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.”

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

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Garrett Crochet’s Aaron Judge Message After Yankees’ Loss to Red Sox originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Boston Red Sox star pitcher Garrett Crochet kept the New York Yankees in check for almost the entire game on Friday. However, future Hall of Famer Aaron Judge made Boston's night harder in the ninth inning.

Chapman pitched the final two games in New York over the weekend, saving both games, then went for a third straight day in the 10th inning of Monday’s loss to the Rays. He didn’t pitch Tuesday (Weissert got the save in that one) but closed out Wednesday’s win, then threw 14 pitches Friday. That was likely his limit entering Saturday.

The World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers have turned into a .500 team recently, but a trade with the Red Sox could solidify one big aspect of their game.