HOUSTON — Outfielder Jarren Duran is expected to be fine after he left the Red Sox’s 6-5 win over the Yankees on Sunday with a left toe contusion, sources told MassLive on Monday morning. He’s considered day-to-day.
Duran was removed after his eighth inning at-bat for precautionary reasons. No X-rays were taken. The Red Sox did not feel it was necessary to fly a Triple-A Worcester position player to Houston on Monday to meet up with the team and be part of the taxi squad just in case. Boston swept a three-game series against New York at Yankee Stadium over the weekend. It opens a four-game series against the Astros today at Minute Maid Park.
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Duran walked back the dugout slowly after he grounded out to third base during the eighth inning. Rob Refsnyder replaced him in left field to begin the bottom of the eighth inning. Manager Alex Cora said Sunday that Duran hurt himself trying to scale the left field wall on Gleyber Torres’ homer off Nick Pivetta in the sixth inning.
The 26-year-old Duran is batting .295 with a .346 on-base percentage, .482 slugging percentage and .828 OPS in 102 games this season.
Refsnyder was involved in a crucial defensive play after replacing Duran. He threw out Isiah Kiner-Falefa at home plate for the final out of the eighth inning. Kiner-Falefa initially was called safe on Anthony Volpe’s single to left but the Red Sox challenged and the call was overturned. Whether or not Connor Wong blocked the plate also was reviewed. It was determined he didn’t.
