ST. LOUIS — Jose Quintana extended his Cardinals record to nine games at the start of his career with them in which he allowed two earned runs or fewer. But Saturday night's game against Cincinnati was his best.
The 33-year-old left-hander permitted just two hits over eight scoreless innings, striking out six and getting 11 ground-ball outs. He had to be good because fire-balling Hunter Greene, throwing a record 46 pitches of at least 100 miles per hour, was blanking the Cardinals.
Quintana, whose outing was his longest since he shut out Milwaukee while pitching for the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 24, 2017, got only a pat on the back and internal satisfaction for his efforts because the Cardinals' offense struck out 16 times against Reds pitching while Quintana was on the mound.
