most 8 or more strikeout games 5 or less hits allowed by a pitcher since 2018

Since 2018, Gerrit Cole has the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters and allowing at most 5 hits, with 85 games.

Interpreted as:

most 8 or more strikeout regular-season games 5 or less hits allowed by a pitcher since 2018

	NAME	G	SO	H	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	85	861	300	53	9	.855	85	1.83	5	4	0	557.0	113	126	54	126	9	0	0	2,078	15	13.91	2.04	6.83	0.87	41.4	6.1	0.76	.239	2.04	4.85
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	71	709	254	41	11	.788	71	1.96	2	1	0	478.0	104	106	51	95	21	0	4	1,787	4	13.35	1.79	7.46	0.96	39.7	5.3	0.73	.223	2.00	4.78
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	66	660	234	32	12	.727	66	1.61	1	1	0	430.0	77	86	42	79	6	0	2	1,588	7	13.81	1.65	8.35	0.88	41.6	5.0	0.73	.240	1.80	4.90
4	Blake Snell B. Snell	66	650	182	42	8	.840	66	1.24	1	1	0	406.0	56	57	21	131	3	0	1	1,519	21	14.41	2.90	4.96	0.47	42.8	8.6	0.77	.225	1.26	4.03
5	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	59	549	210	34	8	.810	59	1.52	3	2	0	403.0	68	75	26	73	14	0	1	1,489	7	12.26	1.63	7.52	0.58	36.9	4.9	0.70	.222	1.67	4.69
6	Aaron Nola A. Nola	59	550	208	37	4	.902	59	1.35	5	4	0	412.2	62	67	28	82	16	0	2	1,523	2	12.00	1.79	6.71	0.61	36.1	5.4	0.70	.213	1.46	4.54
7	Dylan Cease D. Cease	54	505	169	30	7	.811	54	1.83	2	2	0	325.1	66	69	25	108	5	0	2	1,244	11	13.97	2.99	4.68	0.69	40.6	8.7	0.85	.240	1.91	4.68
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	52	521	171	26	6	.813	51	1.56	1	1	0	334.2	58	64	21	81	26	0	0	1,263	6	14.01	2.18	6.43	0.56	41.3	6.4	0.75	.244	1.72	4.60
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	50	473	176	28	4	.875	50	1.29	3	2	0	335.0	48	54	24	61	1	0	1	1,234	5	12.71	1.64	7.75	0.64	38.3	4.9	0.71	.225	1.45	4.73
10	Charlie Morton C. Morton	50	467	181	31	2	.939	50	1.89	0	0	0	313.2	66	70	18	84	24	0	0	1,214	4	13.40	2.41	5.56	0.52	38.5	6.9	0.84	.262	2.01	5.19
11	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	50	446	171	33	8	.805	50	1.82	0	0	0	321.2	65	71	23	107	9	0	1	1,232	3	12.48	2.99	4.17	0.64	36.2	8.7	0.86	.229	1.99	4.78
12	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	48	443	138	32	7	.821	48	1.70	1	0	0	296.1	56	63	23	85	9	0	0	1,119	10	13.45	2.58	5.21	0.70	39.6	7.6	0.75	.206	1.91	4.19
13	Sonny Gray S. Gray	48	435	162	25	8	.758	48	1.87	1	1	0	298.0	62	69	27	77	8	0	1	1,123	7	13.14	2.33	5.65	0.82	38.7	6.9	0.80	.234	2.08	4.89
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	48	476	144	33	5	.868	48	1.39	2	1	0	323.2	50	53	28	58	10	0	0	1,178	7	13.24	1.61	8.21	0.78	40.4	4.9	0.62	.191	1.47	4.00
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	48	452	169	25	6	.806	48	2.47	0	0	0	291.1	80	80	28	111	11	0	3	1,149	11	13.96	3.43	4.07	0.86	39.3	9.7	0.96	.258	2.47	5.22
16	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	46	453	141	26	6	.813	45	1.17	0	0	0	299.1	39	46	16	59	13	1	0	1,101	13	13.62	1.77	7.68	0.48	41.1	5.4	0.67	.223	1.38	4.24
17	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	43	397	132	28	5	.848	43	1.79	0	0	0	267.0	53	54	25	52	9	0	0	982	3	13.38	1.75	7.63	0.84	40.4	5.3	0.69	.214	1.82	4.45
18	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	43	396	135	21	7	.750	43	1.90	0	0	0	270.0	57	59	31	77	10	0	1	1,012	6	13.20	2.57	5.14	1.03	39.1	7.6	0.79	.209	1.97	4.50
19	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	43	426	139	26	5	.839	43	1.59	2	2	0	295.0	52	61	22	88	17	0	2	1,123	13	13.00	2.68	4.84	0.67	37.9	7.8	0.77	.205	1.86	4.24
20	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	42	405	132	22	5	.815	42	2.09	0	0	0	258.1	60	63	24	73	0	0	1	971	14	14.11	2.54	5.55	0.84	41.7	7.5	0.79	.230	2.19	4.60
21	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	42	410	151	26	5	.839	42	1.62	3	2	0	284.0	51	53	20	67	6	0	0	1,065	9	12.99	2.12	6.12	0.63	38.5	6.3	0.77	.233	1.68	4.79
22	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	42	385	103	25	2	.926	41	1.48	0	0	0	249.2	41	41	20	68	11	1	0	923	7	13.88	2.45	5.66	0.72	41.7	7.4	0.68	.189	1.48	3.71
23	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	41	390	143	22	8	.733	41	1.97	4	3	0	273.2	60	70	30	65	6	0	0	1,022	5	12.83	2.14	6.00	0.99	38.2	6.4	0.76	.213	2.30	4.70
24	José Berríos J. Berríos	39	353	134	22	7	.759	39	2.25	1	0	0	256.0	64	65	23	73	13	0	3	969	5	12.41	2.57	4.84	0.81	36.4	7.5	0.81	.219	2.29	4.71
25	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	39	355	117	19	9	.679	35	1.65	1	0	0	240.0	44	47	24	47	5	0	2	886	9	13.31	1.76	7.55	0.90	40.1	5.3	0.68	.204	1.76	4.39

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