BOSTON — The Red Sox reinstated Jarren Duran from his unpaid two-game suspension Wednesday. He will lead off and play left field in the series finale against the Rangers at 6:10 p.m.
Duran served a two-game suspension for calling a fan a homophobic slur Sunday. He apologized that evening, then addressed the media Monday. Duran had played in all of first Boston’s first 116 games before sitting Monday and Tuesday.
“I’m still kind of upset at myself and I know there’s a lot of people upset at me,” Duran said before Wednesday’s game here at Fenway Park. “So I don’t how I’m going to take today. But I’m just going to go out there and just try to focus on some baseball.”
The 27-year-old said he is unsure whether playing again will be a step at getting beyond what happened.
“Honestly, I don’t know,” Duran said. “I feel like it will probably be a …