ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — With his roster spot potentially in question in the coming days, Aaron Hicks showed signs of life Sunday.

The outfielder recorded his first extra-base hit of the season, an RBI double, which was part of a six-run lead the Yankees built up before falling to the Rays, 8-7 in 10 innings, at Tropicana Field.

“I’m feeling better at the plate,” said Hicks, who went 1-for-4 with a walk to raise his average to .143 and OPS to .374. “Been making better contact. Now it’s all about getting hits and results.”

Hicks entered Sunday 7-for-52 with seven singles this season, but delivered in an important spot against Rays left-hander Josh Fleming in the fourth inning. With one out and a runner on first, batting from the right side (where the switch-hitter has been better this season), Hicks roped a double down the third-base line to score Jose Trevino for the 4-0 lead.

Hicks was later the automatic runner in the 10th inning before getting into a pickle between third base and home on a contact play that manager Aaron Boone said he handled correctly.

Barring another injury to a position player before then, the Yankees will need to open a roster spot on Tuesday, when they plan to activate Aaron Judge from the injured list. The Yankees have a number of ways they could do that, including optioning Oswald Peraza or Oswaldo Cabrera to Triple-A. But designating Hicks — who has three years and about $30 million left on his contract — for assignment could also be on the table.

“We’ll make the best decision that we think is best for the team,” Boone said before the game.

Josh Donaldson (hamstring strain) had a light day Sunday but expects to ramp up his baseball activities this week. His next step — and potentially last hurdle before beginning a rehab assignment — is doing back-to-back days of heavy workouts “with acceleration and deceleration, cutting in and out and running bases,” he said, and then repeating that after an off day.

“I think re-tweaking it [last month] probably wasn’t ideal, but it’s set me back a little bit longer than I wanted it to,” Donaldson said. “So yeah, trying to be cautious with it.”

Michael King, pitching on one day’s rest for the first time this season after tossing 1 ²/₃ innings Friday night, entered for the ninth inning to face the top of the Rays’ lineup. He struck out three around a harmless single.

Clay Holmes also pitched a scoreless inning for the second straight day with a pair of strikeouts.

Boone said the Yankees would continue to mix and match the late innings moving forward.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa made his first start in right field Sunday after playing three innings there on Saturday after Harrison Bader took over for him in center. It marked Kiner-Falefa’s first career start in right field at any level of affiliated ball.

Cabrera also started at third base for the first time since April 13, going 2-for-3 with a double and sacrifice fly.