Rafael Montero pitched a career-best 8 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and four walks as the Mets beat the Reds, 2-0, in Cincinnati on Wednesday night.
"The changeup was working really well, so I was using that a lot," Montero told reporters after the game. "I spent a good portion of time last year in the Dominican working on it and it finally came to be a pitch I can rely on now."
Montero (3-9 with a 5.12 ERA/4.21 FIP, and 1.67 WHIP), who threw 75 strikes out of a career-high 117 pitches, only allowed one hit -- a Joey Votto double in the fourth inning -- until the Reds collected two hits in the ninth inning.