John Lamb had his first Carolina League start away from Wilmington, DE tonight and he was up to the challenge against one of the leagues toughest teams to play in their home park. The Kinston Indians, High Class A team of the Cleveland Indians, has been extremely hard to beat in the historic ballpark.
Grainger Stadium in Kinston, NC.
Lamb and the Wilmington Blue Rocks played well enough to hold of the 9th inning rally by the Indians to win by a final 3-2. Keaton, the first Blue Rocks reliever, got the official win taking his record to 2-0 out of the bullpen. Bowden picked up his 5th save of the year by getting the final two outs of the game with runners in scoring position.
Lamb pitched the first 6 innings while facing a total of 23 batters. He gave up 4 hits, with 1 earned run, struck out 7 and walked 2. Although Lamb, whom might not agree with this overall analysis of his performance, really only made one bad pitch to Karexon Sanchez, form Venezuela, that left the yard.
Lamb managed to get out of trouble a couple of times during his performance that simply demonstrates his ability to work with, or without, base runners. He managed to keep his Carolina League Earned Run Average at 1.50 through his first three starts as the youngest ball player in the Advanced A level professional baseball league.
Needless to say the nerves settled down in the household as the game progressed and the ball was handed to the Blue Rocks bullpen, leaving John Lamb with a no decision effort.
Good luck Blue Rocks with the rubber match tomorrow night before heading back home to Wilmington, DE.
- - - James Lamb
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