<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2PdRgw_0w3eydfI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2PdRgw_0w3eydfI00" width="768" height="512" >Game 5 of the NLDS between the Padres and Dodgers will air on the Fox broadcast network tonight at 8:08pm ET, and the game "is expected to have phenomenal ratings for all the obvious reasons" -- Dodgers P/DH Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers' "traditional postseason woes" and the Padres' duo of RF Fernando Tatis Jr. and 3B Manny Machado, and more. Fox made room for the game on broadcast "by moving its Friday night Big Ten football broadcast," Northwestern-Maryland, to FS1. Sources suggest that Dodgers-Padres "will attract three times the viewership" of Wednesday's other NLDS series finale between the Mets and Phillies, which aired on FS1 (PUCK, 10/11). MLB Network Radio’s Jim Bowden talked about the international viewership implications of Padres-Dodgers Game 5, saying, “This will be the most-watched Major League Baseball Division game in the history of baseball.” Bowden pointed to the pitching matchup between two Japanese stars -- the Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Padres' Yu Darvish -- and said of the Japanese audience, "They’re all going to be watching this Saturday morning. Nobody is going to be at work because it’s Saturday. They’re going to wake up and everyone is going to watch Darvish, Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani." First pitch for Game 5 will be at 9am local time in Japan. Bowden: "I’ll be shocked if this isn’t a record-breaking game tonight, or tomorrow morning in Japan" ("The Leadoff Spot," MLB Network Radio, 10/11). </div></body>

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Dodgers-Padres Game 5 to air on Fox broadcast

Game 5 of the NLDS between the Padres and Dodgers will air on the Fox broadcast network tonight at 8:08pm ET, and the game \"is expected to have phenomenal ratings for all the obvious reasons\" -- Dodgers P/DH Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers' \"traditional postseason woes\" and the Padres' duo of RF Fernando Tatis Jr. and 3B Manny Machado, and more. Fox made room for the game on broadcast \"by moving its Friday night Big Ten football broadcast,\" Northwestern-Maryland, to FS1. Sources suggest that Dodgers-Padres \"will attract three times the viewership\" of Wednesday's other NLDS series finale between the Mets and Phillies, which aired on FS1 (PUCK, 10/11).

Game 5 of the NLDS between the Padres and Dodgers will air on the Fox broadcast network tonight at 8:08pm ET, and the game "is expected to have phenomenal ratings for all the obvious reasons" -- Dodgers P/DH Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers' "traditional postseason woes" and the Padres' duo of RF Fernando Tatis Jr. and 3B Manny Machado, and more. Fox made room for the game on broadcast "by moving its Friday night Big Ten football broadcast," Northwestern-Maryland, to FS1. Sources suggest that Dodgers-Padres "will attract three times the viewership" of Wednesday's other NLDS series finale between the Mets and Phillies, which aired on FS1 (PUCK, 10/11).

Dodgers-Padres Game 5 to air on Fox broadcast

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