Television ratings from the Kansas City Royals game against Oakland Sunday shattered the records for FOX Sports Kansas City.

The Royals’ come-from-behind win over Oakland on Sunday was the highest-rated Royals telecast ever on FSKC. It earned a 14.6 household rating in Kansas City, according to Nielsen Media Research, beating the previous high of 13.6 for last September’s playoff berth-clinching win at Chicago.

*Sunday’s game averaged a 14.6 rating/135,000 Kansas City area households.
*It peaked at a 19.4 rating/179,000 households and 38 share during the Royals’ 8th-inning rally.
*Sunday’s Boulevard Royals Live postgame earned its highest rating ever, an 8.2, while Saturday’s Hy-Vee Royals Live pregame posted an all-time high 4.5.
*The A’s-Royals series averaged a 12.9 rating, making it the highest-rated series on FOX Sports Kansas City.
*Sunday’s game was the highest-rated event of any kind on FOX Sports Kansas City, topping the Kansas-Missouri football game at Arrowhead Stadium on Nov. 29, 2008 (14.0).

FOX Sports Kansas City has televised an estimated 1,181 Royals games and is in its 14th season as the team’s TV home.

Highest-rated Royals games on FOX Sports Kansas City
Rank Rating Date Game
1. 14.6 4/19/15 vs. Oakland
2. 13.6 9/26/14 at Chicago (AL)
3. 13.0 4/15/15 at Minnesota
4. 12.3 8/13/13 vs. Miami
5. 12.2 4/17/15 vs. Oakland