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 3 or fewer earned runs, with 238 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	238	2,217	315	144	34	.809	237	1.74	11	5	0	1628.1	1,040	345	129	356	53	0	12	6,232	31	12.25	1.97	6.23	0.71	35.6	5.7	0.86	.262	1.91	5.75
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	224	1,992	305	149	27	.847	224	1.76	18	8	0	1560.1	1,003	339	121	339	41	0	8	5,980	40	11.49	1.96	5.88	0.70	33.3	5.7	0.86	.253	1.96	5.79
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	214	1,922	254	142	27	.840	214	1.51	20	13	0	1510.1	951	283	89	285	22	0	7	5,694	48	11.45	1.70	6.74	0.53	33.8	5.0	0.82	.255	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	176	1,696	243	99	28	.780	176	1.81	13	3	0	1208.1	804	272	89	241	67	0	6	4,665	23	12.63	1.80	7.04	0.66	36.4	5.2	0.86	.278	2.03	5.99
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	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
12	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
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	141	1,323	169	69	27	.719	141	1.60	3	2	0	947.2	590	191	68	169	13	0	6	3,551	16	12.56	1.60	7.83	0.65	37.3	4.8	0.80	.264	1.81	5.60
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	133	1,206	176	71	22	.763	133	1.80	1	1	0	878.2	541	184	72	233	32	0	3	3,389	24	12.35	2.39	5.18	0.74	35.6	6.9	0.88	.254	1.88	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	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
20	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
21	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
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	116	977	139	58	15	.795	116	1.64	3	3	0	761.0	492	156	46	158	26	0	4	2,932	9	11.55	1.87	6.18	0.54	33.3	5.4	0.85	.259	1.84	5.82
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	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	109	974	149	65	15	.813	109	1.74	6	4	0	772.1	512	163	38	246	16	0	4	3,034	37	11.35	2.87	3.96	0.44	32.1	8.1	0.98	.269	1.90	5.97