Strong Ratings for YES’ Yankees-Sox Tilt

YES Network’s telecast of Friday night’s New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox clash earned a 6.9 average TV household rating, or 651,000 total viewers, marking the regional sports network’s best performance for a Yankees-Red Sox game since the 7.6 it posted Aug. 29, 2007.

Friday’s telecast peaked at a 9.5 from 10:30 p.m.-10:45 p.m.