World Series averaging 15.15 million viewers in Japan, including 15.9 for Game 2

The World Series is averaging 15.15 cardinal viewers successful Japan done 2 games

LOS ANGELES -- The World Series is averaging 15.15 cardinal viewers successful Japan done 2 games. According to Major League Baseball, nan Los Angeles Dodgers' 4-2 triumph complete nan New York Yankees successful Game 2 averaged 15.9 million, making it nan most-watched MLB postseason crippled successful nan nation's history.

Besides nan allure of superstar and presumptive NL MVP Shohei Ohtani, nan crippled had Yoshinobu Yamamoto arsenic nan Dodgers' starting pitcher.

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ melodramatic 6-3 triumph complete nan New York Yankees successful Game 1 — which ended connected Freddie Freeman’s locomotion disconnected expansive slam successful nan 10th inning — averaged 14.4 million.

Tokyo is 16 hours up of Los Angeles, meaning nan games started astir 9 a.m. connected Saturday and Sunday greeting successful Japan. The games are being carried done Fuji TV, NHK BS and J Sports.

Combined pinch nan United States ratings, nan first 2 games person a mixed 29.7 cardinal mean successful nan 2 countries.

The World Series is averaging 14.55 cardinal viewers successful nan U.S. connected Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming, putting it connected way for its champion capacity since 2017.

It is besides nan first clip since nan last 2 games of nan 2021 bid betwixt nan Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros that nan World Series has drawn back-to-back games of astatine slightest 13.4 cardinal viewers.

According to Nielsen, nan matchup betwixt nan Yankees and Dodgers has besides meant a 93% summation successful viewership wrong nan 18-34-year-old demographic. According to MLB, societal engagement is up 225% and views connected societal channels person accrued 229%.

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