ESPN set viewership records during baseball's wild-card series, fueled by a significant spike in watchers from young demographics.

The network announced Monday that Game 3 of the Boston Red Sox-New York Yankees series averaged 7,439,000 viewers -- a single-game wild-card series record under the current format. It was the largest audience for an ESPN baseball game since Boston met the Yankees in a one-game wild-card playoff in 2021.