Dodgers, Nationals affiliates meet at LV Ballpark for Triple-A title

After mounting comebacks to triumph their respective league titles, the Oklahoma City Comets and Rochester Red Wings quadrate disconnected connected Saturday to play for the Triple-A crown.

In the winner-take-all Triple-A National Championship Game — 7:05 p.m. astatine Las Vegas Ballpark — Oklahoma City volition nonstop Emmet Sheehan to the mound, opposing Rochester right-hander Jack Cebert.

Sheehan spent astir of the play with the Los Angeles Dodgers, going 5-8 with a 4.57 ERA astatine the large league level and 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA successful 4 starts for the Comets.

Cebert, whom the Washington Nationals acquired from the New York Yankees successful an August commercialized for Luis García Jr., is the organization’s No. 14 imaginable according to MLB Pipeline. He’ll beryllium promoted from Double-A Harrisburg anterior to the game, and has gone 1-2 with a 4.86 successful 5 games (three starts) with the Red Wings.

Oklahoma City shook disconnected a Game 1 nonaccomplishment to the Las Vegas Aviators and won the adjacent 2 games, earning the Pacific Coast League title Thursday.

Earlier that night, Rochester scored 2 runs successful the eighth inning for a 3-2 triumph implicit the big Memphis Redbirds and claimed an International League title — Rochester’s archetypal since 1997.

Prospect-heavy Comets enactment hot

Oklahoma City features 2 of the game’s apical prospects — outfielders Josue De Paula (No. 4 overall) and Mike Sirota (No. 16).

After being called up to Los Angeles from Double-A Tulsa earlier this month, De Paula was optioned to Triple-A Wednesday. He walked doubly successful his Triple-A debut, past went 2-for-5 with a treble and an RBI successful Thursday’s win.

Sirota finished the bid 3-for-11 with an RBI and 4 walks. Comets archetypal baseman James Tibbs III led the PCL with 30 regular play homers, and deed 2 much against the Aviators.

“It’s conscionable gonna instrumentality a full squad effort,” Comets manager Scott Hennessey said aft Thursday’s win. “Especially successful this ballpark, the game’s ne'er over.”

Red Wings flex their power

Rochester finished the regular play tied for 3rd successful Triple-A successful location runs, and Trey Lipscomb is simply a large crushed why. The 26-year-old 3rd baseman bashed 32 of them for the Red Wings and had the archetypal 30 location run/30 treble play for the nine since 1949.

That powerfulness extends to the pitching staff, too. Jarlin Susana, the No. 65-ranked imaginable successful baseball, has a fastball that touches 103 mph. Though a starter, reports accidental that Rochester could usage him retired of the bullpen connected Saturday.

Shortstop Seaver King, MLB Pipeline’s No. 68 prospect, went 4-for-12 against Memphis with a homer and 8 full bases.