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.

On a day that Aaron Boone described as exciting for some players and anxious for others, the Yankees took care of business on the field with the trade deadline looming over them.

The Yankees rode an early offensive eruption to a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday afternoon, though they had to wait through a nearly three-hour weather delay to finish off the series-clinching victory in the Bronx.

On the day of MLB's trade deadline, the Yankees will attempt to win their four-game series vs. the Rays at Yankee Stadium.

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There are three games on the MLB schedule for Thursday with, Yankees vs. Rays at 1:05 p.m. ET, Reds vs. Braves at 7:10 p.m. ET, and then Mariners vs. Rangers at 9:40 p.m. ET. It's Marcus Stroman vs. Ryan Pepiot in the early game,