Quality start does not yield a win for Lamb.

John Lamb from Laguna Hills, CA took the ball on the mound to start the Burlington Bees recent home stand series against the Cedar Rapids Kernels, Class A team of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, tonight in Burlington, IA. Can't do much better than his five and two-thirds innings of work on a cloudy, cool night with a storm bearing down on the area of the Midwest League professional baseball contest.

John surrendered the ball to the bullpen with one out in the 6th and 2 runners on and a 8-0 lead for the Bees, as indicated with the following details.

Adam Younger walks.

Mike Trout called out on strikes.

Jean Segura singles on a ground ball to right fielder Rene Oriental.

Adam Younger to 2nd.

Pitcher Change: Scott Kelley replaces John Lamb

Luis Jimenez doubles (7) on a ground ball to left fielder Allen Caldwell.

Adam Younger scores.

Jean Segura to 3rd.

Carlos Ramirez flies out to left fielder Allen Caldwell.

Randal Grichuk reaches on fielding error by first baseman Joey Lewis.

Jean Segura scores.

Luis Jimenez to 3rd.

Jose Jimenez homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.

Luis Jimenez scores.

Randal Grichuk scores.

Eric Oliver grounds out, pitcher Scott Kelley to first baseman Joey Lewis.

Close the book on John Lamb after his five and one-third innings of work with, 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run, 2 walks, 8 strike outs while facing a total of 20 batters. John got 5 outs on grounders and 3 by the fly ball before leaving the game. ERA climbed a little to an even 1.00 for the season, but still another good day on the mound for the tall left-hander.

The Bees bullpen continued to struggle throughout the game all the way into the top of the 9th as the game was tied up. The Burlington Bees, Class A team of the Kansas City Royals, picked up the win in the bottom of the 9th with a walk off base-hit by Adam Frost that scored Rene Oriental.
 
Although I can't share with you the four words that I received via text message following the loss of opportunity to pick up his first win of the 2010 season, but I can share his frustration with him. The game can be very hard to swallow, at times, from a personal level with the basis of failure that surrounds play.
 
I know that John Lamb continues to work hard and eventually the wins will be only one of the rewards for his efforts as he continues to develop in professional baseball.
 
 
- - - James Lamb
 
http://www.jolamb.com