Friday Night at Home vs. Rhode Island Rival

For Immediate Release: 6/26/26

It is Friday Night in Newport and that can only mean one thing, the Gulls are back at home for the highly anticipated second game of the Pell Bridge Series against the Ocean State Waves. It’s Comedy Fundraiser Night at the ballpark, sponsored by Funny 4 Funds. Funny 4 Funds will be giving away FREE mini-helmets, stress balls, and bracelets, so grab your swag and cheer for the Gulls on a classic Cardines Friday night. Can’t make it to Cardines? Tune in on ESPN+ at 6:35 pm for first pitch.

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The Newport Gulls, members of the 13-team New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded as the Rhode Island Gulls in 1998 in Cranston, R.I., before moving to Newport in 2001. In addition to recruiting, fielding, and developing a team of the nation's top collegiate baseball athletes and attracting 50,000 fans annually to Cardines Field, the predominantly volunteer organization strives to benefit the community via summer camps, reading programs, fundraisers, scholarships, and charitable donations – totaling over $1 million since 2001. The Gulls are eight-time champions of the NECBL – the winningest franchise in league history – and were ranked as the overall No. 1 summer collegiate baseball team in the country by Perfect Game USA in 2012.

For more information about the Newport Gulls, visit facebook.com/newportgulls, follow the Gulls on Twitter @NewportGulls or visit www.newportgulls.com