BOSTON — Romy Gonzalez is back in Boston’s lineup Saturday. He’ll play first base and bat leadoff.

The Red Sox and Yankees will play the second game of their series Saturday at 4:10 p.m. New York won the opener Friday, 4-1 . Boston leads the season series 8-3.

Gonzalez missed the past two games after he left Boston’s 6-0 win over the Athletics on Tuesday in the middle of the second inning with left knee soreness . He’s slashing .347/.396/.636/1.032 in 134 plate appearances against lefties this year, which is significant as the Yankees are starting left-hander Max Fried (16-5, 3.02 ERA).

Fried is 0-1 with a 1.38 ERA (13 innings, two runs) in two starts against Boston this year.

The Sox will counter with righty Brayan Bello (11-6, 3.12 ERA). Bello has a 1.95 ERA in 10 career st

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