most games with 12 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 2018

Since 2018, Gerrit Cole has the most games pitched when striking out 12+ batters, with 22 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 12 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 2018

	NAME	G	SO	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	22	288	15	0	1.000	22	1.64	2	2	0	153.1	80	28	30	14	16	3	0	0	555	4	16.90	0.94	18.00	0.82	51.9	2.9	0.63	.282	1.76	4.70
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	16	211	7	2	.778	16	1.95	1	1	0	110.2	65	24	28	9	16	0	0	2	409	0	17.16	1.30	13.19	0.73	51.6	3.9	0.73	.324	2.28	5.29
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	13	168	8	0	1.000	13	1.07	1	1	0	92.2	48	11	13	5	8	4	0	0	336	0	16.32	0.78	21.00	0.49	50.0	2.4	0.60	.285	1.26	4.66
4	Blake Snell B. Snell	11	138	6	1	.857	11	0.79	0	0	0	68.2	27	6	6	3	19	1	0	0	250	4	18.09	2.49	7.26	0.39	55.2	7.6	0.67	.270	0.79	3.54
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10	134	5	1	.833	10	1.55	0	0	0	75.1	39	13	14	6	13	2	0	1	278	1	16.01	1.55	10.31	0.72	48.2	4.7	0.69	.268	1.67	4.66
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	10	130	7	1	.875	10	2.01	1	1	0	71.2	38	16	17	13	6	1	0	0	261	1	16.33	0.75	21.67	1.63	49.8	2.3	0.61	.225	2.13	4.77
7	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	9	110	4	1	.800	9	1.82	0	0	0	64.1	35	13	13	4	15	3	0	0	244	1	15.39	2.10	7.33	0.56	45.1	6.1	0.78	.277	1.82	4.90
8	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	8	103	6	1	.857	8	1.71	1	1	0	58.0	31	11	11	4	15	1	0	0	220	3	15.98	2.33	6.87	0.62	46.8	6.8	0.79	.278	1.71	4.81
9	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	7	87	5	2	.714	7	1.41	2	2	0	51.0	21	8	8	4	8	0	0	0	181	2	15.35	1.41	10.88	0.71	48.1	4.4	0.57	.207	1.41	3.71
10	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	7	93	6	0	1.000	7	0.89	0	0	0	50.1	24	5	5	3	5	2	0	0	180	1	16.63	0.89	18.60	0.54	51.7	2.8	0.58	.273	0.89	4.29
11	Spencer Strider S. Strider	6	79	3	1	.750	6	1.31	0	0	0	41.1	18	6	7	2	5	2	0	0	150	0	17.20	1.09	15.80	0.44	52.7	3.3	0.56	.258	1.52	3.92
12	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	6	79	4	1	.800	6	2.09	0	0	0	38.2	25	9	9	3	5	0	0	0	143	2	18.39	1.16	15.80	0.70	55.2	3.5	0.78	.393	2.09	5.82
13	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	6	75	2	3	.400	6	2.38	0	0	0	41.2	27	11	11	4	8	1	0	0	159	1	16.20	1.73	9.38	0.86	47.2	5.0	0.84	.324	2.38	5.83
14	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6	72	4	0	1.000	6	0.93	0	0	0	38.2	24	4	7	3	6	2	0	0	148	0	16.76	1.40	12.00	0.70	48.6	4.1	0.78	.323	1.63	5.59
15	Charlie Morton C. Morton	6	75	4	0	1.000	6	1.82	0	0	0	39.2	26	8	8	6	6	1	0	0	149	0	17.02	1.36	12.50	1.36	50.3	4.0	0.81	.328	1.82	5.90
16	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	6	74	4	1	.800	6	1.38	0	0	0	39.0	18	6	6	3	8	1	0	0	143	2	17.08	1.85	9.25	0.69	51.7	5.6	0.67	.263	1.38	4.15
17	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	5	62	3	1	.750	5	1.27	0	0	0	35.1	18	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	125	1	15.79	0.25	62.00	0.51	49.6	0.8	0.54	.267	1.27	4.58
18	Robbie Ray R. Ray	5	64	3	0	1.000	5	1.87	0	0	0	33.2	24	7	7	5	3	1	0	0	129	0	17.11	0.80	21.33	1.34	49.6	2.3	0.80	.339	1.87	6.42
19	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	5	63	3	0	1.000	5	1.45	0	0	0	37.1	19	6	6	3	4	2	0	0	136	1	15.19	0.96	15.75	0.72	46.3	2.9	0.62	.250	1.45	4.58
20	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	5	61	3	0	1.000	5	1.41	1	0	0	32.0	16	5	5	0	7	0	0	0	118	1	17.16	1.97	8.71	0.00	51.7	5.9	0.72	.320	1.41	4.50
21	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	4	50	3	0	1.000	4	1.24	1	1	0	29.0	13	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	102	1	15.52	0.00		0.31	49.0	0.0	0.45	.245	1.24	4.03
22	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	4	48	1	1	.500	4	3.42	0	0	0	23.2	16	9	10	3	8	0	0	0	92	0	18.25	3.04	6.00	1.14	52.2	8.7	1.01	.394	3.80	6.08
23	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	4	50	2	0	1.000	4	3.55	0	0	0	25.1	21	10	10	4	8	1	0	0	107	1	17.76	2.84	6.25	1.42	46.7	7.5	1.14	.386	3.55	7.46
24	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	4	52	2	1	.667	4	1.41	0	0	0	32.0	18	5	5	1	4	2	0	0	113	0	14.62	1.13	13.00	0.28	46.0	3.5	0.69	.315	1.41	5.06
25	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	4	50	1	1	.500	4	0.96	0	0	0	28.0	18	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	103	0	16.07	0.64	25.00	0.32	48.5	1.9	0.71	.340	0.96	5.79