However, he became unglued in the fifth inning. The Braves drove up his pitch count and forced him to work in and out of trouble.
"I wouldn't say that this is my best start," Montero said through an interpreter.
He was finished after making 108 pitches, 72 for strikes. He showed growth in trusting his fastball command as he kept the Mets in the game, a promising sign moving forward.
"The pitch count started going up," Montero said. "I try to take it as something that is going to happen every now and then. It is something that I got to work on to make sure it doesn't happen again.