most games with 7 or more strikeouts 3 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 3 earned runs, with 241 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts 3 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	241	2,243	323	145	35	.806	240	1.77	11	5	0	1646.1	1,051	353	133	357	53	0	12	6,298	31	12.26	1.95	6.28	0.73	35.6	5.7	0.86	.261	1.93	5.75
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	229	2,031	310	151	28	.844	229	1.76	18	8	0	1589.1	1,026	346	125	345	41	0	8	6,097	41	11.50	1.95	5.89	0.71	33.3	5.7	0.86	.253	1.96	5.81
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	216	1,937	256	144	27	.842	216	1.51	20	13	0	1521.1	959	285	89	287	22	0	7	5,737	49	11.46	1.70	6.75	0.53	33.8	5.0	0.82	.256	1.69	5.67
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	207	2,151	257	137	26	.840	206	1.48	51	22	0	1558.1	1,012	305	107	363	59	1	12	5,976	16	12.42	2.10	5.93	0.62	36.0	6.1	0.88	.275	1.76	5.84
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	182	1,748	249	101	29	.777	181	1.80	13	3	0	1248.1	830	278	91	246	68	0	6	4,814	24	12.60	1.77	7.11	0.66	36.3	5.1	0.86	.278	2.00	5.98
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	173	1,737	220	110	28	.797	173	1.54	35	13	0	1289.0	815	254	63	281	50	0	9	4,934	26	12.13	1.96	6.18	0.44	35.2	5.7	0.85	.268	1.77	5.69
7	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	158	1,329	232	86	22	.796	158	1.87	7	2	0	1114.1	789	261	95	266	37	0	15	4,347	17	10.73	2.15	5.00	0.77	30.6	6.1	0.95	.265	2.11	6.37
8	CC Sabathia	157	1,337	224	109	16	.872	157	1.79	23	11	0	1128.1	807	258	67	273	35	0	10	4,400	19	10.66	2.18	4.90	0.53	30.4	6.2	0.96	.275	2.06	6.44
9	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	153	1,404	197	96	20	.828	153	1.78	5	4	0	998.2	667	225	75	209	25	0	0	3,823	28	12.65	1.88	6.72	0.68	36.7	5.5	0.88	.281	2.03	6.01
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	152	1,278	198	97	13	.882	152	1.68	7	3	0	1059.0	758	213	62	176	15	0	4	4,037	24	10.86	1.50	7.26	0.53	31.7	4.4	0.88	.278	1.81	6.44
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	149	1,385	183	72	30	.706	149	1.66	3	2	0	994.2	619	205	75	180	13	0	6	3,731	18	12.53	1.63	7.69	0.68	37.1	4.8	0.80	.262	1.85	5.60
12	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	144	1,261	169	81	18	.818	144	1.43	14	6	0	1060.0	659	196	56	237	36	0	4	4,033	57	10.71	2.01	5.32	0.48	31.3	5.9	0.85	.247	1.66	5.60
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	142	1,361	223	99	19	.839	142	1.84	37	9	0	1088.2	802	236	81	170	12	0	5	4,178	25	11.25	1.41	8.01	0.67	32.6	4.1	0.89	.282	1.95	6.63
14	Jon Lester J. Lester	137	1,146	162	87	17	.837	137	1.56	9	3	0	932.0	643	190	52	231	22	0	2	3,601	23	11.07	2.23	4.96	0.50	31.8	6.4	0.94	.275	1.83	6.21
15	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	135	1,220	179	72	22	.766	135	1.81	1	1	0	891.1	549	187	74	233	32	0	3	3,435	25	12.32	2.35	5.24	0.75	35.5	6.8	0.88	.253	1.89	5.54
16	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	133	1,152	206	78	23	.772	133	1.88	24	8	0	987.1	673	224	88	178	23	0	10	3,768	16	10.50	1.62	6.47	0.80	30.6	4.7	0.86	.251	2.04	6.13
17	A.J. Burnett	130	1,119	208	67	30	.691	130	2.06	13	8	0	910.0	633	232	46	322	43	0	4	3,650	51	11.07	3.18	3.48	0.45	30.7	8.8	1.05	.277	2.29	6.26
18	David Price D. Price	127	1,111	191	89	18	.832	127	1.88	9	2	0	912.0	662	214	66	175	11	0	4	3,523	22	10.96	1.73	6.35	0.65	31.5	5.0	0.92	.276	2.11	6.53
19	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	124	1,051	148	62	17	.785	124	1.64	4	3	0	812.0	529	168	52	167	28	0	4	3,129	9	11.65	1.85	6.29	0.58	33.6	5.3	0.86	.261	1.86	5.86
20	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	122	1,102	146	74	16	.822	122	1.47	16	6	0	895.2	596	165	36	242	25	0	10	3,487	23	11.07	2.43	4.55	0.36	31.6	6.9	0.94	.269	1.66	5.99
21	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	121	1,061	167	70	21	.769	120	1.80	8	3	0	837.0	545	176	55	206	25	0	3	3,220	11	11.41	2.22	5.15	0.59	33.0	6.4	0.90	.262	1.89	5.86
22	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	120	1,079	149	80	18	.816	120	1.69	2	2	0	793.1	531	176	52	168	25	0	6	3,049	18	12.24	1.91	6.42	0.59	35.4	5.5	0.88	.278	2.00	6.02
23	Johan Santana J. Santana	113	1,040	147	72	16	.818	110	1.64	11	8	0	804.2	486	158	63	176	15	1	7	3,050	29	11.63	1.97	5.91	0.70	34.1	5.8	0.82	.241	1.77	5.44
24	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	110	892	132	73	17	.811	110	1.48	22	10	0	801.2	551	142	29	169	19	0	7	3,075	13	10.01	1.90	5.28	0.33	29.0	5.5	0.90	.266	1.59	6.19
25	Aaron Nola A. Nola	109	946	131	65	12	.844	109	1.59	5	4	0	742.0	466	143	50	147	23	0	7	2,815	9	11.47	1.78	6.44	0.61	33.6	5.2	0.83	.252	1.73	5.65