Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice homered in the first two innings and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 in a game interrupted by rain for nearly three hours.

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees aim to keep a three-game win streak alive when they take on the Miami Marlins. Miami has a 24-29 record in home games and a 52-55 record overall. The Marlins have gone 22-12 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Welcome to the stretch drive, which finds the Yankees in Miami to play the Marlins, with all their new pieces in place.

The New York Yankees have a new high-leverage reliever. The Yankees are set to acquire two-time All-Star closer David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Pirates, reports The Athletic. Full trade details are unknown. The deal is pending a physical.

The New York Yankees acquired Pittsburgh Pirates closer David Bednar on Thursday. The Pirates received catching prospects Rafael Flores and Edgleen Perez and outfielder Brian Sanchez. The 30-year-old closer was one of the top relief pitchers on the market this year.

Fortifying their bullpen for the stretch run, the New York Yankees acquired All-Star relievers David Bednar and Camilo Doval in separate deals as they made a flurry of moves Thursday just ahead of bas

The Yankees are only willing to trade their mashing prospect for Pirates ace — and arguably the industry’s most desirable pitching trade asset — Paul Skenes, and would not include Jones in trade talks with the Marlins for former NL Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara, according to The Post’s Jon Heyman.

MLB infielder Jose Caballero was in a literal no-lose situation on Thursday, July 31, when the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees faced each other in a matinée. The two American League East teams were in the middle of their game at Yankee Stadium when news broke that Caballero,