Nola dropped his previous two decisions to fall to 3-4 but bounced back last Thursday to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-1. Nola pitched 7.1 innings and allowed 1 run on 4 hits with a season-high 8 strikeouts and 2 walks, and lowered his earned run average by .44.
Nola threw first pitch strikes to 20 of 27 Cardinal hitters. He shut St. Louis out for 7 innings before a home run by Paul DeJong.
W-L ERA IP ER H SO BB
4-5 4.32 45 22 44 41 14