NEW YORK — Friday’s decisive fifth recreation of the Nationwide League Division Sequence between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres was the most-watched Main League Baseball postseason recreation on document in Japan, averaging an estimated 12.9 million viewers, in keeping with MLB.
The Dodgers’ 2-0 victory was the primary time two Japanese pitchers began a postseason MLB recreation. Los Angeles’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up solely two hits over 5 innings whereas San Diego’s Yu Darvish allowed two runs on three hits in 6⅔ innings.
The sport additionally featured Shohei Ohtani serving to the Dodgers advance to the NL Championship Sequence for the primary time since 2021. Tokyo is 16 hours forward of Los Angeles, which means the sport began round 11 a.m. Saturday in Japan.
The NLDS decider additionally drew extra viewers than the previous three MLB video games performed in Japan. The Dodgers and Padres opened the common season with a pair of video games in Tokyo.
Ohtani’s first MLB postseason recreation, in Recreation 1 of the NLDS on Oct. 5, averaged 9.1 million viewers in Japan. Ohtani had a three-run homer within the recreation, which the Dodgers received 7-5.