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Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran knocked over a fan during the team’s 6-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night, claiming the fan told him to hurt himself.
Duran, who has spoken openly about his mental health struggles, was seen flipping the bird as he returned to the dugout after a fifth-inning groundout. The incident was captured on the broadcast and after the match, Duran explained that his lewd gesture was in response to a fan crossing the line.
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran hits a double in the third inning against the San Diego Padres in Boston on April 5, 2026. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
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“Someone just told me to kill myself,” Duran said. “I’m used to it at this point, you know? I mean, it happens. I mean, I’ll freak someone out if they say something to me, but that’s how it is. I shouldn’t react like that, but that kind of thing is always a trigger.”
Duran, 29, spoke about a suicide attempt during the Netflix documentary series, “The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox,” which followed the team through the 2024 season. In one of the interviews, Duran said his struggles during the 2021 and 2022 seasons led to a dark period in his life and ultimately a failed suicide attempt.
Jarren Duran of the Boston Red Sox watches the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 26, 2026. (Photos by Jeffrey Dean/MLB)
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“To this day I think God just didn’t let me kill myself because I really don’t know why. [the gun] did not explode. I took that as a sign that maybe I had to be here for a reason, so that’s when I started looking in the mirror after the gun didn’t go off,” he said in the documentary, released last year.
Duran said Tuesday that speaking openly about his struggles encouraged “haters” to berate him.
“Honestly, it’s my fault for talking about my mental health because I kind of attracted the haters. So I just have to get used to it,” he said. “I was just trying to keep it together and not really tell the team about it. I mean, we’re trying to win a game. I shouldn’t even tell anyone about it. … It just happens.”
Manager Alex Cora #13 of the Boston Red Sox reacts with Jarren Duran #16 of the Boston Red Sox as he receives the Heart & Hustle Award before a game against the Houston Astros on August 11, 2024 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
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Boston manager Alex Cora said he did not witness the incident.
