With Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto making their first look, the World Sequence averaged 12.9 million viewers in Japan, making it the most-watched Fall Traditional within the nation’s historical past.
Together with the US scores, the five-game sequence between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees had a mixed 28.7 million common within the two international locations.
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The Dodgers’ 4-2 victory in Sport 2 averaged 15.9 million in Japan, making it the most-watched postseason recreation within the nation’s historical past, in line with Main League Baseball. Yamamoto was the Dodgers’ beginning pitcher and allowed just one run and one hit in 6 1/3 innings.
Tokyo is nineteen hours forward of New York and 16 hours forward of Los Angeles, that means the video games began round 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday morning in Japan. The video games have been carried by way of Fuji TV, NHK BS and J Sports activities.
The Sequence additionally delivered file viewership in Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Taiwan, in line with MLB.
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The World Sequence averaged 15.8 million viewers within the U.S. on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming, its greatest efficiency since 2017. That may be a 67% enhance over final yr, when the Texas Rangers’ victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in 5 video games averaged solely 9.11 million, which was the lowest-recorded Sequence common.
Los Angeles was the highest market with a 18.9 ranking and 53 share whereas New York was third with a 12.4 ranking and 41 share. San Diego was second at 12.4 and 41.
The ranking is the share of tv households tuned in. The share refers to a share of the viewers viewing it on the time.
Fox and FS1 averaged 7.49 million for the postseason, a 42% leap over final yr, and its greatest common in seven years.
