Clayton Kershaw won his fourth start of the postseason and his second elimination game to will No. 3 Hoboken to a Game 7 against 2nd-seeded and defending champion Tucson with Friday night's 5-1 victory.
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Friday, September 29, 2017
Sardine City clinches first DMBL World Series
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Tucson hitting heats up for Game 5 win
Rich Hill limited Hoboken to 4 hits over 7 innings and Tucson used a 5-run 7th inning to turn a pitchers' duel into a 7-1 rout in Game 5 on Wednesday night. The 2nd-seeded Kingsnakes now lead the Best-of-7 series as Game 6 shifts to Hoboken.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Cueto calms Straphangers for Game 5 win
Johnny Cueto rebounded from a weak Game 1 outing to go 7-plus innings while the Vancouver offense got in gear early and held on for a 4-2 win in Game 5 to force Game 6 in Sardine City.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Cruz clubs two homers for Tucson
Reigning postseason MVP Nelson Cruz went 4-for-4 with two home runs to help Tucson beat Hoboken, 5-3, evening their semifinal series with Hoboken at 2-2.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Kershaw shuts down Tucson
Clayton Kershaw limited Tucson to 2 hits over 7 innings and the bullpen held on for 4-1 win at Hoboken in Game 3, to take a 2-1 lead in the Best-of-7 semifinal series.
Schimpf stuns Vancouver with Game 4 walkoff HR
Ryan Schimpf picked an opportune if unlikely time for his first home run off a left-hander this season. Schimpf yanked a solo home run to right off Andrew Miller in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Sardine City a 4-3 victory in Game 4 for a 3-1 series lead.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Kluber, Flowers lead Sardine City to Game 3 win
Corey Kluber showed why he's been Sardine City's ace for so long and Tyler Flowers
continued his hot postseason hitting, leading the Straphangers
to a 3-1 victory over Vancouver in Game 3 on Saturday night.
Hoboken evens series on 10 walks
In one of the most bizarre games in league history - playoff or otherwise - Tucson took a combined no-hitter into the 9th inning despite trailing 3-1 thanks to 10 walks by its starting pitcher.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Behind two homers from Yelich, Sardine City evens series
Sardine City evened its Best-of-7 series Thursday afternoon with a 4-3 win over top-seed Vancouver behind two home runs from a hot-hitting Christian Yelich and a solid outing by journeyman left-hander Daniel Norris.
Tucson opens defense of title with Game 1 win
Defending champion Tucson used three home runs and a sharp outing from top pick Rich Hill to take Game 1 over Hoboken, 6-4, in their Best-of-7 semifinal series.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Vancouver holds on to take Game 1
John Jay went 4-for-4 and scored what proved to be the deciding run on a wild pitch in the 7th inning as top-seeded Vancouver took Game 1 in its Best-of-7 series against No. 4 Sardine City on Wednesday night.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Hoboken comes back to beat Hopatcong 5 in games
Can a 1st-round series be epic even if it's not a Best-of-7? Third-seeded Hoboken and No. 6 Hopatcong tried to find out in the opening round.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Sardine City notches first playoff series win
Sardine City secured the franchise's first playoff series win in its fourth postseason appearance, beating Blue Ridge in four games.
Sunday, September 10, 2017
2017 pitching leaders
There was only one 20-game winner in the DMBL this season but a few other hurlers put up historically good years in some categories.
Saturday, September 9, 2017
2017 batting leaders
Two rookies polished off historically good years in 2017 amid the usual stalwarts in the league's batting leaders while the batting race saw a dark horse take over down the stretch.