One take you’re going to hear a lot of in other places is that Jakob Junis pitched better than his line. Part of the reason you’ll hear that is because two of his three runs allowed scored on an infield single by Mets first baseman Pete Alonso. And, yeah, it was a pretty fluky play. But to say Junis pitched better than that is to ignore his entire night.
Before we get too deep into this I want to make one thing clear: Jakob Junis pitched 6.1 innings and allowed three runs. That’s not a bad night at all.