most games with 8 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 8+ batters and allowing 2 or fewer earned runs, with 129 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 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	129	1,318	132	83	17	.830	129	1.31	10	5	0	907.2	530	148	65	183	33	0	4	3,430	14	13.07	1.81	7.20	0.64	38.4	5.3	0.79	.254	1.47	5.26
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	96	941	82	74	8	.902	96	1.04	12	7	0	707.2	410	100	31	100	9	0	3	2,604	24	11.97	1.27	9.41	0.39	36.1	3.8	0.72	.249	1.27	5.21
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	88	938	81	56	14	.800	88	1.16	10	2	0	627.1	353	99	36	115	32	0	3	2,358	9	13.46	1.65	8.16	0.52	39.8	4.9	0.75	.256	1.42	5.06
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	85	838	80	45	14	.763	85	1.23	2	1	0	587.0	348	96	31	103	9	0	3	2,180	11	12.85	1.58	8.14	0.48	38.4	4.7	0.77	.264	1.47	5.34
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	84	814	88	54	8	.871	84	1.32	7	3	0	599.0	344	98	49	106	16	0	3	2,230	10	12.23	1.59	7.68	0.74	36.5	4.8	0.75	.237	1.47	5.17
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	77	769	80	51	10	.836	77	1.42	4	3	0	507.1	302	98	37	111	12	0	0	1,913	18	13.64	1.97	6.93	0.66	40.2	5.8	0.81	.269	1.74	5.36
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	74	725	72	54	5	.915	74	1.28	2	2	0	506.0	309	86	28	95	20	0	4	1,908	11	12.90	1.69	7.63	0.50	38.0	5.0	0.80	.270	1.53	5.50
8	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	70	689	67	42	8	.840	70	1.26	1	1	0	478.0	271	70	30	120	15	0	1	1,811	17	12.97	2.26	5.74	0.56	38.0	6.6	0.82	.252	1.32	5.10
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	65	653	54	48	3	.941	65	0.98	13	6	0	496.2	270	65	19	73	14	0	2	1,806	10	11.83	1.32	8.95	0.34	36.2	4.0	0.69	.240	1.18	4.89
10	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	59	565	61	34	8	.810	59	1.34	3	2	0	408.1	225	76	20	113	23	0	1	1,567	14	12.45	2.49	5.00	0.44	36.1	7.2	0.83	.242	1.68	4.96
11	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	58	559	59	40	7	.851	58	1.25	10	6	0	425.2	239	67	21	62	11	0	6	1,562	6	11.82	1.31	9.02	0.44	35.8	4.0	0.71	.240	1.42	5.05
12	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	56	523	49	29	4	.879	56	1.08	5	5	0	407.1	223	51	15	89	10	0	0	1,511	27	11.56	1.97	5.88	0.33	34.6	5.9	0.77	.238	1.13	4.93
13	David Price D. Price	55	517	61	40	5	.889	55	1.37	6	1	0	401.2	267	74	20	71	5	0	2	1,524	12	11.58	1.59	7.28	0.45	33.9	4.7	0.84	.271	1.66	5.98
14	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	54	491	56	35	5	.875	54	1.32	3	1	0	382.2	240	64	21	89	19	0	5	1,473	9	11.55	2.09	5.52	0.49	33.3	6.0	0.86	.257	1.51	5.64
15	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	53	489	47	35	5	.875	53	1.22	1	1	0	347.1	201	54	17	96	11	0	3	1,334	13	12.67	2.49	5.09	0.44	36.7	7.2	0.86	.255	1.40	5.21
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	50	459	50	35	1	.972	50	1.26	1	1	0	358.0	232	52	18	52	4	0	3	1,333	10	11.54	1.31	8.83	0.45	34.4	3.9	0.79	.268	1.31	5.83
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	48	447	43	34	3	.919	48	1.16	2	2	0	334.1	192	48	17	81	11	0	3	1,272	3	12.03	2.18	5.52	0.46	35.1	6.4	0.82	.244	1.29	5.17
18	Robbie Ray R. Ray	47	458	51	27	5	.844	47	1.58	1	1	0	290.1	188	54	21	99	10	0	4	1,150	10	14.20	3.07	4.63	0.65	39.8	8.6	0.99	.297	1.67	5.83
19	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	47	469	38	35	4	.897	47	1.03	4	2	0	331.1	214	44	15	57	4	0	0	1,239	18	12.74	1.55	8.23	0.41	37.9	4.6	0.82	.287	1.20	5.81
20	Blake Snell B. Snell	40	391	34	28	2	.933	40	1.23	0	0	0	249.2	129	35	12	72	1	0	2	930	15	14.09	2.60	5.43	0.43	42.0	7.7	0.81	.258	1.26	4.65
21	Charlie Morton C. Morton	39	364	45	25	5	.833	39	1.62	0	0	0	249.2	155	49	15	64	17	0	0	969	5	13.12	2.31	5.69	0.54	37.6	6.6	0.88	.275	1.77	5.59
22	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	39	357	42	23	9	.719	39	1.41	3	1	0	268.1	172	46	18	52	5	0	2	1,022	6	11.97	1.74	6.87	0.60	34.9	5.1	0.83	.261	1.54	5.77
23	Chris Archer C. Archer	39	379	34	17	7	.708	39	1.16	2	2	0	263.2	173	46	12	60	9	0	1	1,011	17	12.94	2.05	6.32	0.41	37.5	5.9	0.88	.292	1.57	5.91
24	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	39	350	37	29	3	.906	39	1.15	12	5	0	289.1	177	40	11	52	5	0	2	1,080	5	10.89	1.62	6.73	0.34	32.4	4.8	0.79	.251	1.24	5.51
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	38	355	32	28	5	.848	38	1.05	4	1	0	275.0	168	36	14	47	6	0	0	1,016	4	11.62	1.54	7.55	0.46	34.9	4.6	0.78	.259	1.18	5.50