GLENDALE, Ariz. Jermon Bushrod Jersey . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. The Stars not only made their dads happy Tuesday night, they secured a key victory that improved their playoff chances. Antoine Roussel scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, Kari Lehtonen stopped 26 shots and the Stars beat the sluggish Phoenix Coyotes 3-1 in front of 27 dads who took advantage of the franchises father road trip. "This is a little extra bonus," Lehtonen said of having his pop in the stands. "Its nice to have him here." Shawn Horcoff also scored and Ryan Garbutt added an empty-netter for the Stars, who won their second straight game and moved within one point of Phoenix and two of Vancouver, which holds the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Not bad for a team that less than a month ago was mired in a six-game losing streak. "It was a big win for us tonight," Garbutt said. "We had the dads in town and it was a fun game for the guys to play. Its kind of nice for the guys to be on a roll right now." Antoine Vermette scored his eighth goal in nine games and Mike Smith made 37 saves for the Coyotes, who were thoroughly outplayed in the final two periods despite the games importance. "It was really disappointing," Vermette said. "We have to find a way to win these games." Tied at 1 entering the third period despite a 31-18 edge in shots, the Stars took advantage of a bad line change and Kyle Chipchuras turnover at centre ice. The sequence ended with Roussels wrist shot from between the circles that beat Smith on the glove side at 3:25 for his ninth goal. "We turned over a lot of pucks and in the 1-on-1 battles just didnt do enough to give ourselves a better chance to win," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. It was another solid defensive effort for the Stars, three nights after blanking NHL-leading Anaheim 2-0 at the beginning of a three-game trip. When they arrived in Phoenix, so did most of the players fathers. They watched the Super Bowl together Sunday and visited a dude ranch Monday. The fathers then had great seats for Dallas fifth win in seven games and a big victory against another team jockeying for a playoff spot. Phoenix entered the night in ninth place in the West with 62 points, while Dallas was 10th with 59. With eight teams going to the playoffs and Vancouver losing at Boston earlier in the evening, Tuesdays meeting and Saturdays rematch in Dallas meant an opportunity to create space and clinch the season series. "We talked about this morning that two teams that are pretty similar and tight, somebodys going to take advantage of an opportunity and win a game," Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said. "And I thought we were able to push through." Perhaps not surprisingly, there was little to separate the teams in the first period. And while the Stars had better chances early in the second, it was Vermette who continued his hot streak with a breakaway goal midway through the period to put Phoenix ahead. Vermette won the puck along the boards at centre ice and skated in alone, sending a backhander past Lehtonen at 9:18 to make it 1-0. It was Vermettes team-best 21st goal. Shortly after Vermette nearly scored another breakaway goal while short-handed, and with the Phoenix crowd booing what it felt should have been a Dallas penalty, the Stars tied it. Horcoffs no-look backhander from the slot on the power play slipped past Smith with 7:28 left in the second period. Dallas controlled the final period, with Garbutts empty-net goal with 26.7 seconds left putting it away and setting up a happy postgame reunion with the dads. "I think the ones whose sons scored are especially proud of them," Ruff said. "And they get to see it live. 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"Hopefully well get all this out of the way," he said, "and everyone will be healthy the rest of the year." Zimmerman was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday and is expected to miss between four to six weeks.TORONTO - Dalton Pompey grew up a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays and dreamed of one day playing for them.Now that he is, the club has become a fan of his, too.The 21-year-old Mississauga, Ont. native tripled twice, doubled and drove in two runs on Friday as the Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 in the opener of a three-game series against the American League East champions. He also scored two runs and made a spectacular catch of a foul ball in left field.Pompey also hit his first major-league home run Tuesday against Cy Young Award contender Felix Hernandez.I tell you what, hes a special kid, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Im just not just talking about what he does on the field. Hes a first-class individual, very respectful, very intelligent, carries himself like a pro.You combine with what hes doing on the field. To do that at a young age, when you start in A ball, most guys dont get that opportunity, and hes taking advantage of it. Maybe we should have started playing with him earlier I dont know.Pompey started the season at Class-A Dunedin, moved to Double-A New Hampshire and went to Triple-A Buffalo before earning a September call-up to Toronto.The Rogers Centre crowd, that included his friends and family, were into the game.Every time I got up they got louder and louder and even when I went to the outfield they were cheering for me. Pompey said. Its stuff that I dreamed about when I went to sleep at night a€” getting called up here and having that moment where they appreciate the effort that Im giving.Pompey never thought his season would finish like this even if someone told him in advance.I would have thought they were lying, to be honest, he said. Its been a dream come true for me.Right-hander Drew Hutchison (11-13) allowed five hits and two runs while striking out eight in five innings to end his season with a win.There were just some times when I got ahead of hitters and I was able to put them away, Hutchison said. I located my fastball a little bit better, at times, at times it wasnt as good, more consistency with my slider definitely had a lot to do with it.Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman (13-6) allowed 11 hits and four runs to lose for the first time this season on the road after going 8-0 in 15 away starts. He also had a six-game winning streak snapped.I actually felt pretty good, Tillman said. Felt like I was making some good pitches but they put some really good swings on the ball. You have to tip your cap sometimesa€|. Im happy with how I felt. I felt like my delivery was pretty good and my fastball command was probably the best it has been all year. My changeup was there for me, my curveball was there.Baltimore (95-65) scored first. David Lough, who was playing centre field in place of a resting Adam Jones, singled with one out in the first and stole second. Hutchison walked Nick Markakkis and a Delmon Young single gave Baltimore a 1-0 lead. Marcus Williams Jersey. Ryan Flaherty doubled with one out in the second for the Orioles. Hutchison struck out Jonathan Schoop and Pompey ended the inning with a diving catch on a slicing foul in left field hit by Alejandro De Aza.Pompey led off the bottom of the second with a triple to right centre and scored on a bunt single by Munenori Kawasaki. Anthony Gose singled and Ryan Goins bunted for a single to load the bases. The rally fizzled when Jose Reyes flied out to shallow centre and Jose Bautista lined into a double play to first baseman Steve Clevenger.Pompey doubled in a run and scored a run in the third as the Blue Jays (82-78) took a 3-1 lead. First baseman Adam Lind singled with one out and scored on Pompeys two-out double. Pompey scored on an infield hit to second by Kawasaki, who took second on Clevengers error on the throw home.I like the way this kid looks, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. Hes a good-looking athlete.The Orioles scored a run in the fifth on a single by Schoop, a ground-rule double by De Aza and a groundout by Lough.In the fifth inning Pompey became the first Blue Jay to hit two triples in a game since Alex Rios on Apr. 27, 2005, against Tampa Bay. His hit scored Edwin Encarnacion, who had singled, to make the score 4-2.Its always huge when you get off to a good start, especially when you consider where hes come from, Gibbons said. Hes been in A-ball, a totally different game down there. Double-A is a different game and briefly in triple-A. Now hes facing some of the best in the game. Its not like hes running into the average Joe whos making a spot start.Tillman tonight and Hernandez and those guys the other night. Hes facing some of the tops in baseball and hes handled it so well. You never know for sure when theyre that young how theyre going to handle ita€|.Hes a very mature kid.Marcus Stroman, just off a five-game suspension, took over from Hutchison in the sixth and completed the game for his first career save.(Stroman) has been one of our top guys the last three months, Gibbons said. He has pitched as well as anybody on the ball club. Strong, he didnt have a lot of pitches. Four innings is nothing to him. Hes thrown a complete game. It was his game win or lose.NOTES - RF Jose Bautista and SS Jose Reyes, who were given Thursday off, were back in the Blue Jays lineup on Friday. a€|CF Adam Jones, SS J.J. Hardy and OF Nelson Cruz were out of the Orioles lineup on Friday but are expected to play Saturday as Baltimore prepares for the post-season. a€|The Blue Jays will start LHP J.A. Happ (10-11, 4.27 earned-run average) on Saturday against LHP Wei-Yin Chen (16-5, 3.56 ERA). a€|Orioles manager Buck Showalter said that RHP Miguel Gonzalez will start Sundays regular-season finale. a€|Announced attendance at Rogers Centre was 27,037. ' ' '