Nola allowed one run on five hits over eight innings against the Braves on Tuesday to pick up his third win of the season. He struck out six and walked one.
Nola needed just 97 pitches to go eight innings. This was a nice bounce-back game after he allowed nine runs over his previous two starts. Nola's strikeout rate of 7.9 is down from 9.8 last season, but it is in line with his 2015 rookie season when he finished the year with a 3.59 ERA. He'll try to keep things rolling when he faces the Cardinals in St. Louis in his next start.