Sunday’s edition of Sunday Night Baseball between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees on ESPN saw its second largest audience of the season.
Viewership peaked at 2.7 million between 7:45 PM-8:00 PM while Aaron Judge was at bat. Judge is chasing the American League and franchise record for single season home runs. He currently sits at 60 while the record is 61.
Sunday’s audience was up 47% from a comparable Red Sox and Yankees broadcast a year ago. The game averaged 2.2 million viewers, second only to a game played by the same two franchises in April this year, which saw an average of 2.487 million.
ESPN2’s KayRod Cast saw 243,000 viewers on average. That number is the third largest for the season.
ESPN’s season finale of Sunday Night Baseball will be this Sunday as the Mets face the Braves.
