was a big home run. Happy for him,” said Rays manager Kevin Cash. “We know he’s really talented, whether he’s on the mound or in the batter’s box. That sidearm righty is tough on right-handed hitters and he’s basically our only [left-handed hitting] option there and he put a charge in one.”

McKay said his family was in attendance after getting into town on Saturday from his hometown of Darlington, Pa. The 2017 first-round pick had his mother, father, aunt and uncle in attendance. They were in town to watch him pitch on Tuesday, but instead got a chance to watch his first big league home run.

“It felt really good,” McKay said. “Not having a lot of at-bats and hearing your name, say ‘hey you are going to hit for whoever,’ you get excited and you want to try and do what happened today. You want to try and hit the ball hard and even if it goes out of the park, it’s a plus, but you just want to hit balls hard and try and get on base.”

McKay, who doesn’t show much emotion, said this was a special moment for him. Like most of his memorabilia, McKay says the ball will likely go back to Pennsylvania with his parents and it’ll be a moment he’ll remember for the rest of his life.

“It’s a lot more special,” McKay said. “My family was here today. They came down last night and decided to come to a game today for some odd reason. I think my uncle wanted to watch the Red Sox play against us so they decided to come today and that’s when they got to see it -- exciting.”