Sometimes when your bats are hot, they’re hot. That was the case for the California League High-A High Desert Mavericks (Mariners) as they bashed the Lancaster JetHawks (Astros) 30-8, with 20 of the 30 runs scored in the first two innings. Here’s the line score (courtesy MiLB.com):

Another way to look at it was that the Mavericks still would have won the game without those 20 runs, 10-8 as they didn’t let up. JetHawks hurlers Mike Hauschild and Blair Walters took the brunt of the punishment by allowing 10 runs each over 2/3 of an inning a piece. Hauschild got an ERA break as 5 of his were unearned. By the eighth inning, the Jet Hawks rolled out infielder Carlos Pordomo to save the bullpen staff from further embarrassment (4 runs, 2 earned in an inning).

Other notes, the entire Mavericks lineup had a hit (8 out of 9 with two hits) and all starting 9 had at least one RBI. The lineup turned over 7 times in 8 innings of batting.

According to Mike Axisa of CBSSports.com, the ballpark is conducive to runs:

Matt Eddy of Baseball America says the High Desert ballpark (Stater Bros. Stadium in Adelanto, Ca.) has a park factor of 1.228. That means it inflates offense 22.8 percent over a neutral park. I guess the Mavericks would have only scored 21.2 runs in a normal park on Friday.

Where’s a run rule when you need it?

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