Re: **UNLV(7-1) @ Texas Tech(7-1) Series Thread - UNLV Loses Game #1 9-4**
Scores you're funny...don't make me go Kruger...LOL... Here's a nice piece on Dysinger...Great kid and love the fact that we are using him...kid is a winner....
Dys Rolls Solid Numbers in Pitching Debut
Scott Dysinger is one of the nicest kids you'd ever want to meet.
He's not a big kid, probably around 160 pounds, if that.
But he's a scrapper, always has been.
So, when he was given the assignment of starting a D-I baseball game -- on the mound -- you kinda feared for him, but still wished him the best.
As usual, Scott came through. He always comes through.
Wednesday in Lubbock, TX, Dys was given the ball and told to go pitch. And pitch he did.
The former Bishop Gorman HS standout threw five innings of no-hit baseball against Texas Tech, before running out of gas in the sixth when he gave up three runs (two earned) on a couple of hits. UNLV won the game, 4-3 and Dysinger got the win.
He's been a winner since his high school coach, Chris Sheff, spotted him playing JV ball as a freshman. "I love that kid," said Sheff at the time. "He has great instincts for being so young."
Midway through that 2004 season Sheff brought Dysinger up to the varsity. Dys didn't disappoint. In 14 games he batted .353, playing mostly at second base.
And for the next three years he was a standout, helping to lead the Gaels to their first two state championships in a streak that now totals five.
His signature game as a high school player, in my opinion, came in the state championship against Silverado in 2006. Silverado was loaded that season and was ranked in the top 20 in the nation. Gorman wasn't expected to win. But after knocking off Galena (5-3) and Silverado (9-8), the Gaels played Silverado again for the title.
Dysinger, who had thrown just 33.1 innings that season, was given the nod as the starter. He came through big time, shutting out Silverado for six innings. With Gorman holding a 1-0 lead, Sheff went with his ace, Donny Roach, to close out the game. Silverado scored to tie it, but freshman Joey Rickard came off the bench to get a game-winning hit and Gorman had won its first state title ever.
The following season, Dys didn't pitch as much (the Gaels were loaded on the mound), but still was a huge contributor, batting .425 and helping to guide Gorman to another state title.
After graduation, Scott matriculated to Saddleback College in the OC, but sat out the season with an injury. He then returned to Las Vegas, having two very good years at CSN.
Now at UNLV, Dysinger has been in and out of the lineup (mostly out) and has been told that he will probably pitch more than he will play at second base. I'm sure Dys would rather be in the lineup every game, but he's the type of player that will do anything for his team.
Wednesday he did.
"It didn't surprise me," said Sheff of Dysinger's performance. "He's a very smart kid. He knows how to play the game."
DYS VS. ARIZONA? -- Since Dysinger figures now as a mid-week pitcher, it probably means he will throw against Arizona next Tuesday or Wednesday when the Wildcats invade UNLV. Of course, that means pitching against former teammates Joey Rickard and Johnny Field. Another ex-Gorman pitcher Stephen Manthei has yet to pitch for Arizona, but has shown that he can get D-I hitters out. A Dysinger vs. Manthei matchup? Wouldn't that be sweet, but don't look for it to happen.
2008 CHAMPS -- Dysinger was a key member of the Gorman summer team of 2008 that won the American Legion World Series in North Carolina. Others included Rickard, Manthei, Field, Jeff Malm (now with the Tampa Bay Rays), Paul Sewald (USD), Neil Lawhorn (now at Western Nevada JC), Matt Hall (Cochise JC) and Erik Van Meetren, a senior at Gorman who has committed to UNLV.
Dys batted .524 in the Arizona regional that summer (11-for-21) and was named the outstanding player. He also was selected to the World Series all-tourney team.
TAYLOR-MADE -- Dysinger and shortstop Taylor Cole made a great double play combination through their graduation year of 2007, although there were many times during that senior season that the lineup changed a lot when Cole or Dys went to the mound, opening up second base for the freshman Field.
