Nola (2-2) held the Cardinals to just two hits and a walk over seven shutout innings in Tuesday's victory. He struck out seven.
Nola now has a streak of 20 scoreless innings dating back to April 22 against Milwaukee, a span in which he has allowed just six hits and three walks against 19 strikeouts. The Cardinals only swung and missed seven times at 111 pitches from Nola, but they didn't do much with their contact, generating 10 groundball outs. Nola's ERA is down to 2.93 as the former top-100 prospect is more than justifying the hype.