Oklahoma City Comets at Rochester Red Wings

ROCHESTER (Interstat) — The Rochester Red Wings will host the Oklahoma City Comets on Saturday in an International League (AAA) game at Frontier Field. The forecast for game time calls for 52 degrees.

Rochester enters with a 91-58 record, while Oklahoma City is 89-60. The Red Wings are coming off a 3-2 win at Memphis. The Comets are coming off a 5-2 win at Las Vegas. Oklahoma City has won two of its last three games, and Rochester has won four of its last six.

Emmet Sheehan, 1-0, is the probable starter for Oklahoma City. Cole Irvin is a player to watch for the Comets. Over his last five appearances, Irvin has pitched 21 2/3 innings, allowing six earned runs and 22 hits with 14 strikeouts and two walks. In the most recent win at Las Vegas, Irvin threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief, giving up one hit and one walk with one strikeout. Paul Gervase added a scoreless inning, and Jerming Rosario threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings in that victory.

Zak Kent is a player to watch for Rochester. Over his last five outings, Kent has worked 12 2/3 innings, yielding six earned runs and 12 hits with 13 strikeouts and two walks. In the Red Wings’ 3-2 win at Memphis, Kent pitched three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and one walk while striking out three. Eddy Yean and Erick Mejia each added a scoreless inning in relief.

Oklahoma City has posted several high-scoring games during its recent road stretch. The Comets scored 14 runs in a win at El Paso, 12 runs in another win at El Paso, and 11 runs at Las Vegas. Rochester has also produced several high-scoring games, including a 15-8 win at Buffalo and a 12-4 win at Buffalo.

The Comets’ bullpen delivered in the latest win, as Gervase, Irvin and Rosario combined to allow two hits over five innings. Rochester’s relief corps followed Kent with scoreless innings from Yean and Mejia.

The Red Wings and Comets are scheduled to continue their series after Saturday. Frontier Field, a fixture in Rochester, N.Y., will serve as the home park for the matchup. Both clubs are in the International League (AAA), the top level of Minor League Baseball. Oklahoma City and Rochester both enter the matchup with winning records in the International League.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Oklahoma City Comets 8, Rochester Red Wings 9. Interstat’s ELO system projects Rochester with a 51.2 percent probability to win.