2018 Ben McDonald Award winner

Hopatcong's Stephen Strasburg, the league's only 20-game winner and the ERA champion in 2018, was a nearly unanimous selection as the Ben McDonald Award.

2018 Eck Award winner: Andrew Miller

Chad Green and Andrew Miller were dueling relievers in 2018 as their teams, Marietta and Sardine City, respectively, battled it out for the division last year.

2018 Ben McDonald candidates

At first glance, it may seem like the 2018 Ben McDonald Award is a runaway. There was only one 20-game winner in the league last season and the same starter also led the league in ERA. But maybe not so fast.

After 14 innings, Tucson wins Game 6, takes series

Marcell Ozuna came up with another big postseason hit for Tucson, driving in Brett Gardner in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the King Snakes a 2-1 walk-off victory in Game 6 and clinching the series against Sardine City, 4-2.

Piscotty's arm, bat big in Sardine City win

Stephen Piscotty made a big play in the field and then at the plate during a critical 6th inning, to help Sardine City gain a 7-3 victory in Game 2 of their semifinal series against Tucson on Monday night.

Sardine City works overtime as playoff race tightens

Sardine City has been working overtime to try to hang on to their division lead, twice having wice played games lasting nearly 20 innings within a week.

Players of the Month: April

The first month of the 2018 season is in the books, with most teams having played anywhere from 26 to as many as 30 games (equivalent to spring training, more or less). Let's have a look at who's off to hot starts:

2017 Eck Award winner: Seung Hwan Oh

Seung Hwan Oh was a model of efficiency as Tucson's closer, saving 32 of 33 opportunities for the Kingsnakes last season, on his way to the 2017 Eckersley Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award.

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.

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.

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.

2016 Eck Award winner: Mark Melancon

We'll roll out the 2016 DMBL award winners this week, starting with the Eckersley Rolaids Relief Man of the Year.

2016 McDonald Award candidates

There are any number of ways to go on your ballot for this year's Ben McDonald Pitching Excellence Award, recognizing the DMBL's finest pitcher and named for the first winner of the award, Larry Benard McDonald (a.k.a., The LBM).

Another 8th inning score gives San Francisco 2-0 lead in Best of 5 with Vancouver

Another big 8th-inning run on Friday night proved the difference for San Francisco, which took a 2-0 lead over Vancouver in the 1st round of the DMBL playoffs, after  the 5-2 victory.

2016 pitching leaders

Clayton Kershaw made his final start of the season against Hopatcong on Saturday, needing 12 strikeouts to reach 300 for the second year in a row. He got 11.