Off the back of last week's shock loss against Newcastle Lamb grabbed all his side's points in difficult conditions at the Rec.
For Bath Matt Banahan and David Wilson returned from international duty whilst London Irish included Mike Catt for the first time this season.
Elsewhere the Exiles also included David Paice, Alex Cobisiero and Richard Thorpe to the side that lost 15-11 at home to Newcastle Falcons last weekend.
The weather was preventing the sides from playing running rugby as errors became the main theme of the first half.
Ryan Lamb grabbed all the Exiles' points as they led 10-0 at half-time with Bath struggling to get a foothold in the game.
London Irish began the brighter and opened the scoring after ten minutes when Ryan Lamb charged down Nick Abendanon's kick and ran in under the posts. Lamb converted his own score to make it 7-0.
Bath's indiscipline was letting them down and Lamb punished them by stretching the lead to 10-0 with a 23rd minute penalty.
Playing into the wind and rain Bath were struggling to impose themselves on the game and when they did get possession they were met by a stubborn Exiles defence.
Into the second half and Lamb continued where he left off and stretched the lead to 13 when the Bath forwards went over the top.
Peter Hewat could have put the game beyond Bath with 17 minutes remaining but the video referee adjudged the winger to have been held up by Abendanon.
A minute later and Irish were more than two scores ahead as Lamb slotted a drop-goal to make it 16-0.
And that proved to be the game's last act as Irish ground out an unspectacular yet comfortable victory.
For Bath Matt Banahan and David Wilson returned from international duty whilst London Irish included Mike Catt for the first time this season.
Elsewhere the Exiles also included David Paice, Alex Cobisiero and Richard Thorpe to the side that lost 15-11 at home to Newcastle Falcons last weekend.
The weather was preventing the sides from playing running rugby as errors became the main theme of the first half.
Ryan Lamb grabbed all the Exiles' points as they led 10-0 at half-time with Bath struggling to get a foothold in the game.
London Irish began the brighter and opened the scoring after ten minutes when Ryan Lamb charged down Nick Abendanon's kick and ran in under the posts. Lamb converted his own score to make it 7-0.
Bath's indiscipline was letting them down and Lamb punished them by stretching the lead to 10-0 with a 23rd minute penalty.
Playing into the wind and rain Bath were struggling to impose themselves on the game and when they did get possession they were met by a stubborn Exiles defence.
Into the second half and Lamb continued where he left off and stretched the lead to 13 when the Bath forwards went over the top.
Peter Hewat could have put the game beyond Bath with 17 minutes remaining but the video referee adjudged the winger to have been held up by Abendanon.
A minute later and Irish were more than two scores ahead as Lamb slotted a drop-goal to make it 16-0.
And that proved to be the game's last act as Irish ground out an unspectacular yet comfortable victory.
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