What a debut for Rays rookie Brendan McKay

ALLIE GOULDING | TimesTampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Brendan McKay (49) pitches at the top of the first inning against Texas Rangers on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.ST. PETERSBURG - Brendan McKay made quite the major-league debut for the Rays on Saturday, retiring the first 16 batters he faced and 18 of 20 overall.

McKay, the 2017 first-round pick and touted two-way prospect, was cool and calm, in control and command from the start, taking a perfect game into the sixth, then allowing a one-out opposite field bloop single to Danny Santana. After a bunt, he walked Shin-soo Choo, then struck out Delino DeShields to get out of the inning with the Rays’ 3-0 lead…