St. Louis topped Atlanta in TV ratings for Braves-Cardinals series

TBS’ telecasts of the five National League Division Series games between those teams averaged a 9.0 rating in the Atlanta TV market, well short of the 15.6 rating the series delivered in the St. Louis market.

The rating is the percentage of TV-equipped households in each market that tuned in on average.

The difference in ratings between the cities was most extreme for Wednesday’s Game 5 – not surprising considering that the Cardinals scored 10 first-inning runs en route to a 13-1 win. That series-deciding game drew a 21.3 rating in St. Louis, compared with 7.8 in Atlanta.

Through the first four games, the series averaged a 9.25 rating in Atlanta and a 14.2 rating in St. Louis.

The series’ highest rating in the Atlanta market was for Game 1 (9.8). Games 2, 3 and 4 had ratings of 8.9, 8.9 and 9.4, respectively, in Atlanta.

The Cardinals traditionally rank at or near the top among MLB teams in local TV ratings. The Cardinals' regular-season games on Fox Sports Midwest this year averaged a 6.6 rating in the St. Louis market, the highest local TV rating by any MLB team for the 2019 season. Braves games on Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southeast averaged a 3.62 rating in the Atlanta market this year, the team's highest rating since 2013.

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