Red Sox's Jarren Duran steals home, leaving Guardians stunned: 'I knew I had it'

Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran has showcased his velocity connected galore occasions implicit his young MLB career, but thing rather similar Saturday nighttime against the Cleveland Guardians. 

He did thing nary Red Sox subordinate has done successful 16 years. In fact, it was the nonstop aforesaid day that Jacoby Ellsbury did it to the New York Yankees. 

Duran had a cleanable steal-home against Guardians pitcher Doug Nikhazy successful Boston’s 7-3 triumph successful the 2nd crippled of the doubleheader connected Saturday nighttime successful Cleveland. 

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Boston Red Sox near fielder Jarren Duran (16) steals location nether the tag of Cleveland Guardians catcher Bo Naylor (23) during the 3rd inning astatine Progressive Field. (Ken Blaze-Imagn Images)

The speedster was dancing disconnected 3rd base, and Nikhazy, a lefty, couldn’t truly spot conscionable however acold Duran was down the line, owed to his backmost being turned toward the bag. 

Duran took afloat vantage of getting disconnected the base, but erstwhile helium was fundamentally halfway down the line, helium enactment his caput down and started sprinting home. Nikhazy rapidly lifted his limb and fired a pitch, but catcher Bo Naylor couldn’t get the tag down earlier Duran’s close manus crossed location plate. 

"(Third basal manager Kyle Hudson) heard him archer the umpire that helium was moving from the stretch, truthful I decided I was going to spell connected the archetypal pitch," Duran said erstwhile asked wherefore helium had stolen home. "It was conscionable to support the discourtesy going and origin a small chaos. I knew I had it."

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Red Sox manager Alex Cora added, "Under the caller rules, he’s benignant of the cleanable player. We saw a model there, and helium took vantage of the situation."

One of the caller rules Cora refers to present is the catcher not being allowed to artifact the sheet with his body, which allowed Duran to dive head-first into home. 

It wasn't the archetypal clip Duran has attempted to bash this. Last play alone, helium tried twice, erstwhile against the Tampa Bay Rays connected May 21, and the different against the Chicago White Sox connected June 7. 

Cleveland Guardians catcher Bo Naylor (23) rolls distant aft Boston Red Sox near fielder Jarren Duran (16) stole location during the 3rd inning astatine Progressive Field. (Ken Blaze-Imagn Images)

He scored connected some attempts, but they were besides treble steals, meaning different Red Sox subordinate was swiping second, allowing him to caput home. 

This, however, was a consecutive steal-home, and Rafael Devers, who was successful the batter’s container astatine the time, was jumping up and down erstwhile the location sheet umpire called Duran safe. 

"It was truly a chill play and a chill series of events there," pitcher Walker Buehler said. "He’s 1 of the astir breathtaking players successful baseball. After watching him from afar, it’s been amusive to spot him up adjacent this season."

Even Guardians manager Stephen Vogt had to extremity his headdress to Duran, who helium said had made "a heads-up shot play" aft noticing that his 3rd baseman, Jose Ramirez, wasn’t anyplace adjacent 3rd basal to support Duran close. 

Nikhazy could person stepped disconnected the rubber and fired the shot location alternatively of going done his accustomed transportation from the agelong – thing that helium regrets successful hindsight. 

Boston Red Sox near fielder Jarren Duran (16) rounds the bases en way to a triple during the 2nd inning against the Cleveland Guardians astatine Progressive Field. (Ken Blaze-Imagn Images)

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"He had taken a large jump, and helium took disconnected immediately," Nikhazy said. "in the moment, I chose to marque the transportation arsenic opposed to stepping off. Ultimately, erstwhile I saw him, I should person stepped off."

Duran, the 25-year-old first-time All-Star past season, is enjoying a coagulated commencement to his 2025 campaign, arsenic helium leads the league with 9 stolen bases and 3 triples. He’s slashing .256/.316/.388 with a .704 OPS implicit 28 games frankincense far. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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