Lobos Complete Season Sweep of Aggies With 200th Win at S.A.S. Field

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico Baseball completed a four-game season sweep of in-state rival New Mexico State (19-22, 8-10 C-USA) on Tuesday night at Santa Ana Star Field, never trailing in a 7-6 win that sealed the program’s first perfect season series over the Aggies since 2022.

Now winners of seven of their last nine for the only the second time this season, the Lobos (23-17, 10-8 MW) have beaten the Aggies four times in the same season for only the third time since 1985.

It’s also the 200th win for UNM at Santa Ana Star Field since it opened to the public in 2013 – the Lobos have accumulated a 200-113-2 (.636) record at SAS Field in the dozen seasons since, with a 16-5 mark at home this season.

The Lobos immediately put a run on the board with a leadoff homer from Tye Wood – his third of the year – and never looked back, building a 7-2 lead through five innings and holding off a late NMSU push down the stretch as RHP Ty Cunningham earned his 10th save of the season to move within one of matching the UNM single-season record held by Ed Bartholomew that has been untouched since 1985. Cunningham is only the fourth Lobo to record double-digit saves in the same season in school history.

Senior RHP Dayne Pengelly (7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K) earned his second win of the year to improve to 2-2 on the season with one of his best outings as a Lobo, extending to a season-high 7.0 innings and allowing just four hits and four earned runs while striking out four and walking two. The right-hander out of Rio Rancho faced just one batter over the minimum through four hitless innings before a pair of two-run frames in the fifth and sixth cut the lead to three.

RHP Luke Wiseman (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K) and RHP Ty Cunningham (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K) took over for the final two innings, with Cunningham working around two walks and a hit in the ninth to earn his fourth save in his last five appearances. The Aggies’ lone run in the top of the ninth snapped a streak of four scoreless outings – and six consecutive scoreless frames – for Cunningham.

Save #️⃣🔟 for @TyCunningham19 has him just ☝️ away from matching the UNM single-season record 👀 pic.twitter.com/KYQF30jEPe

— UNM Baseball (@UNMLoboBaseball) April 23, 2025

At the plate, Wood (2-for-5, HR, RBI, 2 R) and Will Asby (1-for-4, HR, BB, RBI. 2 R) each homered and scored a pair of runs, while Jordy Oriach (2-for-4, 2 2B, RBI, BB, 2 R) recorded his 16th and 17th doubles of the season to move back into a tie for most in the Mountain West. Cooper Brass (2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB) delivered a clutch two-run double on a full count in the third, and Khalil Walker (2-for-3, BB, 1 R) reached base three times out of the nine spot.

The Lobos outhit the Aggies 10-6 and committed no errors for the 15th time this season. With the win, UNM improves to 4-0 against NMSU on the year, outscoring them 31-26 across the four meetings.

THE ALL-TIME SERIES
With their first 4-0 season sweep of their in-state rivals since 2022, The Lobos are now 171-95 all-time against their rivals to the south, with a 80-34 record in home matchups and a 65-52 record in Las Cruces.
• UNM went 1-2 against the Aggies in 2024 before their initially-scheduled fourth game in Albuquerque was scrapped due to weather.
• Tod Brown improves to 11-4 against the Aggies in his tenure as UNM Head Coach. Current NMSU head coach Jake Angier was Brown’s pitching coach at North Dakota State for three seasons (2011-2013).
• Prior to 2022, the Lobos hadn’t beaten the Aggies four times in the same season since 1985, when UNM swept all six meetings with NMSU.

ON DECK
The Lobos (23-17, 10-8 MW) return to Mountain West play for a weekend series with fifth-place San Jose Stats that gets going on Friday at 6 p.m. MT. All of this weekend’s series will be available to stream free via the MW Network at GoLobos.com/Watch, with live stats, streaming options and more available via GoLobos.com/BSBGameDay. Follow @UNMLoboBaseball on IG, X and Facebook for comprehensive coverage, promotional updates, behind-the-scenes content and more.