current pitchers with the most strikeouts in their last 5 starts

Justin Verlander has 531 games started in his career.

	NAME	GS	SO	G	W	L	W%	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	531	3,457	531	261	146	.641	3.27	26	9	0	3447.2	2,905	1,252	1,354	356	967	114	0	26	14,065	95	9.02	2.52	3.57	0.93	24.6	6.9	1.12	.278	3.53	7.58
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	456	3,390	456	215	112	.657	3.17	12	5	0	2860.2	2,338	1,007	1,080	335	749	110	0	20	11,562	78	10.67	2.36	4.53	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.40	7.36
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	428	2,965	428	212	93	.695	2.50	25	15	0	2738.0	2,085	761	830	226	677	43	0	27	10,793	102	9.75	2.23	4.38	0.74	27.5	6.3	1.01	.270	2.73	6.85
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	300	2,374	300	136	81	.627	3.05	16	3	0	1912.0	1,570	649	700	200	431	121	0	12	7,703	44	11.17	2.03	5.51	0.94	30.8	5.6	1.05	.299	3.29	7.39
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	315	2,251	315	152	79	.658	3.16	8	5	0	1943.0	1,610	683	733	212	495	61	0	8	7,812	58	10.43	2.29	4.55	0.98	28.8	6.3	1.08	.292	3.40	7.46
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	383	2,069	383	137	127	.519	4.07	3	2	0	2133.2	2,004	966	1,061	209	796	188	0	24	9,147	67	8.73	3.36	2.60	0.88	22.6	8.7	1.31	.305	4.48	8.45
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	282	2,007	282	110	88	.556	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	7.35
8	Aaron Nola A. Nola	277	1,831	277	105	86	.550	3.78	6	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	7.98
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	302	1,754	302	112	91	.552	3.49	6	4	0	1748.0	1,488	677	744	173	573	53	0	4	7,218	103	9.03	2.95	3.06	0.89	24.3	7.9	1.18	.282	3.83	7.66
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	294	1,738	294	101	98	.508	3.78	3	1	0	1693.2	1,648	712	763	206	467	33	0	7	7,089	58	9.24	2.48	3.72	1.09	24.5	6.6	1.25	.310	4.05	8.76
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	227	1,719	227	88	58	.603	2.51	4	2	0	1418.0	1,090	396	433	127	319	23	0	13	5,575	28	10.91	2.02	5.39	0.81	30.8	5.7	0.99	.284	2.75	6.92
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	326	1,718	326	105	127	.453	4.46	6	2	0	1878.1	1,999	931	1,003	261	570	48	0	22	8,076	60	8.23	2.73	3.01	1.25	21.3	7.1	1.37	.317	4.81	9.58
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	269	1,705	269	108	71	.603	3.31	4	3	0	1642.2	1,413	604	654	155	469	70	0	14	6,745	39	9.34	2.57	3.64	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.289	3.58	7.74
14	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	335	1,695	335	106	104	.505	3.74	2	2	0	1937.2	1,890	806	867	199	578	52	0	22	8,117	72	7.87	2.68	2.93	0.92	20.9	7.1	1.27	.302	4.03	8.78
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	237	1,597	237	83	72	.535	3.92	1	1	0	1298.2	1,124	566	601	196	555	47	0	19	5,502	54	11.07	3.85	2.88	1.36	29.0	10.1	1.29	.299	4.17	7.79
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	277	1,396	277	93	78	.544	3.84	5	3	0	1584.1	1,536	676	712	171	431	49	0	15	6,618	47	7.93	2.45	3.24	0.97	21.1	6.5	1.24	.299	4.04	8.73
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	246	1,395	246	99	75	.569	3.96	5	1	0	1437.1	1,327	632	674	198	428	89	0	6	6,019	32	8.73	2.68	3.26	1.24	23.2	7.1	1.22	.289	4.22	8.31
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	211	1,372	211	77	57	.575	3.14	1	1	0	1104.2	848	385	420	107	499	11	0	5	4,574	81	11.18	4.07	2.75	0.87	30.0	10.9	1.22	.287	3.42	6.91
19	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	218	1,370	218	75	78	.490	3.48	1	0	0	1275.0	1,074	493	537	153	423	41	0	8	5,261	15	9.67	2.99	3.24	1.08	26.0	8.0	1.17	.281	3.79	7.58
20	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	276	1,277	276	97	86	.530	3.73	6	4	0	1595.1	1,508	661	710	190	373	66	0	16	6,580	12	7.20	2.10	3.42	1.07	19.4	5.7	1.18	.282	4.01	8.51
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	262	1,276	262	100	65	.606	3.73	2	2	0	1438.2	1,370	596	639	163	450	36	0	17	6,042	38	7.98	2.82	2.84	1.02	21.1	7.4	1.27	.293	4.00	8.57
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	202	1,273	202	80	64	.556	3.76	3	1	0	1138.0	971	475	512	144	422	55	0	5	4,776	61	10.07	3.34	3.02	1.14	26.7	8.8	1.22	.287	4.05	7.68
23	Jon Gray J. Gray	220	1,201	220	72	68	.514	4.38	2	1	0	1201.2	1,168	585	624	152	391	49	0	10	5,093	44	9.00	2.93	3.07	1.14	23.6	7.7	1.30	.308	4.67	8.75
24	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	251	1,196	251	86	86	.500	3.74	4	2	0	1441.2	1,399	599	662	138	437	37	0	5	6,025	45	7.47	2.73	2.74	0.86	19.9	7.3	1.27	.299	4.13	8.73
25	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	211	1,194	211	84	56	.600	4.08	0	0	0	1176.2	1,133	534	566	143	403	30	0	7	5,005	15	9.13	3.08	2.96	1.09	23.9	8.1	1.31	.306	4.33	8.67