WEST SACRAMENTO -- Looking for a jolt against a left-handed starter, the Red Sox batted infielder Romy Gonzalez leadoff on Tuesday for just the seventh time all season.

Gonzalez didn’t take long to make a major impact, logging hits in each of the first two innings, but the good feeling was certainly short-lived. When Boston emerged on defense for the bottom of the second inning, Gonzalez had exited the game with an apparent injury.

The first baseman launched a 426-foot leadoff home run off Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs to open Tuesday’s game at Sutter Health Park. Gonzalez came back up again in the second inning with one out and a runner on second base and lashed an RBI double into the right-field corner.

Gonzalez appeared to hurt himself on his way into second, but he stayed in t

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