The rotation was not as impeccable this week as it has been most of the rest of the month, but nobody put up a true stinker. José Quintana, however, did have arguably his worst start in a Mets uniform and the bullpen had some poor performances in close games in the Phillies series.
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We’ll get that José Quintana start out of the way first. It was an odd outing for Quintana on Saturday; he struck out ten batters and didn’t walk any, which is an incredible ratio, but he gave up six runs (five of them earned).