  The transverse polarization of $\Lambda^0$ hyperons produced in the inclusive
$ep$ reaction at the 27.6 GeV beam energy is assumed to appear mostly via
scattering of the strange quark in a color field. Results of application of
such an idea to the preliminary data of HERMES are presented. Contributions of
$\Sigma^0$, $\Xi$, and $\Sigma^*$ resonances to the polarization are taken into
account.
