Need Offense? Visit Lancaster
May 21, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Minor Leagues
While many baseball fans were keeping close tabs on the weekend’s intense interleague rivalries — who could resist the fabled Colorado/Kansas City, Philadelphia/Toronto, and San Diego/Seattle matchups — a three-game series in the Class-A California League saw 83 runs score. Yes, I said 83.
The Lake Elsinore Storm traveled to Lancaster, home of the JetHawks and one of the most favorable hitters parks in organized baseball. The results weren’t real pretty:
| Fri | Sat | Sun | Tot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storm | 30 | 12 | 21 | 63 |
| JetHawks | 0 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
The two clubs combined for 95 hits, 23 of which left the yard. Storm outfielder Yordany Ramirez drove in 15 runs over the weekend, to give him 25 in 42 games on the season. That’s right, a quarter of the way through the season, 60% of his RBI have come over three games.
The punch line? Ramirez didn’t drive in any runs on Saturday.
Lancaster batters are now hitting .323/.417/.568 at home and .256/.361/.416 on the road. Lest you think that’s some sort of fluke, they hit .335/.395/.562 at home last year and .272/.342/.403 away. Not that any of this helped the JetHawks over the weekend, but it’s something to bear in mind when evaluating hitting (and pitching) prospects at Lancaster…
