Tickets Now Live for 2025 MLB Desert Invitational
Tickets for New Mexico’s season-opening weekend at the 2025 MLB Desert Invitational are now available online, with two neutral-site matchups at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz. and another at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale to kick off the 2025 baseball season.
Fans can purchase tickets to all individual games HERE.
The MLB Desert Invitational is MLB’s annual Arizona-based tournament will be hosted February 14th-16th throughout the greater Phoenix area across three locations – (1) Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, (2) Sloan Park,
and (3) Grand Canyon University. New Mexico will open with a matchup with Austin Peay on Feb. 14 (5:30 p.m. MT) before squaring off with UC Irvine (Feb. 15) and Seton Hall (Feb. 16) the next two days, both set for 12:30 p.m. first pitch.
When available for purchase, single-game tickets for UNM’s 27 home games at Santa Ana Star Field this season can be found via GoLobos.com/BSBTickets, with season pride passes that also allow entry to Track & Field and Softball available at GoLobos.com/PridePass. Stay tuned and follow @UNMLoboBaseball for updates on this upcoming season’s marketing and promotion schedule, with special theme days, events, giveaways and more for all 27 home games.
The Lobos improved their overall record for the second year in a row in 2024 en route to their first Mountain West Tournament berth since 2017, going 28-26 and 17-13 in Mountain West play. UNM wrapped up the season ranked among the nation’s most productive offensive teams, posting the seventh-highest team batting average (.319) in the nation while ranking among the Top 50 in team slugging (No. 31, .515), on-base percentage (No. 13, .421), doubles per game (No. 17, 2.24), triples per game (T-No.40, 0.30) and runs per game (No. 25, 8.4).
Heading into Head Coach Tod Brown’s fourth year at the helm, the Lobos return four of their top six batters by average – including 2024 MW batting and on-base leader Khalil Walker and fellow All-MW outfielder Will Asby – as well as three starting pitchers that saw significant weekend action last season in Dayne Pengelly (11 GS, 50 IP), David Lopez (11 GS, 65.1 IP) and Daxton Purser (7 GS, 35 IP).
This season, with Washington State joining as an affiliate member for baseball, the Mountain West is an eight-team league for the first time since in conference’s history. With the addition of the Cougars, the conference tournament will expand to six teams for the first time since 2016, when UNM last won the tournament to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. This year’s MW Baseball Championship will also be the first hosted at a neutral-site venue, set for May 21-25 in Mesa, Ariz.
UNM’s opening weekend in Arizona will be broadcast via MLB.TV and the MLB Network, with live stats for each game available at GoLobos.com/BSBStats. Follow @UNMLoboBaseball on IG, X and Facebook for comprehensive coverage, promotional updates, behind-the-scenes content and more.