highest ks in baseball last week for a pitcher

Last week, Shota Imanaga struck out the most batters, with 14 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	14	2	0	0		2	4.50	0	0	0	8.0	7	4	5	2	5	2	0	0	38	0	15.75	5.63	2.80	2.25	36.8	13.2	1.50	.333	5.63	7.88
2	Shane Baz S. Baz	13	2	0	2	.000	2	4.50	0	0	0	12.0	9	6	6	1	5	0	0	0	47	1	9.75	3.75	2.60	0.75	27.7	10.6	1.17	.286	4.50	6.75
3	Cristian Javier C. Javier	13	2	0	1	.000	2	5.63	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	36	0	14.62	3.38	4.33	2.25	36.1	8.3	1.50	.389	5.63	10.13
4	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	13	2	1	0	1.000	2	3.55	0	0	0	12.2	17	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	55	1	9.24	2.13	4.33	0.71	23.6	5.5	1.58	.421	3.55	12.08
5	Andrew Abbott A. Abbott	12	2	0	2	.000	2	4.38	0	0	0	12.1	11	6	6	1	4	0	0	0	52	0	8.76	2.92	3.00	0.73	23.1	7.7	1.22	.286	4.38	8.03
6	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	11	1	1	0	1.000	1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	27	0	14.14	1.29	11.00	0.00	40.7	3.7	0.86	.333	3.86	6.43
7	Gavin Williams G. Williams	11	1	1	0	1.000	1	3.18	0	0	0	5.2	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	24	0	17.47	4.76	3.67	1.59	45.8	12.5	1.24	.333	3.18	6.35
8	Cade Cavalli C. Cavalli	11	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	1	16.50	1.50	11.00	0.00	50.0	4.5	0.67	.300	0.00	4.50
9	Cal Quantrill C. Quantrill	11	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	0	0	0	13.0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	7.62	0.00		0.00	22.4	0.0	0.77	.263	0.00	6.92
10	Blake Snell B. Snell	11	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.75	0	0	0	12.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	47	0	8.25	4.50	1.83	0.00	23.4	12.8	0.83	.138	0.75	3.00
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	0	15.00	1.50	10.00	0.00	50.0	5.0	0.33	.111	0.00	1.50
12	Parker Messick P. Messick	10	1	0	1	.000	1	1.35	0	0	0	6.2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	1	13.50	0.00		0.00	38.5	0.0	0.90	.375	1.35	8.10
13	Foster Griffin F. Griffin	10	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.45	0	0	0	11.0	10	3	3	1	5	0	0	0	45	0	8.18	4.09	2.00	0.82	22.2	11.1	1.36	.310	2.45	8.18
14	Kyle Leahy K. Leahy	10	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	0	0	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	0	10.00	2.00	5.00	0.00	30.3	6.1	0.78	.238	0.00	5.00
15	Jack Perkins J. Perkins	10	2	1	0	1.000	0	1.04	0	0	0	8.2	4	1	3	1	6	1	0	2	35	2	10.38	6.23	1.67	1.04	28.6	17.1	1.15	.176	3.12	4.15
16	Quinn Mathews Q. Mathews	10	2	0	1	.000	2	8.00	0	0	0	9.0	12	8	8	1	4	0	0	0	42	0	10.00	4.00	2.50	1.00	23.8	9.5	1.78	.407	8.00	12.00
17	Jacob Lopez J. Lopez	9	1	0	0		1	1.50	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	0	13.50	1.50	9.00	0.00	39.1	4.3	0.67	.231	1.50	4.50
18	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	9	1	0	0		1	3.18	0	0	0	5.2	5	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	24	0	14.29	1.59	9.00	3.18	37.5	4.2	1.06	.250	6.35	7.94
19	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	9	1	0	0		1	2.84	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	27	0	12.79	1.42	9.00	0.00	33.3	3.7	0.95	.333	2.84	7.11
20	Matthew Liberatore M. Liberatore	9	1	0	1	.000	1	4.50	0	0	0	6.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	22	0	13.50	0.00		1.50	40.9	0.0	0.67	.250	4.50	6.00
21	Nick Martinez N. Martinez	9	2	1	1	.500	2	5.59	0	0	0	9.2	10	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	41	3	8.38	1.86	4.50	0.93	22.0	4.9	1.24	.310	5.59	9.31
22	José Soriano J. Soriano	9	2	1	1	.500	2	6.75	0	0	0	10.2	16	8	8	0	3	2	0	0	50	1	7.59	2.53	3.00	0.00	18.0	6.0	1.78	.444	6.75	13.50
23	David Peterson D. Peterson	9	2	0	0		1	2.45	0	0	0	7.1	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	29	0	11.05	3.68	3.00	1.23	31.0	10.3	0.95	.200	2.45	4.91
24	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	9	2	2	0	1.000	2	3.75	0	0	0	12.0	9	5	5	4	1	1	0	0	46	0	6.75	0.75	9.00	3.00	19.6	2.2	0.83	.161	3.75	6.75
25	Nolan McLean N. McLean	9	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.75	0	0	0	12.0	7	1	1	0	8	2	0	0	50	0	6.75	6.00	1.13	0.00	18.0	16.0	1.25	.226	0.75	5.25

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Brewers	84	51	.622
Cubs	77	59	.566	7.5
Cardinals	68	69	.496	17.0
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Sun 8/30	CIN	@	CHC	7:20 PM
Mon 8/31	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Tue 9/1	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Wed 9/2	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
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Marlins	68	68	.500	13.0
Nationals	65	73	.471	17.0
Mets	61	75	.449	20.0
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Brewers	84	51	.622
Cubs	77	59	.566	7.5
Cardinals	68	69	.496	17.0
Pirates	66	71	.482	19.0
Reds	64	72	.471	20.5
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Astros	68	68	.500
Rangers	66	69	.489	1.5
Mariners	64	72	.471	4.0
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