UPDATE: An hour before first pitch, the Red Sox scrapped their plan to have Duran and Sogard play unfamiliar positions. The new alignment has Duran in his usual spot in left field and Sogard playing right, where he has logged 27 innings for the WooSox this season. It’s still Sogard’s first big league game in the outfield.

The batting order remains the same.

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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the Red Sox play in a new city Monday night, Jarren Duran will play a position that’s fairly new to him, too.

Duran will make a rare start in right field — his first in that spot since August 20, 2022 — as Boston opens a three-game set against the Athletics at their temporary home, Sutter Health Park in Sacramento. With Roman Anthony (oblique) and Wilyer Abreu (calf) both on the injured list and Rob

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