"Jarren hitting the homer gave us real breathing room," Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters, as seen on NESN's postgame coverage. "... Sometimes we're like, 'Man, we should've been this and that,' but a W's a W. We got here at 2:00 in the morning, it was humid, it was out. It was a tough one. We gave up the lead in the ninth, they had the big rally in the eighth but we were able to get the W."
"Like I've been saying all along, you better get here early because something good is gonna happen," Cora emphasized, per NESN's postgame coverage. "He hits the ball right away (in the first inning), hits the double. ... Right now Jarren gets us going. It's fun to watch."
Duran stepped up to the plate following a clutch two-run round-tripper from rookie Ceddanne Rafaela to give Boston a go-ahead 6-4 lead in the top half of the 10th inning. Not feeling content with the two-run lead by itself, Duran followed up Rafaela's heroics with a solo home run of his own, against Detroit relief pitcher Tyler Holton.
The performance only reinvigorated everything Cora has felt about Duran throughout 2024. The snap-of-a-finger energy Duran's delivered since the start of the season continues to pay its dividends, now at the most critical stretch of the season for the Red Sox.
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