Padres Superstar Doesn’t Like Elevation Excuses in Mexico City

One of the biggest storylines heading into the Padres' recent trip to Mexico City to take on the San Fransisco Giants was the significant change in elevation levels compared to what they were used to.

It was about a 7,000 foot difference in Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu versus Petco Park and it was definitely something to be concerned about. Professional sports historically hate traveling to Denver to play games because they are about 5,000 feet above sea level. This change usually leads to visitors having trouble adjusting to the new environment, specially when it comes to their ability to keep up their stamina.

San Diego's own RHP Joe Musgrove went as far as to hire a breathing coach to prepare himself for the trip. However, following two straight wins in Mexico, the script has now flipped and baseball fans believe the Friars benefited off of the elevation as it led it more plate success.

How I feel after explaining to everyone at the bar that the reason the Giants / Padres game has had so many Homeruns is because of elevation. pic.twitter.com/jfxyHqKiHk
— Devine Sports Gospel (@DevineGospel) April 30, 2023

Juiced balls and high elevation is a match made in heaven
— _Casey (@UnderscoreCasey) April 30, 2023

Padres keep going back to back! High elevation stadium doing wonders
— HB 💜💜💜💜 (@hannahbasso13) April 30, 2023

The Saturday matchup in particular got many fans on Twitter talking as both San Diego and San Fransisco combined to homer 11 different times with six of them coming from the Friars themselves.

Xander Bogaerts did not appreciate anybody that tried to downplay their performance on Saturday and use the increased elevation as an excuse.

"Listen, a home run in San Diego and a home run in San Diego is the same, you know," said Bogaerts. "A homer off of a starter and a homer off of a position player, it counts the same so in the end it's a baseball game and it's the big leagues. We're here to win games and it all matters. We saw the ability we have."

(Via Marty Caswell)

Every home run did indeed count and the Friars came out on top.. we agree 100% X-Man.