What Red Sox lefty masher Romy Gonzalez was "telling all the boys" before he hit a first-pitch leadoff home run Saturday.

Gonzalez quickly responded when Boston faced an early deficit. The Red Sox followed suit with six straight unanswered runs. The post How Romy Gonzalez’s leadoff home run helped change Red Sox outlook on Saturday appeared first on Boston.

Romy Gonzalez homered over the Green Monster on the first pitch faced by a Boston batter, Trevor Story added a two-run shot, and the Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 7-3 on Saturday. Abraham Toro added a two-run drive — one of three homers the Red Sox hit over Fenway Park’s fabled left-field wall — and Story added an RBI double as

The Sox want Gonzalez in the lineup against almost every lefty (Framber Valdez will pitch for Houston) and for good reason — entering Sunday’s action, Gonzalez had the third-highest slugging percentage against lefties this season, behind only Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh.