TAMPA, Fla. — It wasn’t the perfect ending by any means, but it resulted in what they need most this time of year — a win.

After rookie righthander Cam Schlittler flirted with throwing the fifth perfect game in franchise history Wednesday night — he still ended up with a scoreless outing thanks to Luke Weaver escaping a bases-loaded two-out jam in the seventh — David Bednar allowed the Rays to pull even in the ninth.

But Giancarlo Stanton, who hit two of the Yankees’ franchise record-tying nine homers Tuesday night, hit a pinch-hit two-run homer off Pete Fairbanks leading off the 10th, paving the way to a 6-4 victory at Steinbrenner Field for their fifth straight win, though it required quite a bit of tightrope walking by Devin Williams to seal it.

The Yankees (69-57), who trail the AL

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