With no other major American sports going, Major League Baseball found a massive audience Thursday night in its return to play.
The Giants’ 8-1 . . .
The astronomical ratings may have been buoyed by a holdover East Coast audience interested in ESPN’s Opening Night matinee game between the Yankees and Nationals, which went into a rain delay in the sixth inning and was later called final at that juncture. ESPN filled about an hour of air time with rain delay coverage before the Giants-Dodgers game began.