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Thrilling Cards win scores ratings victory

ST. LOUIS - The Cardinals' 10-9, 11-inning win over the Texas Rangers in Game 6 earned the best World Series TV rating since 2009.

David Freese's walk-off home run in the the 10th inning forced a Game 7 in the World Series. (Eric Gay/AP)
David Freese's walk-off home run in the the 10th inning forced a Game 7 in the World Series. (Eric Gay/AP)Read more

ST. LOUIS - The Cardinals' 10-9, 11-inning win over the Texas Rangers in Game 6 earned the best World Series TV rating since 2009.

Thursday night's game got a 12.7 fast national rating and 21 share, Fox said Friday. It was the highest-rated World Series game since the New York Yankees' Series clincher against the Phillies got a 13.4 two years ago, and it was the highest-rated game not involving the Yankees since the finale of the 2005 Series between the White Sox and Houston received a 13.0/21.

The rating is the percentage of households with televisions tuned to a program, and the share is the percentage watching among those households with TVs on at the time.

This year's Series is averaging a 9.3/15, up 11 percent over the 8.4/14 for San Francisco's five-game win over the Rangers last year.

Thursday's game received a 49.4/70 in St. Louis, with a share peaking at 82 in the final 30 minutes, and drew a 47.1/67 in Dallas.

It was Fox's highest prime-time rating since the finale of American Idol in May.

Broken Records

Several one-year, offensive playoff records fell or were tied this postseason.

Most Home Runs

Player   Year   HRs   

 Nelson Cruz   2011   8

Carlos Beltran   2004   8

Barry Bonds   2002   8

Most RBIs

Player   Year   RBIs   

David Freese   2011   21

Total Bases

Player   Year   TB   

Freese   2011   50

Doubles

Player   Year   2B   

Albert Pujols   2011   8

Freese   2011   8

Source: Baseball-reference.comEndText