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The World Series then aired on the Fox broadcast network for the 22nd consecutive year. [14] Under the three broadcasters' renewed TV deals lasting from 2022 until 2028, among other changes, ESPN was awarded the rights to all Wild Card round games, and Fox took over the selected Division Series games that were held by MLB Network. [15] [16] [17]
The 2021 Major League Baseball season began on April 1, while the regular season ended on October 3. [1] The postseason began on October 5. The World Series then began on October 26 and ended on November 2 with the Atlanta Braves defeating the Houston Astros in six games to win their second title since moving to Atlanta.
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecasts were exclusive. TBS televised 13 straight weeks of Sunday afternoon games and also televised the National League postseason. The American League postseason was split between ESPN, Fox/FS1, and MLB Network (AL Wild Card on ESPN, the ALDS split between FS1 and MLB Network, and the ALCS on Fox and FS1).
Get ready: Baseball's postseason begins Tuesday with a high-stakes Yankees-Red Sox showdown.
ESPN Major League Baseball (also referred to as MLB on ESPN) is an American presentation of live Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by ESPN. ESPN's MLB broadcasts have also aired on sister networks and platforms ESPN2, ABC and ESPN+. ESPN's MLB coverage debuted on April 9, 1990 with three Opening Day telecasts.
The final team was the winner of the American League Wild Card Game, played between the league's fourth and fifth seeded teams. The Tampa Bay Rays clinched the American League East on September 26 [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and secured the AL's best record and home-field advantage throughout the AL postseason with a 100–62 record on September 28. [ 5 ]
After his year long suspension ended, Cora was re-hired as the Red Sox' manager on November 6, 2020. [9] The only other postseason meeting between the Astros and Red Sox came during the 2017 American League Division Series, which was won by Houston in four games. The Astros won the season series with the Red Sox, 5–2. [10]
Viewership for the two games is up 13% over last year’s finals between the Aces and Connecticut Sun. Game 1 on ABC averaged 729,000 viewers and the average was 626,000 for Game 2 on ESPN.