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Fox averaged 5.02 million viewers — the biggest viewership quantity for any World Baseball Classic sport within the occasion’s 20-year historical past — for Monday’s 5-3 U.S. victory over Mexico, the community introduced Thursday.
It surpassed the earlier report of 4.48 million common viewers for the 2023 WBC last, which noticed Japan beat the U.S. 3-2.
The Mexico matchup was additionally a large bounce in viewership from the primary two United States video games in opposition to Brazil and Great Britain, which drew 2.64 million and a couple of.98 million viewers, respectively.
With the U.S. advancing to the quarterfinals regardless of shedding its pool-play finale to Italy, that viewership bump might fairly probably carry over to the knockout portion of the WBC. The majority of the 78 main league gamers who left spring coaching to compete for the nations are nonetheless in rivalry.
The U.S. will face Canada — which is making its first look within the WBC quarterfinals — Friday evening, with South Korea and the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Italy, and Venezuela and Japan additionally dealing with off within the quarterfinal spherical.
The semifinals are set for Sunday and Monday, and the championship will likely be contested on Tuesday in Miami.
–Field Level Media