 in the 94th All-Star game. Duran became the fifth player in Red Sox history to be named the game's MVP and the first since J.D. Drew in 2008. Duran says it felt great to get the go-ahead home run. Well, I knew he threw really hard, so I was just praying that he would throw me a first pitch fastball so I could see how hard it was. So after that, I was just hoping to get a pitch up, and he just happened to leave a pitch up, and I just happened to put a good swing on it.