CLEVELAND — Red Sox speedster Jarren Duran and third base coach Kyle Hudson knew there was an opportunity to steal home once Guardians rookie starter Doug Nikhazy decided to pitch from the windup instead of the stretch.
“Me and Huddy saw him mention to the third base umpire he was going to go from the windup,” Duran said. “Me and Huddy, we started talking right away like, ‘I’m gonna go first pitch here if he gives it to me.’”
Duran became the first Red Sox player with a straight steal of home since Jacoby Ellsbury did it exactly 16 years ago (April 26, 2009) against the Yankees.