It's a safe assumption that the Erie SeaWolves' pitching staff couldn't wait for the team to conclude its six-game homestand on Wednesday.
The team bus probably couldn't have rolled out of town fast enough for some of Erie's beleaguered pitchers after a nightmarish homestand in which the Binghamton Mets and Bowie Baysox battered the SeaWolves for a combined 62 runs and 82 hits in six games.
On their season-opening seven-game road trip, the SeaWolves' team ERA was 3.58. Erie's team ERA in hitter-friendly Jerry Uht Park for its homestand was 8.40.
Erie's 2-4 homestand was compounded by atrocious defense; the SeaWolves committed 14 errors in those six games.
"This ballpark is going to lead to a lot of runs, that's just the way it's going to be,'' SeaWolves manager Tom Brookens said. "There's going to be a lot of runs scored in this park (Uht Park), and I talked with the pitchers and told them, 'You're going to have to deal with it and there's nothing you can do about it. When you're here, probably balls are going to go out of this park that are flyballs in other parks, but that's the way it is. You can't change it.' ''
A change in venue certainly couldn't hurt the club, which began a four-game series at Altoona Thursday.