Thursday's Yankees-Nationals telecast was the most watched regular season game on any network in nine years
The rain-shortened opening game between the New York Yankees and World Series champion Washington Nationals drew an audience of 4 million viewers, according to Nielsen fast nationals. That's the largest audience for an opening night game ever, breaking the previous record of 3.7 million viewers in 2017 .
A late game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants delivered 2.76 million viewers, the largest ESPN audience ever for a late night game. Both of Thursday's games were played in empty stadiums, a plan MLB plans to follow for the season. Cardboard cutouts of some fans were placed in seats behind home plate at Dodger Stadium.
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