Schedule released for expanded Mexican Softball League second season
The Mexican Softball League (LMS) revealed the official games schedule for the 2025 season, the second campaign of the new Mexican professional softball competition. The 2025 Opening Day is set for Thursday, January 23, 2025.
Algodoneros del Unión Laguna and Naranjeros de Hermosillo will make their debut as the LMS expansion franchises. The Expansion Draft will take place on November 26 in Mexico City.
Each club will play 28 games (14 home and 14 away) during the regular season, with a total of 14 two-game series (Thursday-Friday and Saturday-Sunday) from January 23 to March 9.
The top four teams based on their regular season winning percentage will advance to the postseason. The semifinals will be best-of-five series, taking place from March 11 to 16.
The two semifinal winners will face off in the second edition of the Queen Series (Serie de la Reina), a best-of-five series in a 2-3 format, scheduled for March 18-23.
See the full schedule here.
Charros de Jalisco are the defending champions. They beat Sultanas de Monterrey in last year's Queen Series, 3-1. Yeraldine Carrion was the MVP of the inaugural season.
Key Dates
- January 23: Diablos Rojos Femenil home debut vs Olmecas de Tabasco
- January 23: El Águila de Veracruz home debut vs Charros de Jalisco Softbol
- January 23: Bravas de León home debut vs Naranjeros de Hermosillo, Naranjeros' first LMS game
- January 23: Algodoneros home debut vs Sultanes Femenil, Algodoneros' first LMS game
- January 25: Sultanes Femenil home debut vs Bravas de León
- January 25: Olmecas de Tabasco vs Charros de Jalisco Softbol
- January 25: First game between Naranjeros and Algodoneros, the two newest LMS franchises
- January 30: Charros de Jalisco Softbol home debut vs El Águila de Veracruz
- January 30: Naranjeros de Hermosillo home debut vs Algodoneros
- February 8: Charros de Jalisco Softbol visits Diablos Rojos Femenil, a rematch of the 2024 Semifinals
- February 13: Sultanes Femenil visits El Águila de Veracruz, a rematch of the 2024 Semifinals
- February 22: Sultanes Femenil visits Charros de Jalisco Softbol, a rematch of the 2024 Queen Series
- March 9: Regular season ends
- March 11-16: Semifinals
- March 18-23: Queen Series