What did I miss?! Tens of thousands are reporting live outages on Hulu during the MLB playoffs

Hulu's live coverage of several sporting events, including the Dodgers game, was interrupted by technical difficulties on Thursday evening as users reported – with some excitement – the streaming service's sudden outage.

“Turns out @hulu doesn’t actually offer live sports,” one X user wrote.

Downdetector.com recorded about 83,000 outages.

Game 4 of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series between the Dodgers and the Mets takes place Thursday night in New York. The Dodgers currently lead the series 2-1.

The game was tied 1-1 heading into the second inning, around the time Hulu's streaming servers began having issues. Users missed the second through fourth innings and were still having trouble logging in at 7 p.m

Here's what Hulu watchers missed: The Dodgers broke the tie with two runs in the third on hits from Tommy Edman and Enrique Hernandez. The Mets made it 3-2 in the bottom of the third before the Dodgers added two more runs in the top of the fourth on a double by Mookie Betts to give the Dodgers a 5-2 lead.

Meanwhile, Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians was a nail-biter. The Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel took the game into overtime with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, setting the stage for David Fry's two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning. The Yankees still lead the series 2-1.

In Hulu's support account posts on The support team responded to some accounts and offered a link to Hulu's support page – but that also failed.

“Excuse me! We have received similar reports and our team is currently investigating this issue. We are working to resolve the issues as quickly as possible. In the meantime, try using: https://t.co/qxlmnIPbSj as a possible workaround!”

The support team also offered concessions to dissatisfied customers and encouraged them to follow the instructions on their support contact page.

Hulu's package of live TV, Disney+ and ESPN+ increased its price to as much as $95.99 per month on the same day its baseball coverage stalled.

Times staff writer Tim Hubbard contributed to this report.

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