People watch the game on television at Atlas Brew Works – Street Brewery and Tap Room during the opening game of the Washington Nationals against the New York Yankees in National Park on Thursday July 23, 2020 in Washington, DC
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Major League Baseball kicked off its Covid-19 regular season Thursday night with a record average of 4 million viewers, the most-watched regular-season MLB game on any network since 2011, according to ESPN, which aired the first game.
The New York Yankees beat the Washington Nationals, 4-1, on MLB 2020 Opening Day on ESPN. New Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, who signed a $ 324 million deal last December, earned his first victory for the team.
According to ESPN, the broadcast increased “232% from last year’s opening night broadcast between the Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners,” which drew 1.2 million viewers. The game peaked at 4.4 million viewers around 8:30 p.m.
“It also generated a 7.8 rating in the New York market, making it the highest rated ESPN regular season MLB game on the market since 2015,” said ESPN.
Additionally, the second game on the net between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers generated an average of 2.7 million viewers, making it “ESPN’s most watched ETN game in the regular season of the regular season “
MLB resumes its opening day contests on Friday with 15 games on the schedule.
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