Sunday Night Baseball draws 3.8 million viewers as Red Sox beat Dodgers

Sunday Night Baseball’s broadcast of the Boston Red Sox against the Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 3.8 million viewers across one outlet and Peacock, with a high of 4.4 million during the 9:45 p.m. ET quarter-hour. The outing continued a historic run, becoming the third consecutive Sunday Night Baseball game to draw more than three million viewers, after the Dodgers-Yankees game on July 19 (3.9 million) and the Yankees-Phillies game on July 26 (3.2 million).

In total, five Sunday Night Baseball contests this season have surpassed the three-million threshold, placing the Red Sox-Dodgers contest as the third-most-watched MLB game of the year behind the Yankees-Red Sox and the earlier Dodgers-Yankees matchup. The high ratings may be linked to the Dodgers’ growing reputation as a league villain, especially after reports of their acquisition of two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal. Despite looming labor negotiations and a possible lockout, viewership remains robust across broadcast platforms, though one outlet’s weekday games have seen a decline.