Astros’ World Series no-no drew biggest Game 4 audience since 2018

It was a dominant 5-0 win for the Houston Astros and one heck of a way to bounce back from a 7-0 shellacking at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3. The Astros, playing in front of the hostile crowd at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, pitched a no-hitter as a team, led by Cristian Javier who got the start and pitched six innings of hitless baseball with just two walks and nine strikeouts.

It was an incredible performance for Houston, and whether it was the stakes of Game 4 or the fact that the Astros were rolling, it ended up being one heck of a game audience-wise for both MLB and Fox.

Awful Announcing is reporting that Houston’s 5-0 win drew 11.89 million viewers, which is the best viewership mark of this World Series so far as well well as the top Game 4 World Series draw since 2018. That 2018 Game 4 saw the Boston Red Sox take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in a game that drew 13.563 million viewers.

The next closest draw on Wednesday night was Chicago Med followed by Chicago Fire on NBC, with each show drawing roughly 6.5 million viewers.

Awful Announcing also reports that this season’s World Series is averaging 11.31 million viewers per game, which is significantly up from the 8.91 million average from 2020 and even up from the 10.71 million average from last season. 

The series is now tied at two games apiece, with Houston’s Game 4 win guaranteeing that there will at least be a Game 6.