The New York Mets’ 4-2 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday night in the deciding game of the NL Wild Card Series averaged 4,017,000 viewers on ESPN and streaming, making it ESPN’s most-watched Major League Baseball game in three years.

The New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in Game 3 of the National League Wild Card game at American Family Field in Milwaukee on Thursday. The Mets' Pete Alonso hit a three-run home run in the ninth inning.

Baseball fans tuning in for the National League Wild Card series finale between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers got a pitcher’s duel. That is, until Jake Bauers broke out with a heroic pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. But he wasn’t the only one with some late-inning fireworks.