NEW YORK, NY — PIX11 and the YES Network have announced details for the 2021 broadcast schedule and the return of live New York Yankee games to New York’s Very Own PIX11. This marks the 53rd year broadcast viewers in the New York City television market will be able to watch the Yankees on PIX11.
The PIX11 schedule for the 27-time World Series champions will start on Sunday, April 18th, when the Yankees host the defending American League Champions Tampa Bay Rays. The game will be the first of 21 regular season broadcasts of Yankee games airing exclusively over-the-air on PIX11. Other key matchups include:
- Friday, July 2nd – The Yankees will host the New York Mets in the first game of the Subway Series against their crosstown rival.
- Friday, July 23rd – The Yankees will travel to Boston to face the Red Sox. This is the first of three games between the Yankees and the Red Sox on PIX11 in the 2021 season. The other two games will be on August 17th and September 24th.
- Wednesday, September 29th – PIX11 will wrap up its 2021 Yankees broadcast schedule with an away game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
“After the shortened 2020 baseball season, we can’t wait for the 2021 season to get started and have the Yankee games back on PIX11,” said Chris McDonnell, Vice President and General Manager of Nexstar Inc.’s New York City operations. “As New York’s Very Own, PIX11 is proud of our long relationship with the Yankees to broadcast an exciting slate of baseball games in the New York City television market. This relationship represents our full commitment to the community and providing valuable local programming to our viewers.”
In addition to airing the regular season games, PIX11 will produce pregame specials for many of the Yankees broadcast games airing in primetime featuring the PIX11 sports team of Andy Adler, Joe Mauceri and Justin Walters.
YES Network’s Michael Kay, David Cone, John Flaherty, Paul O’Neill, Ken Singleton, Meredith Marakovits, Ryan Ruocco and Jack Curry will cover the action all season on PIX11 with all games produced by YES Network.
All New York Yankees games broadcast on PIX11 will include second audio program (SAP) and will be Closed-Captioned.
Yankees on PIX11 2021 Schedule:
| Day | Date | Opponent | Time | Home/Away | |
| 1. | Sunday | April 18 | Rays | 1:00 p.m. | Home |
| 2. | Friday | April 23 | Indians | 7:00 p.m. | Away |
| 3. | Tuesday | April 27 | Orioles | 7:00 p.m. | Away |
| 4. | Friday | May 14 | Orioles | 7:00 p.m. | Away |
| 5. | Friday | May 21 | White Sox | 7:00 p.m. | Home |
| 6. | Saturday | May 29 | Tigers | 4:00 p.m. | Away |
| 7. | Sunday | May 30 | Tigers | 1:00 p.m. | Away |
| 8. | Saturday | June 12 | Phillies | 4:00 p.m. | Away |
| 9. | Sunday | June 20 | Athletics | 1:00 p.m. | Home |
| 10. | Friday | July 2 | Mets | 7:00 p.m. | Home |
| 11. | Sunday | July 11 | Astros | 2:00 p.m. | Away |
| 12. | Friday | July 23 | Red Sox | 7:00 p.m. | Away |
| 13. | Tuesday | July 27 | Rays | 7:00 p.m. | Away |
| 14. | Friday | July 30 | Marlins | 7:00 p.m. | Away |
| 15. | Sunday | Aug. 15 | White Sox | 2:00 p.m. | Away |
| 16. | Tuesday | Aug. 17 | Red Sox | 7:00 p.m. | Home |
| 17. | Sunday | Aug. 22 | Twins | 1:00 p.m. | Home |
| 18. | Saturday | Aug. 28 | Athletics | 4:00 p.m. | Away |
| 19. | Friday | Sept. 17 | Indians | 7:00 p.m. | Home |
| 20. | Friday | Sept. 24 | Red Sox | 7:00 p.m. | Away |
| 21. | Wednesday | Sept. 29 | Blue Jays | 7:00 p.m. | Away |
Here’s the full YES Network Yankees Telecast Schedule for the 2021 season:
*All times are Eastern time. Information is subject to change*
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September/October:
