Red Sox take power supply on road on MLB.TV

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The Red Sox’s hitters had the scoreboard operators working overtime during their seven-game homestand at Fenway Park. Now they’ll see if their power trip can extend to the home of the defending champs.

Meanwhile, Toronto’s prized offseason pickup looks to extend a career-best run north of the border. A pair of Southern California teams renew their Interleague rivalry, and the Yankees’ latest callup makes his big league debut in the desert.

It’s all happening today, and all of the action is available on MLB.TV.

MLB.TV Premium returns with the same features as last year, but at $109.99, it is a full 20 bucks cheaper than the 2015 cost. This package has the best value and provides access to more than 400 devices and a free subscription to the MLB.com At Bat Premium app (a $19.99 value). It offers the best picture quality ever — a new 60 frames per second — for supported devices. Monthly signups for MLB.TV Premium are now underway as well for $24.99.

The new MLB.TV Single Team package is also now available as an $84.99 yearly subscription. You can watch a single team’s live out-of-market games in full HD.

Here is a look at what to watch for today in the Majors (all times ET):

Red-hot Sox roll into KC: BOS@KC, 7:05 p.m.

Boston’s homestand featured a little bit of everything, including tape-measure home runs, numerous lead changes and David Ortiz walk-off hits. It also contained an offensive eruption for Red Sox hitters, who were already heating up before their series against the A’s and Astros. The Sox scored a combined 73 runs in those seven games, their most in a seven-game homestand since June 23-29, 2003. They’ve also hit at least one home run in 16 straight games, the second-longest streak in franchise history behind a string of 19 games from July 4-25, 1996.

“The moment that we are living right now, it’s something very special,” said Ortiz. “Something that gives me some really good thoughts and hopefully continues through the year.”

Now they’ll see if their run parade can continue in Kansas City against the defending World Series champion Royals, who find themselves still a game under .500 despite Sunday’s extra-innings win over the Braves. Kansas City was also 18-19 through its first 37 games in 2014, however, before eventually making its run to the American League pennant.

Stat that matters: If a team is going to score as much as Boston has of late, it needs a table-setter who can get on base. Mookie Betts has been that and more. On Sunday, Betts became …

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