NEW YORK -- Boosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, the NL Division Series outdrew its AL counterpart on television.
The Dodgers' 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals in Game 5 Thursday night was seen by an average of 4.52 million viewers on FS1, boosting the network's NLDS average to 3.69 million for nine games.
Fox said Friday its average for the Dodgers-Nationals and Cubs-Giants matchups increased 32 percent from last year's 2.8 million for the ALDS and by 18 percent from the 3.1 million for NLDS coverage in 2014.