Las Vegas Stars Notes
Friday, Aug. 9, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.
Glenn Dishman struck out a season-high 11 batters and the Stars hit a team-record 10 doubles as they closed out the homestand with a 10-2 rout of the Tucson Toros. Dishman (6-7) took a 2-hit shutout into the ninth inning, but gave up a pair of runs on two hits. Al Osuna retired the final Toros batter to secure the win. "It's easy when the guys score one in the bottom of the first and four in the bottom of the second," Dishman said of his offensive support. "I was throwing strikes when I needed to. Earlier in the season, I was throwing strikes but I was wild in the zone. I think now I'm starting to hit the side of the plate I want to and I'm throwing more pitches for strikes." Jim Tatum had three doubles, Rico Rossy and Riccardo Ingram each had two and Dishman, Julio Bruno and Jason Thompson each had one double for Las Vegas, which outhit Tucson 18-4. The old Stars record for doubles in a game was eight, set in 1989 and tied in 1993. ... Tatum paced the Stars with four hits, while Ingram and Thompson had three each. ... The Stars finished the 12-game homestand with a 9-3 record and increased their lead in the Pacific Coast League Southern Division to 3 1/2 games over Albuquerque, which was rained out Thursday, four games over Tucson and five over the Phoenix. ... In the past three games, Rossy is hitting .727 (8-for-11) with a home runs, two doubles and four RBI and has raised his average from .233 to .249.
Upcoming games
Las Vegas begins an eight-game road trip tonight in Tacoma. After four games with the slumping Rainiers, the Stars will play four at Calgary before returning home on Saturday, Aug. 17 for their final homestand of the regular season.
By Brian Hilderbrand
Attendance
Thursday's crowd: 4,361
Season total: 262,299 (59 dates)
Average per date: 4,446
Dishman
archive
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Man, 26, dies in collision with truck traveling at 100 mph
- MGM Mirage: CityCenter not affected by debt woes
- Metro admits to improper release of criminal history data
- Locomotives win inaugural UFL championship
- Bargain hunters hit stores for Black Friday
- Was a foiled bank heist a cry for help?
- If Palin’s book is so bad, then why is it a best-seller?
- Q&A: MMA fighter and Playboy model Latasha Marzolla
- UNLV recalls last year’s close shave at Louisville
- Live game blog: Bellfield, UNLV come through late, upset No. 16 Louisville
Blogs
The Kats Report
Could a savior of shuttered Las Vegas Art Museum be ... Peter Max? (6 Comments)
For Paul Stanley and KISS, rock and roll is not over (6 Comments)
Twenty years ago today, Human Nature took root on the farm (1 Comment)
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
Photo Gallery: Donny Osmond’s triumphant return to the Flamingo
The Kats Report
'DWTS' champ Donny Osmond still deft afoot in return to Flamingo (8 Comments)
Politics: The Early Line
Meeting of GOP governors draws challengers, not Gibbons (5 Comments)
Politics: Ralston's Flash
Oscar loves forcing developers to sign labor peace agreements, Culinary loves the city's downtown plans and all is forgiven (10 Comments)
Calendar »
- 29 Sun
- 30 Mon
- 1 Tue
- 2 Wed
- 3 Thu
-
Tahoe Takeover at The Bank
The Bank | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Playboy Club model search
Playboy Club | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Queen of Queens at Revolution Lounge
Beatles Revolution Lounge | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Zowie Bowie's Vintage Vegas Show at Monte Carlo
Lance Burton Theater
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
Technorati









