Cincinnati Reds' Starter Frankie Montas Shines in Start Against Colorado Rockies

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CINCINNATI — Reds starter Frankie Montas had his best start of the season on Tuesday night, tossing seven innings of shutout ball against the Rockies at Coors Field.
Montas didn't give up a hit until the seventh inning and finished with a season-high nine strikeouts. Check out a few clips from his outing and tweets about his performance below:
Frankie Montas of the @Reds is the first visiting pitcher ever to throw at least 7.0 shutout innings with 9+ strikeouts and no more than 1 hit allowed at Coors Field. pic.twitter.com/BHOFF1NgLx
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) June 5, 2024
Frankie Montas, Filthy 84mph Splitter. 😷
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 5, 2024
9th K pic.twitter.com/Yp7BAeMZ97
Frankie Montas, 2Ks in the 5th.
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 5, 2024
7Ks thru 5...and 🤫 pic.twitter.com/4HNta1hrKp
17 swings and misses for Frankie Montas through six innings, tying his single-game best this season.
— Matt Wilkes (@_MattWilkes) June 5, 2024
Nothing else notable about this start. Nope. Nothing at all.
Hell of an outing for Frankie Montas. I was worried about him pitching at Coors and he shut me up.
— Reds Daily (@RedsDaily4) June 5, 2024
Hell yeah, Frankie!
7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER. 2 BB, 9 K #Reds
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