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With Yanks, wild-card game draws best ratings

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  • Associated Press

NEW YORK -- With the Yankees playing, baseball's wild-card game has drawn its largest television audience in its short history.

The Houston Astros' 3-0 win over New York in the AL wild-card game Tuesday night on ESPN averaged more than 7.6 million viewers.

The network said Wednesday that's up 36 percent from the 5.