A record number of people tuned in to see New York Yankees starting pitcher Cam Schlittler completely dominate during his team’s AL wild card Game 3 win against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.

“Last night’s Yankees-Red Sox game averaged 6.5 million viewers and peaked at 10 million. Most watched Wild Card game ever under the new format,” Richard Deitsch of The Athletic posted on Bluesky .

The current wild card game format was only instituted in 2022, after a single-elimination contest was used from 2012-19 and again in 2021.

With many baseball fans still considering the Red Sox and Yankees the best rivalry in sports, Thursday night’s numbers aren’t a surprise.

Not only was Game 3 a do-or-die contest between bitter rivals , but the pitching matchup pitted a pair of highly tou

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