MEDIA ADVISORY - Summer Night Lights Championship Games at Elston Gene Howard Field - on Wed., Aug. 27

By | 11:35 AM EDT

AUGUST 26, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

— MEDIA ADVISORY—

SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES to be held on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, at ELSTON GENE HOWARD FIELD

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***Media INVITED TO ATTEND THREE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES***

The New York Yankees today announced the baseball and softball championship games for the third-annual Summer Night Lights Program will take place at Elston Gene Howard Field (across the street from Yankee Stadium) on Wednesday, August 27**.**

Media are invited to attend each of the three games. The middle school softball and high school baseball games are scheduled to take place at 4:00 p.m., and the high school softball finale is scheduled to begin at 5:50 p.m. Each game will begin with team introductions and will be followed by a postgame trophy presentation. Media may capture B-roll and interviews.

This summer, approximately 500 Bronx children and teenagers, ages 12 to 18, took part in the initiative in which the Yankees partnered with the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Blue Chips Program, NYC Parks, the New York City Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD), The Players Alliance, SCAN-Harbor and LG to keep area young people engaged in recreation and character-promoting activities on summer evenings. The nighttime schedule was chosen to supplement the limited number of organized evening activities available to that age group during the summer. Additionally, by gathering youngsters from all areas of the Bronx, artificial and territorial boundaries can be shattered in a way that can bring communities together.

Media credential applications can be made by e-mailing jsimon@yankees.com. Please see “RSVP Details” further below before applying. All requests must be sent in by a sports editor or a sports director on behalf of his or her staff.

DATE:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025

EVENTS/TIME:

SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (4:00 P.M.)

SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (4:00 P.M.)

SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (5:50 P.M.)

*PLEASE NOTE THAT GAMES WILL BE SEVEN INNINGS OR 105-MINUTES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST

PLACE:

ELSTON GENE HOWARD FIELD (ACROSS THE STREET FROM YANKEE STADIUM)

RSVP DETAILS:

RSVP IS REQUIRED

Please e-mail: JON SIMON / NEW YORK YANKEES MEDIA RELATIONS / jsimon@yankees.com / (718) 579-4460

In your e-mail, please note all of the following:

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