Cincinnati Reds Fall to Dodgers in John Lamb’s Big League Debut

W: Alex Wood (8-7)

L: John Lamb (0-1)

SV: Kenley Jansen (23)

The box score won’t show it, but John Lamb was quite impressive in his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. Unfortunately, one bad inning did him in, as the Los Angeles Dodgers came away with a 5-3 win.

The lefty, who grew up an hour from Dodger Stadium, struck out seven hitters, displaying a fastball that seemed to explode out of his hand and excellent off-speed pitches.

It was the fifth inning that doomed Lamb and the Reds, however. A leadoff walk was quickly erased on a nice play by catcher Brayan Pena, who laid out to catch a fouled bunt attempt and doubled off Joc Pederson at first. But Lamb subsequently…