Overview

• Duran lined a ball into right-center that split Alexander Canario and Oneil Cruz and caromed in Fenway’s triangle, producing his first career inside-the-park homer and a three-run lead in the fifth.
• Lucas Giolito allowed one run over six innings with six strikeouts to improve to 10-2.
• Aroldis Chapman recorded his 27th save with a 1-2-3 ninth, extending his run of consecutive hitless appearances to 15.
• Duran reached base in all four plate appearances, and his 14.71-second home-to-home time was the fastest in MLB this season and the fastest by a Red Sox player in the Statcast era, according to MLB.com.
• It was Boston’s second inside-the-park homer at Fenway this year, the club’s first season with multiple since 1998, and reports say the team has agreed to a one-year extension with Chapman with a mutual option as it opens a three-game series against Cleveland.