With a runner on second, Austin Wells drove centerfielder Ceddanne Rafaela to the warning track to end the game.

BOSTON — When the Red Sox were putting their team together last offseason, filling important holes in the roster and spending as they hadn’t in years, at no point did they say: “With a little luck, maybe we can be a .500 team.”

The Boston Red Sox announced a trade with the Cincinnati Reds, sending pitcher Brian Van Belle to the Reds for cash.