The Red Sox swung a late-night trade with the Twins on Wednesday to bring in some additional bullpen reinforcements.

Red Sox Announce Trade With Twins After Marcelo Mayer News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Boston Red Sox took down the Rays by a score of 4-3 on Wednesday, to give Roman Anthony a win in his first big league series after an embarrassing 10-8 loss in extra innings Monday.

The Red Sox are 34-36 and down two righty relievers with Liam Hendriks and Justin Slaten on the injured list, so they’ll hope Alcala can find his form and help cover some innings from the right side.

Jorge Alcalá, 29, has struggled this season in Minnesota — sporting an 8.88 ERA over 24.1 innings of work. The post Red Sox acquire hard-throwing reliever in trade with Twins appeared first on Boston.

The Red Sox made a late-night trade for a hard-throwing reliever who has spent parts of the last seven seasons with the Twins.

Following the Twins 6-2 win at Target Field over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night, Jorge Alcala was called into manager Rocco Baldelli's office. He was told he had been traded. He went back out to the locker room and exchanged hugs with teammates.

D'Angelo Ortiz can call the first six weeks of his pro career in the Boston Red Sox organization a success. The son of Red Sox great and National Baseball Hall

BOSTON — Days after they designated him for assignment, the Red Sox Saturday dealt righthanded pitcher Brian Van Belle to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations.

Byron Buxton hit the second-longest home run in the majors this season, a 479-foot, three run shot for the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night against the Texas Rangers. Buxton connected off Rangers starter Jack Leiter in the third inning,