ATLANTA — Jose Quintana needed two outs to complete another respectable start against a top-tier club.

Already, the Mets left-hander in his limited time in the rotation had looked sharp against the first-place Orioles and Braves.

Those two outs in the sixth inning never arrived on Wednesday.

As Quintana surpassed 90 pitches, the Braves continued a rally.

Quintana’s night soon unraveled, all but sealing the Mets’ third loss in four games, 7-0 at Truist Park.

The Mets lost two of three in the series for a 4-3 road trip.

For a second straight night the Mets’ lineup was muzzled — this time with only three hits against Charlie Morton and the Braves bullpen.

Quintana had allowed only one run into the sixth, but Marcell Ozuna and Sean Murphy delivered run-scoring hits against him to ruin his outing before Vaughn Grissom’s triple against Phil Bickford extended the Braves’ lead to 5-0.

“I think that inning just one pitch to [Ozuna] changed the game because I was putting up a good battle and I think we had a good chance to come back,” Quintana said, referring to Ozuna’s RBI double.

The Mets finished 3-10 in the season series against the Braves, who are cruising toward their sixth straight NL East title and will likely be the favorites to win the World Series once the postseason starts.

“They were better than us,” Francisco Lindor said. “You’re disappointed because you want to play better against your division.”

Given the number of players on the Braves roster just entering their prime it could be at least a few years before the NL East title is in question again.

Last year the Mets and Braves finished with 101 victories apiece and Atlanta won the division based on head-to-head record.

“They are very consistent, they are a 100-win team,” Lindor said. “We saw last year that we were a 100-win team and this year we are not, so things can change very quickly. With that being said we are nowhere near a 100-win team this year, so we have got a lot of work to do.”

Quintana had his worst performance in seven since joining the rotation last month after March rib surgery. Overall, he allowed five earned runs on nine hits and three walks in 5 ¹/₃ innings.

It was the first time in 21 starts Quintana allowed more than three earned runs. It was the longest active streak in MLB.

Ozuna was a destructive force in the series, with four homers and seven RBIs.

Included was the two-run blast he hit against Bickford in the seventh that concluded the onslaught.

Ozuna’s feasting on this night began with an RBI single in the first that gave the Braves a 1-0 lead. Quintana escaped further trouble.

After Murphy walked to load the bases, the left-hander retired Michael Harris II, the seventh batter he faced in the inning.

Austin Riley and Matt Olson singled in succession ahead of Ozuna to start the rally.