The excitement on the field at Chavez Ravine translated into record marks on TV and TVE screens for Fox Sports 1.

In its first day of MLB postseason action, FS1's exclusive presentation of Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct. 3 averaged  3.59 million viewers, according to Nielsen fast national data.

The game -- a 10-9 nailbiter in which the Cardinals knocked Cy Young front-runner Clayton Kershaw from the box (pictured) during an eight-run,seventh inning, and then had to hold off the Dodgers which had the tying run on third with two outs in the bottom of the night -- eclisped FSI's previous Nielsen mark of 5.23 million watchers for NASCAR Sprint Unlimited event on Feb. 15.

The 14-month-old service also connected on its highest-rated and most-watched weekday daytime and non-primetime program, drawing 2.04 million viewers for its coverage of the opener of the other NLDS -- a 3-2 triumph by the San Francisco Giants over the Washington Nationals.

The home markets for yesterday’s NLDS games set individual market ratings for a televised event on FS1.  St. Louis (17.4) and Los Angeles (7.1) each set their mark for the Cardinals-Dodgers contest, while Washington DC (6.9) and San Francisco (6.6) set theirs for the Giants-Nationals tilt. The Los Angeles DMA also set a new household reach mark for a single market watching an FS1 event with 392,000.

Digitally, Fox officials said that Friday marked the best day ever for authenticated viewership for on the Fox Sports GO, as both NLDS matchups attracted more than twice the streams on the platform's previous high-water mark for a baseball event, surpassing the 2014 MLB All-Star Game.

More fans in the Los Angeles area will finally get to see Dodgers games after all this season.

Time Warner Cable has secured an agreement to broadcast the final week of Dodger games on KDOC, an independent broadcast station carried by every cable, satellite and telco provider in Southern California.

The station, which can also be received over the air with an antenna, will transmit the signal from SportsNet LA, the Dodgers regional sports network that has been shut out from carriage during its rookie season save for on Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks systems. Time Warner Cable is handling affiliate sales for the RSN, which features the legenday broadcaster Vin Scully and televised pitcher Clayton Kershaw's historic year, including his no-hitter (pictured).

KDOC, located in Santa Ana and licensed to Ellis Communications, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Titan Broadcast Management, will air the club’s final six games. KDOC will televise a pair of three-game Dodgers sets against their rivals the San Francisco Giants from Sept. 22-24 at 7:10 p.m. (PT) over whom LA currently holds a three-game lead in the National League West, and the final series against the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 26 at 7:10 p.m., Sept. 27 at 6:10 p.m. and Sept. 28 at 1:10 p.m.

“Time Warner Cable is part of this community and we’re Dodger fans too,” said TWC COO Dinni Jain in a statement. “Angelenos love their Dodgers, and we’re happy to give them a way to watch their beloved team during this pennant chase.”

Asked whether the station deal was the result of the time buy or some marketing package, a TWC spokeswoman replied “We’re not going to discuss the specifics of the agreement with KDOC, but we are very pleased that they were willing to work with us on this so that we could put Dodger fans first.”

Time Warner Cable has said it was willing to accept outside arbitration to resolve the current carriage dispute, which has drawn comment from Capitol Hill (notably a bunch of unhappy California congressfolk) and the FCC.

Time Warner Cable launched SportsNet LA in February, but distributors, notably DirecTV, balked about the price — some reports put it $4 per sub per month or higher — especially when combined with other RSNs in the market. In addition to the DBS leader, Dish Network, Cox Communications, Charter Communications, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse have all sat out on the distribution sidelines this season.

After a number of California members of the House voiced their concerns about the situation, FCC Tom Wheeler gathered information about the negotiating process. In an interview with Mulitchannel News, Wheeler last week urged TWC and those MVPD's to put aside their differences and let viewers see the final games, which TWC has evidently accomplished without striking carriage deals with the providers in question.

“Right now, we can’t change the fact that other area TV distributors won’t carry the channel, but we don’t want anyone to miss this exciting pennant run,” said Jain. We hope everyone will tune in to KDOC and help us cheer on the Dodgers. We will continue to work on long-term agreements with other providers in the off season.”

"Time Warner Cable has worked hard to get other providers to carry SportsNet LA so all fans will have access to games," he added. "The company even agreed to enter into binding arbitration to secure a deal and offered to make games available during arbitration. Unfortunately, other providers have refused."

Sports Fan Coalition chairman David Goodfriend dipped into a baseball analogy to get his view of TWC's play across: "This is like sending in your starting pitcher in the 9th inning when you're down 10 runs: Too little too late. Time Warner Cable already has denied millions of Dodgers fans almost an entire season and the company will do it again next year unless something big happens.  Here's an idea:  no government action on the pending Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger until anyone in Southern California who wants to see the Dodgers games on TV can do so.  No Dodgers, no merger.  Period."

KDOC can be seen on the following channels:

While Clayton Kershaw’s no-hitter played out before 46,069 in Dodger Stadium and another 52,000 on embattled regional sports network, SportsNet LA , presumably a few other Angelenos that don’t subscribe to Time Warner Cable were able to check out the southpaw’s mastery on Wednesday.

MLB Network cut into the action as Kershaw was in the process of chalking up 15 strikeouts and mowing the Colorado Rockies down, save for the Hanley Ramirez throwing error that enabled Corey Dickerson to reach first, leading off the seventh inning.

MLBN scored with 387,000 watchers in the 10 p.m. (PT) quarter hour on June 18, when Kershaw was putting the finishing touches on his gem.  That more than doubled the network’s national primetime average of 195,000 that night, according to Nielsen data. No doubt some in LA DMA, who don’t count Time Warner Cable as their video provider, tuned some of Kershaw's exploits on MLBN..

Baseball’s in-house network can present live cut-ins of game action at any time, save for when contests are airing nationally on Fox or ESPN.

In addition to TWC, Bright House Networks in the Bakersfield, Calif. area  market is the only other distributor to offer  SportsNet LA. (the nation’s No. 2 cable operator negotiates programming deals for BHN).  Other area providers, notably DirecTV, Dish Network, Cox , Charter, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse, have yet to reach affiliate pacts with SportsNet LA, which is reportedly seeking a monthly subscriber fee in excess of $4 per month for its rookie year. TWC is handing affiliate negotiations as part of a record 25-year, $8.35 billion deal with the Dodgers.

Last season, Dodgers’ telecasts averaged 225,000 viewers on Fox-owned Prime Ticket.