"I'd definitely say I thrived on it," said Lamb, the eighth rookie starter to pitch this season, which tied a club record. "It was an exciting moment. I felt anxious to get out there. I felt comfortable."
Missing from the night was a win. A four-run fifth inning that included Adrian Gonzalez's three-run home run sent the Reds to a 5-3 defeat.
"I attacked it with Brayan [Pena, the catcher] and I just happened to get beat there. It is what it is," Lamb said. "I know I made a few other mistakes there, but generally I just went out there and told myself I was going to leave it all out there on the field and attack and challenge him.