max scherzer most strikeouts in a night game

Max Scherzer fanned his most batters in a day on May 11, 2016, with 20 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	DAY	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	20	5/11/2016	1	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	33	0	20.00	0.00		2.00	60.6	0.0	0.67	.364	2.00	6.00
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	17	10/3/2015	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	17.00	0.00		0.00	60.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	16	6/14/2015	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	16.00	1.00	16.00	0.00	55.2	3.4	0.22	.083	0.00	1.00
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	15	6/2/2019	1	0	1.000	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	29	0	16.88	1.13	15.00	0.00	51.7	3.4	0.50	.250	1.13	3.38
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	15	5/6/2018	0	0		1	1.42	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	26	0	21.32	2.84	7.50	0.00	57.7	7.7	1.11	.625	1.42	7.11
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	15	5/20/2012	1	0	1.000	1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	26	0	19.29	1.29	15.00	2.57	57.7	3.8	0.71	.250	2.57	5.14
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	14	5/8/2021	0	0		1	1.23	0	0	0	7.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	25	0	17.18	1.23	14.00	1.23	56.0	4.0	0.41	.111	1.23	2.45
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	14	6/30/2019	1	0	1.000	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	28	0	15.75	0.00		1.13	50.0	0.0	0.50	.231	1.13	4.50
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	14	6/6/2017	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	0	18.00	2.57	7.00	0.00	50.0	7.1	0.71	.250	1.29	3.86
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	14	8/14/2014	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	28	0	15.75	2.25	7.00	0.00	50.0	7.1	0.63	.250	0.00	3.38
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	14	5/30/2010	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	5.2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	24	0	22.24	6.35	3.50	0.00	58.3	16.7	1.06	.400	0.00	3.18
12	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	9/6/2021	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	1	14.62	0.00		0.00	43.3	0.0	0.75	.353	1.13	6.75
13	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	9/20/2018	0	0		1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	28	0	16.71	2.57	6.50	2.57	46.4	7.1	1.00	.273	3.86	6.43
14	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	6/5/2018	1	0	1.000	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	14.62	0.00		0.00	46.4	0.0	0.63	.333	2.25	5.63
15	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	5/19/2018	0	0		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	29	0	16.71	3.86	4.33	1.29	44.8	10.3	1.14	.333	2.57	6.43
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	5/26/2017	1	0	1.000	1	1.04	0	0	0	8.2	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	31	0	13.50	2.08	6.50	1.04	41.9	6.5	0.58	.143	1.04	3.12
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	5/27/2015	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	0	16.71	1.29	13.00	0.00	48.1	3.7	0.86	.385	0.00	6.43
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	6/28/2014	0	0		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	28	0	16.71	1.29	13.00	0.00	46.4	3.6	1.14	.500	2.57	9.00
19	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12	3/28/2019	0	1	.000	1	2.35	0	0	0	7.2	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	28	0	14.09	3.52	4.00	1.17	42.9	10.7	0.65	.083	2.35	2.35
20	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12	5/30/2018	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	0	13.50	1.13	12.00	0.00	44.4	3.7	0.38	.143	0.00	2.25
21	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12	7/2/2017	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	0	15.43	2.57	6.00	0.00	46.2	7.7	0.57	.167	0.00	2.57
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12	9/23/2015	0	1	.000	1	5.40	0	0	0	6.2	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	29	0	16.20	2.70	6.00	2.70	41.4	6.9	1.35	.385	5.40	9.45
23	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12	9/15/2013	0	0		1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	26	0	15.43	1.29	12.00	1.29	46.2	3.8	0.86	.333	1.29	6.43
24	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12	4/17/2013	0	0		1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	13.50	1.13	12.00	0.00	41.4	3.4	0.88	.375	1.13	6.75
25	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12	6/17/2012	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	38.7	0.0	0.88	.368	0.00	7.88

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