Brewers reliever Tyler Cravy ended his personal offensive drought with a second-deck moonshot

Tyler Cravy is a pitcher -- a reliever and occasional starter for the Brewers, specifically. Relievers don't generally get a ton of chances to go to the plate and take their hacks as hitters, but once in a while they do. 
Entering Saturday night's game with the Pirates at Miller Park, Cravy hadn't done much at the dish as a big leaguer: He'd gone 0-for-10 in his young career, in fact. Relieving Jimmy Nelson, Cravy faced Jeff Locke in the fourth inning and picked up his first career hit in grand fashion with this Statcast™-measured 409-foot shot:

As seen atop this post, that ball carried far into the seats above left-center ... an impressive blast for any hitter, let alone a pitcher with no real track record of power at the plate: 

Tyler Cravy had one home run in 60 professional plate appearances before taking Locke deep, according to my stats researcher @AndrewGruman.

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) August 28, 2016

That one homer came in 2015 with Triple-A Colorado Springs, for whom Cravy pitched in addition to a stint with the Brewers last season. 
After the game, which was won by the Pirates, 9-6, Cravy explained to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy that he had a gameplan going into that at-bat:
"I was definitely surprised I hit it that well. I think I already had my mind made up that I was going to swing first pitch, so I was pretty lucky that it was a fastball in that location."
Cravy's homer adds him to the list of Brewers pitchers going deep this season, part of the ongoing #PitchersWhoRake conversation that includes Wily Peralta (and his 429-foot rocket) back in June.
He got the ball back later, too:

This fan caught @TylerJayCravy's first @mlb hit/HR ??, so Tyler gave him a bat & ball! #Brewers pic.twitter.com/0U4yhmZ1cd

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) August 28, 2016

He's also now the second relief pitcher in the league to do so in 2016, coming after Reds right-hander Michael Lorenzen's particularly powerful moment last week, and is the first Brewers reliever to go deep since 2003.

If I'm running this search right, Tyler Cravy is the first Brewers reliever to hit a homer since Brooks Kieschnick hit three in 2003.

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) August 28, 2016