Boston Red Sox center fielder Jalen Duran had a rather eventful seventh inning Sunday's 13-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals. rice field. Duran's nightmare inning began when the Royals' Nate hit a regular fly ball to center field and he took the lead in the bottom of the seventh. rice field. Durán lost the ball in the sun and saw it land inches away from his glove and he scored a triple.
Duran was tested again in his next at-bat when Kyle's Isbell hit a fastball into the caution track. The 25-year-old jumped against the wall and attempted to grab his, but the ball deflected off the edge of the glove and turned into another triple.
Jalen Duran pitches an interesting seven
Misplays, failing to secure a fly ball, making a diving catch and making some fan calls Arguingpic.twitter.com/w0MCSCnRtJ
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Duran sits behind center field after the attempt fails. I wanted to say something to a few fans. wall. Then, following an impressive diving grab in his next at-bat, Duran had to be restrained by teammate Alex Verdugo and continued to exchange jubilant words with the heckling fans. } According to MassLive.com, "They just happened to throw a little bottle cap at me," said Durand. "So I told them to stop throwing. One of the ushers came over and told them to stop. It was just a small bottle cap, no big deal." After Duran's brutal inning, the day turned out worse for the Red Sox after the Royals scored six runs in the eighth and blew a close game.
Duran is no stranger to misplaying the ball in the outfield. . Two weeks ago, he lost his ball on another routine fly at his park right at Fenway, resulting in a Inside Grand Slam, an embarrassing 28-5 loss to the Blue Jays. I was.
