most games with 7 or more strikeouts 2 or less earn runs by a pitcher since 1997

Since 1997, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters and allowing 2 or fewer earned runs, with 204 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts 2 or less earn runs by a pitcher since 1997

	NAME	G	SO	ER	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	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	204	1,918	212	133	22	.858	203	1.36	10	5	0	1407.1	844	233	97	298	45	0	7	5,326	22	12.27	1.91	6.44	0.62	36.0	5.6	0.81	.252	1.49	5.40
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	186	1,648	181	129	19	.872	186	1.25	17	8	0	1304.2	792	210	88	266	38	0	8	4,941	29	11.37	1.83	6.20	0.61	33.4	5.4	0.81	.243	1.45	5.46
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	184	1,657	160	135	13	.912	184	1.10	19	13	0	1308.0	780	186	57	225	16	0	6	4,871	41	11.40	1.55	7.36	0.39	34.0	4.6	0.77	.248	1.28	5.37
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	179	1,879	173	125	18	.874	178	1.15	46	22	0	1356.0	842	217	78	312	44	1	8	5,158	13	12.47	2.07	6.02	0.52	36.4	6.0	0.85	.269	1.44	5.59
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	146	1,416	141	84	19	.816	145	1.26	12	3	0	1008.0	610	165	57	195	54	0	4	3,821	17	12.64	1.74	7.26	0.51	37.1	5.1	0.80	.263	1.47	5.45
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	145	1,474	136	103	15	.873	145	1.11	33	13	0	1099.1	653	163	40	224	41	0	6	4,144	21	12.07	1.83	6.58	0.33	35.6	5.4	0.80	.259	1.33	5.35
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	131	1,221	131	86	14	.860	131	1.37	5	4	0	863.0	536	156	57	183	20	0	0	3,269	24	12.73	1.91	6.67	0.59	37.4	5.6	0.83	.268	1.63	5.59
8	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	130	1,148	127	76	13	.854	130	1.18	13	6	0	966.2	581	149	42	208	34	0	3	3,651	52	10.69	1.94	5.52	0.39	31.4	5.7	0.82	.243	1.39	5.41
9	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	128	1,172	120	71	18	.798	128	1.24	3	2	0	867.2	507	142	52	148	12	0	3	3,211	13	12.16	1.54	7.92	0.54	36.5	4.6	0.75	.249	1.47	5.26
10	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	128	1,097	142	76	15	.835	128	1.39	7	2	0	922.0	608	160	59	206	34	0	11	3,536	14	10.71	2.01	5.33	0.58	31.0	5.8	0.88	.257	1.56	5.93
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	128	1,072	126	86	8	.915	128	1.26	6	3	0	901.0	606	139	42	153	14	0	4	3,396	20	10.71	1.53	7.01	0.42	31.6	4.5	0.84	.267	1.39	6.05
12	CC Sabathia	126	1,089	131	89	11	.890	126	1.29	22	11	0	917.1	610	156	44	217	28	0	7	3,525	15	10.68	2.13	5.02	0.43	30.9	6.2	0.90	.264	1.53	5.98
13	Jon Lester J. Lester	112	946	87	80	6	.930	112	1.01	9	3	0	776.2	486	104	36	174	19	0	0	2,942	19	10.96	2.02	5.44	0.42	32.2	5.9	0.85	.255	1.21	5.63
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	109	921	103	58	14	.806	109	1.29	4	3	0	719.0	448	122	34	151	23	0	4	2,747	8	11.53	1.89	6.10	0.43	33.5	5.5	0.83	.256	1.53	5.61
15	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	109	988	101	65	11	.855	109	1.26	1	1	0	724.0	415	108	40	180	24	0	2	2,751	20	12.28	2.24	5.49	0.50	35.9	6.5	0.82	.247	1.34	5.16
16	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	108	976	104	71	11	.866	108	1.17	14	6	0	798.2	503	120	29	217	20	0	10	3,081	19	11.00	2.45	4.50	0.33	31.7	7.0	0.90	.258	1.35	5.67
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	106	1,031	115	85	8	.914	106	1.25	33	9	0	828.1	553	127	46	112	8	0	2	3,103	16	11.20	1.22	9.21	0.50	33.2	3.6	0.80	.266	1.38	6.01
18	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	105	959	104	76	9	.894	105	1.34	2	2	0	700.0	445	129	40	141	21	0	4	2,662	15	12.33	1.81	6.80	0.51	36.0	5.3	0.84	.270	1.66	5.72
19	David Price D. Price	101	883	113	77	9	.895	101	1.41	8	2	0	723.0	493	135	38	144	11	0	4	2,763	18	10.99	1.79	6.13	0.47	32.0	5.2	0.88	.270	1.68	6.14
20	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	100	860	107	68	11	.861	100	1.27	22	8	0	758.2	467	117	50	129	13	0	7	2,825	8	10.20	1.53	6.67	0.59	30.4	4.6	0.79	.235	1.39	5.54
21	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	98	803	96	70	11	.864	98	1.19	22	10	0	724.1	467	103	25	151	14	0	5	2,743	13	9.98	1.88	5.32	0.31	29.3	5.5	0.85	.253	1.28	5.80
22	Sonny Gray S. Gray	97	807	89	54	13	.806	97	1.29	3	2	0	621.1	378	114	33	161	13	0	0	2,379	26	11.69	2.33	5.01	0.48	33.9	6.8	0.87	.253	1.65	5.48
23	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	97	861	93	61	16	.792	97	1.20	12	7	0	695.1	426	105	36	115	20	0	12	2,599	10	11.14	1.49	7.49	0.47	33.1	4.4	0.78	.249	1.36	5.51
24	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	97	863	95	66	10	.868	96	1.26	7	3	0	677.0	400	100	37	167	21	0	2	2,567	7	11.47	2.22	5.17	0.49	33.6	6.5	0.84	.245	1.33	5.32
25	Johan Santana J. Santana	96	893	96	65	12	.844	94	1.25	11	8	0	689.0	393	103	48	143	14	1	6	2,584	24	11.66	1.87	6.24	0.63	34.6	5.5	0.78	.232	1.35	5.13