Comets use late surge to beat Red Wings in 10
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Interstat) — The Oklahoma City Comets scored three late runs to defeat the Rochester Red Wings 5-3 on Saturday at Frontier Field in an International League (AAA) game. Alek Thomas hit a three-run double to break a tie, finishing 2 for 3 with three RBI. Rochester took a 1-0 lead in the first on Leandro Pineda’s RBI single. Oklahoma City tied it later when Mike Sirota singled home a run and Ryan Fitzgerald doubled home Sirota. Emmet Sheehan started and allowed two earned runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out seven and walking three. Seth Halvorsen earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings, improving to 2-1. Clayton Beeter took the loss. Liover Peguero went 2 for 4 with a home run and one RBI for Rochester, which grounded into three double plays. The Red Wings had nine hits to Oklahoma City’s eight. Attendance was 7,210, and the game took 3 hours, 20 minutes. Oklahoma City is 90-60; Rochester is 91-59.