Daniel Lynch was originally scheduled to be the Omaha Stormchasers starting pitcher on opening night at Werner Park.
Instead, the left-hander out of Virginia made his Major League debut on the eve of the MiLB season.
Kansas City called upon Lynch to make a start against Cleveland on May 3. A couple of shaky outings later, the 24-year-old rookie was back with the Storm Chasers for last week’s Triple-A series at Iowa.
Lynch finally took the mound at Werner Tuesday, exactly three weeks after he was initially expected to. He celebrated the occasion by putting forth his best outing of the season in a 3-1 win over Indianapolis.
Starting opposite rehabbing Pittsburgh pitcher Chad Kuhl, Lynch limited the Indians to a run on five hits in 5.2 innings of work. He fanned six Indy batters while walking only one in his first victory of the season.
Gabriel Cancel and Kyle Isbel backed the lefty’s effort with solo home runs in the middle innings as the Storm Chasers moved into a first-place tie with Indianapolis in Triple-A East’s Midwest Division at 11-7.
Omaha hosts Indianapolis again tonight at 6:35p at Werner Park.
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