most games with 7 or more strikeouts 2 or less earned runs by a pitcher 2012 to 2021

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters and allowing at most 2 earned runs, with 158 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts 2 or less earned runs by a pitcher 2012 to 2021

	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	158	1,521	164	106	19	.848	158	1.34	10	5	0	1101.0	651	183	77	229	37	0	5	4,169	17	12.43	1.87	6.64	0.63	36.5	5.5	0.80	.249	1.50	5.32
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	126	1,151	110	93	10	.903	126	1.08	16	11	0	918.1	536	129	42	137	11	0	3	3,395	35	11.28	1.34	8.40	0.41	33.9	4.0	0.73	.241	1.26	5.25
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	109	1,085	103	67	15	.817	109	1.20	12	3	0	774.0	457	125	45	144	37	0	4	2,919	13	12.62	1.67	7.53	0.52	37.2	4.9	0.78	.256	1.45	5.31
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	108	999	99	57	16	.781	108	1.20	3	2	0	742.0	443	119	39	130	11	0	3	2,758	12	12.12	1.58	7.68	0.47	36.2	4.7	0.77	.256	1.44	5.37
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	105	961	110	65	13	.833	105	1.33	11	4	0	745.2	438	125	59	139	18	0	4	2,784	10	11.60	1.68	6.91	0.71	34.5	5.0	0.77	.236	1.51	5.29
6	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	97	886	97	71	8	.899	97	1.34	2	2	0	651.2	413	120	36	130	21	0	4	2,475	14	12.24	1.80	6.82	0.50	35.8	5.3	0.83	.269	1.66	5.70
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	96	902	99	65	11	.855	96	1.41	4	3	0	630.0	399	120	44	141	18	0	0	2,404	21	12.89	2.01	6.40	0.63	37.5	5.9	0.86	.273	1.71	5.70
8	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	88	815	85	51	9	.850	88	1.31	1	1	0	585.1	346	92	34	155	19	0	2	2,240	20	12.53	2.38	5.26	0.52	36.4	6.9	0.86	.256	1.41	5.32
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	84	786	70	64	4	.941	84	0.99	16	8	0	636.2	364	81	23	96	15	0	2	2,329	10	11.11	1.36	8.19	0.33	33.7	4.1	0.72	.242	1.15	5.15
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	84	697	78	61	3	.953	84	1.19	2	1	0	592.1	381	81	27	90	5	0	4	2,198	15	10.59	1.37	7.74	0.41	31.7	4.1	0.80	.257	1.23	5.79
11	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	80	713	78	50	12	.806	80	1.22	12	7	0	575.2	338	88	30	96	16	0	9	2,141	8	11.15	1.50	7.43	0.47	33.3	4.5	0.75	.240	1.38	5.28
12	David Price D. Price	79	685	87	59	8	.881	79	1.38	7	1	0	567.0	378	104	33	108	8	0	3	2,150	15	10.87	1.71	6.34	0.52	31.9	5.0	0.86	.262	1.65	6.00
13	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	77	691	80	44	10	.815	77	1.37	4	3	0	527.0	305	99	27	155	26	0	1	2,036	18	11.80	2.65	4.46	0.46	33.9	7.6	0.87	.245	1.69	5.21
14	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	77	652	83	49	8	.860	77	1.37	4	1	0	546.0	360	97	31	134	29	0	5	2,114	13	10.75	2.21	4.87	0.51	30.8	6.3	0.90	.259	1.60	5.93
15	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	73	629	65	48	6	.889	73	1.24	1	1	0	473.1	293	73	19	137	14	0	4	1,834	17	11.96	2.60	4.59	0.36	34.3	7.5	0.91	.265	1.39	5.57
16	Jon Lester J. Lester	71	586	56	47	6	.887	71	1.04	4	1	0	485.1	323	68	27	92	10	0	0	1,841	10	10.87	1.71	6.37	0.50	31.8	5.0	0.86	.263	1.26	5.99
17	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	68	607	61	37	5	.881	68	1.11	5	5	0	493.0	281	65	23	101	16	0	0	1,839	29	11.08	1.84	6.01	0.42	33.0	5.5	0.77	.236	1.19	5.13
18	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	65	595	58	47	5	.904	65	1.14	6	3	0	458.1	289	64	21	81	8	0	1	1,709	19	11.68	1.59	7.35	0.41	34.8	4.7	0.81	.267	1.26	5.67
19	Aaron Nola A. Nola	63	552	57	42	3	.933	63	1.19	2	2	0	432.1	247	63	21	98	16	0	3	1,636	5	11.49	2.04	5.63	0.44	33.7	6.0	0.80	.238	1.31	5.14
20	Sonny Gray S. Gray	62	512	59	35	9	.795	62	1.32	2	1	0	401.1	246	76	22	115	10	0	0	1,544	22	11.48	2.58	4.45	0.49	33.2	7.4	0.90	.253	1.70	5.52
21	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	62	511	59	46	6	.885	62	1.15	17	8	0	461.1	293	62	13	83	9	0	4	1,724	8	9.97	1.62	6.16	0.25	29.6	4.8	0.82	.253	1.21	5.72
22	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	60	504	65	36	9	.800	60	1.43	3	1	0	408.2	260	71	27	91	7	0	3	1,565	11	11.10	2.00	5.54	0.59	32.2	5.8	0.86	.249	1.56	5.73
23	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	58	479	43	41	5	.891	58	0.96	5	4	0	401.2	223	54	12	80	13	0	4	1,492	17	10.73	1.79	5.99	0.27	32.1	5.4	0.75	.232	1.21	5.00
24	Robbie Ray R. Ray	57	528	63	31	6	.838	57	1.62	1	1	0	349.0	231	70	24	125	12	0	8	1,397	13	13.62	3.22	4.22	0.62	37.8	8.9	1.02	.292	1.81	5.96
25	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	56	455	55	27	9	.750	56	1.37	2	2	0	362.1	215	62	15	120	3	0	3	1,397	10	11.30	2.98	3.79	0.37	32.6	8.6	0.92	.249	1.54	5.34