Jarren Duran provided the Boston Red Sox with an electric moment that they desperately needed.

After back-to-back losses to begin a weekend series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Duran delivered a three-run, inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie and lead Boston to a 5-2 Sunday win.

The Red Sox now aim to stay on the right track as they begin a three-game set against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday afternoon.

"I feel like, through that skid, we were hitting balls really hard. That's baseball," Duran said. "At the end of the day, you can hit the ball hard and still get out. Those first two games (of the weekend series) don't define us. We're just going to keep rolling and keep doing our thing."

Boston has won five of its last seven and owns the American League

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