most games with 8 or more strikeouts 2 or less earned runs by a pitcher 2012 to 2021 including playoffs

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched in the regular-season and playoffs when striking out 8+ batters and allowing at most 2 earned runs, with 135 games.

	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	135	1,381	137	86	18	.827	135	1.30	10	5	0	946.2	544	154	67	193	34	0	4	3,571	16	13.13	1.83	7.16	0.64	38.7	5.4	0.78	.252	1.46	5.17
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	102	1,002	87	80	8	.909	102	1.04	12	7	0	749.2	427	105	34	108	9	0	3	2,752	25	12.03	1.30	9.28	0.41	36.4	3.9	0.71	.246	1.26	5.13
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	93	905	93	60	10	.857	93	1.25	9	4	0	667.0	375	103	51	119	18	0	3	2,475	11	12.21	1.61	7.61	0.69	36.6	4.8	0.74	.234	1.39	5.06
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	89	946	83	57	14	.803	89	1.18	10	2	0	632.2	358	101	36	117	32	0	3	2,380	9	13.46	1.66	8.09	0.51	39.7	4.9	0.75	.258	1.44	5.09
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	86	851	80	46	14	.767	86	1.21	2	1	0	594.0	353	96	31	104	9	0	4	2,207	11	12.89	1.58	8.18	0.47	38.6	4.7	0.77	.266	1.45	5.35
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	83	837	86	56	10	.848	83	1.41	4	3	0	549.1	321	104	42	118	13	0	0	2,064	19	13.71	1.93	7.09	0.69	40.6	5.7	0.80	.265	1.70	5.26
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	78	769	73	57	6	.905	78	1.23	2	2	0	533.0	325	90	28	98	20	0	4	2,008	11	12.98	1.65	7.85	0.47	38.3	4.9	0.79	.272	1.52	5.49
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	66	662	54	49	3	.942	66	0.97	13	6	0	502.2	274	65	19	73	14	0	2	1,828	10	11.85	1.31	9.07	0.34	36.2	4.0	0.69	.241	1.16	4.91
10	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	61	585	61	35	8	.814	61	1.30	3	2	0	422.2	229	76	20	114	24	0	1	1,617	15	12.46	2.43	5.13	0.43	36.2	7.1	0.81	.239	1.62	4.88
11	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	61	585	59	43	7	.860	61	1.18	12	8	0	450.2	249	67	21	65	12	0	6	1,649	6	11.68	1.30	9.00	0.42	35.5	3.9	0.70	.236	1.34	4.97
12	David Price D. Price	56	526	61	41	5	.891	56	1.35	6	1	0	407.2	270	74	20	71	5	0	2	1,545	12	11.61	1.57	7.41	0.44	34.0	4.6	0.84	.271	1.63	5.96
13	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
14	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	55	499	58	35	6	.854	55	1.34	3	1	0	389.0	244	69	22	91	19	0	6	1,501	9	11.54	2.11	5.48	0.51	33.2	6.1	0.86	.255	1.60	5.65
15	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	54	497	49	35	5	.875	54	1.25	1	1	0	353.1	208	56	17	98	11	0	4	1,361	13	12.66	2.50	5.07	0.43	36.5	7.2	0.87	.259	1.43	5.30
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	52	477	54	36	1	.973	52	1.30	1	1	0	373.0	241	56	20	53	4	0	3	1,384	10	11.51	1.28	9.00	0.48	34.5	3.8	0.79	.266	1.35	5.82
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	43	418	37	29	2	.935	43	1.26	0	0	0	265.1	134	38	13	78	1	0	2	987	15	14.18	2.65	5.36	0.44	42.4	7.9	0.80	.254	1.29	4.55
21	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	42	377	39	30	3	.909	42	1.13	12	5	0	309.2	190	42	12	57	5	0	2	1,159	6	10.96	1.66	6.61	0.35	32.5	4.9	0.80	.251	1.22	5.52
22	Charlie Morton C. Morton	41	382	48	26	6	.813	41	1.66	0	0	0	260.2	161	52	17	67	18	0	0	1,013	5	13.19	2.31	5.70	0.59	37.7	6.6	0.87	.272	1.80	5.56
23	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	40	366	43	23	10	.697	40	1.41	3	1	0	274.1	175	48	18	57	5	0	2	1,049	6	12.01	1.87	6.42	0.59	34.9	5.4	0.85	.260	1.57	5.74
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	40	372	33	29	5	.853	40	1.03	4	1	0	288.2	177	37	14	49	6	0	0	1,067	4	11.60	1.53	7.59	0.44	34.9	4.6	0.78	.260	1.15	5.52
25	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	40	363	40	28	3	.903	40	1.20	8	5	0	299.2	182	45	15	49	8	0	3	1,119	2	10.90	1.47	7.41	0.45	32.4	4.4	0.77	.244	1.35	5.47