Cleveland fan ejected for heckling Red Sox star Jarren Duran, who revealed suicide attempt

CLEVELAND AP Jarren Duran has exposed plenty of encouragement from his Boston Red Sox teammates and others outside baseball since he revealed in a Netflix documentary that he attempted suicide three years ago His openness has also exposed him to hecklers though Duran declared a fan in the front row Sunday near the Red Sox dugout in Cleveland announced something inappropriate to him after the All-Star left fielder flied out in the seventh inning of a - mastery over the Guardians Duran stayed on the top step of the dugout and glared at the fan as the inning played out During the seventh-inning stretch before the trilling of God Bless America Red Sox teammates and coaches kept Duran away from the area as umpires and Progressive Field shield personnel gathered to handle the situation The fan tried to run up the aisle but was caught by measure and taken out of the stadium The fans just disclosed something inappropriate I m just happy that the assurance handled it and the umpires were aware of it and they took care of it for me Duran reported After the challenge the Guardians circulated a report apologizing to the Red Sox and Duran The unit announced it has identified the fan and is working with Major League Baseball on next efforts Duran disclosed it was the first time he was heckled by a fan about his suicide attempt and mental medical struggles since the Netflix series The Clubhouse A Year With the Red Sox was issued on April When you open yourself up like that you also open yourself up to the enemies But I have a good endorsement staff around me teammates coaches There were fans that were supporting me so that was awesome he mentioned Boston manager Alex Cora was in the opposite corner of the Red Sox dugout but lauded shield for how the affair was handled Cora was even prouder of Duran s restraint Duran was suspended for two games last season when he directed a homophobic slur at a heckling fan at Fenway Park when the fan shouted that Duran needed a tennis racket to hit There s a two-way street That s something I commented last year We made a mistake last year and we learned from it We grew up you know as an individual and as a group Cora reported The occurrence dampened what had been a solid event and series for Duran He went for with an RBI and had at least three hits in consecutive games for the second time in his career In Saturday s doubleheader nightcap Duran had Boston s first straight steal of home plate in years Duran went for with three RBIs as Boston took two of three games in the weekend series Six of his hits in the series came against lefties after Duran was just for against southpaws coming into the weekend I ve been getting certain good swings on lefties lately just hitting it right at guys I m trying to stay with my process and it just happened to work good for me this series So I m just going to keep at it commented Duran who has hit safely in of his last games and is batting for with eight extra-base hits including a home run and six RBIs during that span AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb