Ryne Nelson allowed three hits and one run with one walk and seven strikeouts across 6 2/3 innings in a no-decision against the Mets on Friday.

Nelson leaned on his trusted fastball to put together his best start of the season here. Any good game against the Mets’ anemic offense should be taken with a grain of salt, but he completed six innings for the first time all year and did so blowing fastball after fastball by them. That pitch accounted for six of his nine total whiffs and he threw them nearly 60% of the time. It had a 70% strike rate and the Mets only managed three hard-hit balls against it. Besides a solo home run from Mark Vientos, they practically never made Nelson sweat. Nelson has now stacked back-to-back good games after his two-start disaster from a few weeks ago and will try to keep the momentum rolling in his next scheduled start on the road against the Rangers.