most 8 or more strikeout games 7.0 or less innings pitched by a pitcher since 2018

Since 2018, Gerrit Cole has the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters and pitching 7 innings or fewer, with 96 games.

Interpreted as:

most 8 or more strikeout regular-season games 7.0 or less innings pitched by a pitcher since 2018

	NAME	G	SO	IP	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	96	941	597.1	51	15	.773	96	2.64	2	1	0	412	175	189	71	142	10	0	0	2,326	16	14.18	2.14	6.63	1.07	40.5	6.1	0.93	.293	2.85	6.21
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	75	720	473.1	36	17	.679	75	2.76	1	0	0	344	145	149	62	106	15	0	6	1,871	8	13.69	2.02	6.79	1.18	38.5	5.7	0.95	.291	2.83	6.54
3	Blake Snell B. Snell	72	699	431.1	41	14	.745	72	1.59	0	0	0	233	76	79	25	143	3	0	1	1,650	27	14.59	2.98	4.89	0.52	42.4	8.7	0.87	.267	1.65	4.86
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	70	648	427.2	34	10	.773	70	2.78	0	0	0	318	132	137	39	119	30	0	2	1,723	8	13.64	2.50	5.45	0.82	37.6	6.9	1.02	.315	2.88	6.69
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	67	663	423.1	28	14	.667	67	1.91	0	0	0	263	90	100	41	76	5	0	1	1,593	5	14.10	1.62	8.72	0.87	41.6	4.8	0.80	.275	2.13	5.59
6	Robbie Ray R. Ray	67	622	396.2	32	11	.744	67	3.18	0	0	0	298	140	143	56	149	13	0	4	1,621	17	14.11	3.38	4.17	1.27	38.4	9.2	1.13	.310	3.24	6.76
7	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	66	591	412.1	38	13	.745	66	2.55	0	0	0	294	117	128	43	125	10	0	2	1,636	4	12.90	2.73	4.73	0.94	36.1	7.6	1.02	.290	2.79	6.42
8	Dylan Cease D. Cease	65	601	378.2	32	13	.711	65	2.47	1	1	0	263	104	113	30	119	8	0	2	1,511	19	14.28	2.83	5.05	0.71	39.8	7.9	1.01	.309	2.69	6.25
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	65	589	414.2	32	13	.711	65	2.26	0	0	0	312	104	116	31	87	14	0	1	1,633	7	12.78	1.89	6.77	0.67	36.1	5.3	0.96	.308	2.52	6.77
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	64	585	404.1	32	15	.681	64	2.98	1	1	0	308	134	143	48	90	17	0	3	1,604	5	13.02	2.00	6.50	1.07	36.5	5.6	0.98	.301	3.18	6.86
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	64	622	386.1	33	9	.786	63	2.19	0	0	0	276	94	102	28	99	28	0	0	1,541	7	14.49	2.31	6.28	0.65	40.4	6.4	0.97	.325	2.38	6.43
12	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	54	497	319.2	30	11	.732	54	2.53	0	0	0	201	90	97	32	92	11	0	1	1,259	16	13.99	2.59	5.40	0.90	39.5	7.3	0.92	.270	2.73	5.66
13	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	54	501	333.1	28	9	.757	54	2.16	0	0	0	253	80	86	31	66	0	0	2	1,310	6	13.53	1.78	7.59	0.84	38.2	5.0	0.96	.312	2.32	6.83
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	53	514	334.1	33	8	.805	53	1.99	0	0	0	220	74	82	35	63	11	0	0	1,294	9	13.84	1.70	8.16	0.94	39.7	4.9	0.85	.276	2.21	5.92
15	Sonny Gray S. Gray	52	466	311.2	25	10	.714	52	2.48	0	0	0	206	86	95	34	80	9	0	1	1,213	10	13.46	2.31	5.83	0.98	38.4	6.6	0.92	.276	2.74	5.95
16	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	50	467	314.2	22	14	.611	50	2.63	0	0	0	211	92	95	48	64	14	0	0	1,227	10	13.36	1.83	7.30	1.37	38.1	5.2	0.87	.257	2.72	6.03
17	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	49	462	293.1	23	8	.742	49	2.76	0	0	0	190	90	94	34	81	2	0	1	1,136	22	14.18	2.49	5.70	1.04	40.7	7.1	0.92	.280	2.88	5.83
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	48	431	307.2	29	7	.806	48	2.57	2	0	0	205	88	93	29	80	17	0	3	1,208	11	12.61	2.34	5.39	0.85	35.7	6.6	0.93	.270	2.72	6.00
19	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	48	434	290.0	20	10	.667	48	2.54	0	0	0	185	82	85	37	86	12	0	2	1,131	4	13.47	2.67	5.05	1.15	38.4	7.6	0.93	.263	2.64	5.74
20	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	47	444	298.0	23	10	.697	47	2.14	0	0	0	221	71	77	27	79	6	0	0	1,183	10	13.41	2.39	5.62	0.82	37.5	6.7	1.01	.309	2.33	6.67
21	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	47	428	271.1	24	5	.828	46	2.06	0	0	0	152	62	62	28	77	11	1	0	1,043	7	14.20	2.55	5.56	0.93	41.0	7.4	0.84	.248	2.06	5.04
22	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	46	433	282.1	24	8	.750	46	2.14	0	0	0	185	67	77	30	50	11	0	0	1,083	5	13.80	1.59	8.66	0.96	40.0	4.6	0.83	.277	2.45	5.90
23	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	45	412	269.1	28	5	.848	45	2.00	0	0	0	158	60	61	26	55	9	0	0	1,015	3	13.77	1.84	7.49	0.87	40.6	5.4	0.79	.257	2.04	5.28
24	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	45	410	268.2	21	11	.656	41	2.55	0	0	0	171	76	82	27	61	7	0	2	1,038	10	13.73	2.04	6.72	0.90	39.5	5.9	0.86	.270	2.75	5.73
25	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	44	419	265.2	19	7	.731	43	1.76	0	0	0	161	52	61	19	60	11	1	0	1,021	11	14.19	2.03	6.98	0.64	41.0	5.9	0.83	.277	2.07	5.45