Nola (0-1) allowed four runs on six hits in seven innings Monday against the Padres. He struck out nine and did not walk a batter in the loss.
Nola has been a strikeout machine early in 2016, fanning 17 over his first two starts without issuing a single walk. The 22-year-old righty hasn't exactly faced a murderer's row in the Padres and Reds, but the numbers are reassuring nonetheless. Nola will try again for his first win of the year Saturday against Washington.