For the first time ever, the audience for the World Series in Japan was larger than in the United States

Saturday ’s Game Two of the World Series drew 15.9 million average viewers in Japan , the most ever for a postseason Major League Baseball game in the country.

The viewership in the U.S. fell to 13.8 million , making it the second biggest TV market for the series.

The ratings for the first two games in the coveted age demographic of ages 18-34 were also up 93 percent .

The series will now shift to New York for games 3 -5 where the Yankees must come away with the victory.