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 at most 2 earned runs, with 203 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	203	1,911	210	133	22	.858	202	1.35	10	5	0	1402.1	841	231	96	298	45	0	7	5,308	22	12.26	1.91	6.41	0.62	36.0	5.6	0.81	.252	1.48	5.40
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	181	1,635	157	132	13	.910	181	1.09	19	13	0	1292.0	766	183	57	223	16	0	6	4,807	40	11.39	1.55	7.33	0.40	34.0	4.6	0.77	.247	1.27	5.34
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	181	1,609	176	127	18	.876	181	1.24	17	8	0	1275.2	769	203	84	260	38	0	8	4,824	28	11.35	1.83	6.19	0.59	33.4	5.4	0.81	.242	1.43	5.43
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	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
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	138	1,344	136	80	18	.816	138	1.28	12	3	0	954.0	581	160	56	182	51	0	4	3,619	16	12.68	1.72	7.38	0.53	37.1	5.0	0.80	.264	1.51	5.48
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	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
10	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
11	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
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	121	1,118	112	67	17	.798	121	1.22	3	2	0	825.2	487	134	47	140	11	0	3	3,058	12	12.19	1.53	7.99	0.51	36.6	4.6	0.76	.253	1.46	5.31
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	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	108	981	101	64	11	.853	108	1.27	1	1	0	717.0	413	108	40	180	24	0	2	2,728	20	12.31	2.26	5.45	0.50	36.0	6.6	0.83	.248	1.36	5.18
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	101	850	96	54	13	.806	101	1.29	3	3	0	668.0	417	113	30	141	21	0	4	2,554	7	11.45	1.90	6.03	0.40	33.3	5.5	0.84	.256	1.52	5.62
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	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
23	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
24	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
25	A.J. Burnett	96	823	106	58	15	.795	96	1.40	12	8	0	682.2	432	126	26	233	33	0	3	2,677	37	10.85	3.07	3.53	0.34	30.7	8.7	0.97	.260	1.66	5.70