Washington's 5-4 victory Tuesday night averaged 12,194,000 viewers, according to national numbers from Nielsen. That edges the San Francisco's 7-1 win over Kansas City.
The Nats erupted for 10 runs over their last three at-bats and blasted the Astros 12-3. Kurt Suzuki’s solo homer broke a 2-2 tie off of Houston's Justin Verlander.
Juan Soto's homer hit the train tracks above the left field wall as the Nationals tagged Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros 5-4 in the World Series opener.
The Nationals got RBIs from Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto in a seven-run first inning and Patrick Corbin's 12-strikeout performance to sweep the Cardinals 7-4.
After missing five games, Victor Robles homered, singled and scored twice over the first six innings of the Nationals' 8-1 victory in Game 3 of the NLCS against St. Louis.
Kendrick hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the 10th inning and the Nationals, boosted by a lightning rally against Clayton Kershaw, beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3.