NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC averaged 1,836,000 viewers for 16 broadcasts in Major League Baseball’s expanded wild-card round, drawing far far more viewers for 16 online games but an ordinary down vastly from the single-knockout contests in preceding many years.
The most-viewed activity was the New York Yankees’ opening 12-3 gain in excess of Cleveland on Sept. 29, which averaged 2,642,000 even with getting location partly reverse a presidential debate.
Final year’s ESPN sport, Tampa Bay’s 5-1 gain around Oakland beginning just following 8 p.m. EDT, was found by an normal of 4,615,000 on ESPN, down from 7,130,000 for Colorado’s 2-1, 13-inning gain over the Chicago Cubs in the 2018 NL wild-card activity at a related time. ESPN’s wild-card activity averaged 5,591,000 to 7,604,000 from 2014-17.
The round was expanded to 8 finest-of-3 collection owing to the shortened time caused by the pandemic, and games were being scheduled from noon EDT right until 10 p.m. EDT more than a four-day span.
The Rays-Blue Jays collection on TBS averaged 575,000 in the U.S., its viewers limited by possessing only just one U.S. property market.
Significant League Baseball mentioned the expanded round drew 46.2 million viewers for 18 game titles, more than double the 21.6 million for two games in 2019. MLB cited figures for get to of any individual who viewed a part.
This year’s viewers had been, with begin time and the network the greater part of video game was carried on:
Sept. 29: Yankees/Indians Match 1, ESPN, 7 p.m. EDT: 2,642,000
Oct. 2: Cardinals/Padres Recreation 3, ESPN, 10 p.m.: 2,599,000
Sept. 30: Yankees/Indians Video game 2, ESPN, 7 p.m.: 2,588,000
Oct. 1: Cardinals/Padres Match 2, ESPN2, p.m.: 2,331,000
Sept. 29: Astros/Twins Video game 1, ABC, 2 p.m.: 2,211,000
Oct. 2: Marlins/Cubs Game 2, ABC, 2 p.m.: 1,977,000
Oct. 1: Dodgers/Brewers Match 2, ESPN, 10 p.m.: 1,928,000
Oct. 1: White Sox/Athletics Sport 3, ESPN, 3 p.m.: 1,848,000
Sept. 30: Cardinals/Padres Game 1, ESPN2, 5 p.m.: 1,574,000
Sept. 30: Marlins/Cubs Activity 1, ABC, 2 p.m.: 1,538,000
Sept. 30: Reds/Braves Sport 1, ESPN, midday: 1,460,000
Oct. 1: Reds/Braves Recreation 2, ESPN, noon: 1,380,000
Sept. 30: White Sox/Athletics Video game 2, ESPN, 3 p.m.: 1,219,000
Sept. 30: Dodgers/Brewers Match 1, ESPN, 10 p.m.: 1,090,000
Sept. 29: White Sox/Athletics Activity 1, ESPN, 3 p.m. : 953,000
Sept. 30: Astros/Twins Video game 2, ESPN2, 1 p.m.: 731,000
Sept. 29: Blue Jays/Rays Match 1, TBS, 5 p.m., 805,000 (plus 1,002,000 on SportsNet in Canada)
Sept. 30: Blue Jays/Rays, Recreation 2, TBS, 4 p.m. 345,000 (as well as 681,000 on SportsNet in Canada)
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