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Fox World Series Game 2 Viewers Up 13% From 2020 Record Low

Houston's 7-2 win over Atlanta in World Series Game 2 drew more than 10.5 million viewers.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 27: Yuli Gurriel #10 of the Houston Astros bats against the Atlanta Braves in Game Two of the World Series at Minute Maid Park on October 27, 2021 in Houston, Texas.
HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 27: Yuli Gurriel #10 of the Houston Astros bats against the Atlanta Braves in Game Two of the World Series at Minute Maid Park on October 27, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

ATLANTA — Houston's 7-2 win over Atlanta in World Series Game 2 drew 10,539,000 viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox streaming apps.

Wednesday night's game averaged a 5.8 rating, 14 share and 10,280,000 viewers on Fox, up 13% from 9,105,000 for Tampa Bay's 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second game last year, which set a record low for the World Series.

Game 2 drew 186,741 streams, Fox said Thursday.

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The rating is the percentage of television households tuned in to a broadcast. The share is the percentage viewing a telecast among those households with TVs on at the time.

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