By — Anya van Wagtendonk Anya van Wagtendonk Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mone-davis-throws-like-girl-shatters-television-ratings-records Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Mo’Ne Davis’ power breaks Little League World Series ratings Nation Aug 21, 2014 6:35 PM EDT Wednesday wasn’t a great night for Mo’ne Davis, the teenage pitching phenom making headlines for her performance in this year’s Little League World Series. The thirteen-year-old Philadelphia native was pulled out after giving up three runs and six hits. “There’s no question [she] didn’t have her A-game tonight,” her team manager said. But it was a winning night for ESPN, the television network airing the series, which enjoyed record ratings for the event as viewers across the country tuned in to watch Davis’ seventy mile-an-hour fastball. With an overnight national rating of 3.4, corresponding to the percentage of homes with televisions watching a program, it was the most-watched LLWS game in the network’s history. Davis made it to the cover of Sports Illustrated last week after becoming the first girl to throw a shutout in LLWS history. By — Anya van Wagtendonk Anya van Wagtendonk
Wednesday wasn’t a great night for Mo’ne Davis, the teenage pitching phenom making headlines for her performance in this year’s Little League World Series. The thirteen-year-old Philadelphia native was pulled out after giving up three runs and six hits. “There’s no question [she] didn’t have her A-game tonight,” her team manager said. But it was a winning night for ESPN, the television network airing the series, which enjoyed record ratings for the event as viewers across the country tuned in to watch Davis’ seventy mile-an-hour fastball. With an overnight national rating of 3.4, corresponding to the percentage of homes with televisions watching a program, it was the most-watched LLWS game in the network’s history. Davis made it to the cover of Sports Illustrated last week after becoming the first girl to throw a shutout in LLWS history.