MLB playoff ratings steady in LCS after declines in wild-card and division rounds

By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer

Baseball’s League Championship Series are producing solid ratings after seeing declines during the first two rounds. According to Nielsen, the LCS English and Spanish broadcasts for the first two games are averaging 5.2 million, which is even with last year. The LCS ratings are holding steady despite not having a team from New York, Chicago or Los Angeles — the country’s three largest TV markets — in the round for the first time since 2014. The teams with the five best regular-season records are also watching from home.