most games with 8 or more strikeouts 3 or less earn runs by a pitcher 2018 to 2023

Between the 2018 and 2023 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters and allowing at most 3 earned runs, with 89 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts 3 or less earn runs by a pitcher 2018 to 2023

	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	89	904	108	55	11	.833	89	1.66	5	4	0	584.2	343	121	46	119	11	0	0	2,199	15	13.92	1.83	7.60	0.71	41.1	5.4	0.79	.265	1.86	5.28
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	76	760	93	43	12	.782	76	1.63	3	1	0	514.0	314	98	39	96	21	0	6	1,953	7	13.31	1.68	7.92	0.68	38.9	4.9	0.80	.265	1.72	5.50
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	70	710	85	30	15	.667	70	1.64	2	1	0	467.0	285	98	37	78	6	0	3	1,741	5	13.68	1.50	9.10	0.71	40.8	4.5	0.78	.273	1.89	5.49
4	Blake Snell B. Snell	59	575	54	37	9	.804	59	1.34	0	0	0	362.0	191	56	19	115	3	0	2	1,372	20	14.30	2.86	5.00	0.47	41.9	8.4	0.85	.261	1.39	4.75
5	Aaron Nola A. Nola	58	546	58	36	6	.857	58	1.29	4	3	0	404.2	238	67	23	80	16	0	4	1,522	4	12.14	1.78	6.83	0.51	35.9	5.3	0.79	.251	1.49	5.29
6	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	54	526	76	31	8	.795	54	1.86	3	2	0	368.0	243	82	30	84	7	0	0	1,417	11	12.86	2.05	6.26	0.73	37.1	5.9	0.89	.277	2.01	5.94
7	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	54	487	77	32	9	.780	54	2.04	0	0	0	340.1	227	87	29	109	11	0	2	1,348	4	12.88	2.88	4.47	0.77	36.1	8.1	0.99	.278	2.30	6.00
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	53	497	69	28	6	.824	53	1.85	0	0	0	335.2	220	73	22	87	22	0	2	1,313	6	13.33	2.33	5.71	0.59	37.9	6.6	0.91	.289	1.96	5.90
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	53	530	57	37	6	.860	53	1.44	2	1	0	355.1	192	62	33	57	10	0	0	1,319	9	13.42	1.44	9.30	0.84	40.2	4.3	0.70	.231	1.57	4.86
10	Robbie Ray R. Ray	50	478	88	23	8	.742	50	2.64	0	0	0	300.1	216	89	39	107	6	0	3	1,209	10	14.32	3.21	4.47	1.17	39.5	8.9	1.08	.306	2.67	6.47
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	48	445	64	27	6	.818	48	1.76	2	2	0	326.2	215	69	18	55	8	0	1	1,245	5	12.26	1.52	8.09	0.50	35.7	4.4	0.83	.274	1.90	5.92
12	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	47	459	54	27	9	.750	47	1.51	2	2	0	321.1	176	72	24	91	18	0	2	1,244	14	12.86	2.55	5.04	0.67	36.9	7.3	0.83	.233	2.02	4.93
13	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	45	423	64	23	7	.767	45	1.97	4	3	0	293.0	177	75	33	76	9	0	0	1,124	9	12.99	2.33	5.57	1.01	37.6	6.8	0.86	.247	2.30	5.44
14	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	45	429	55	24	6	.800	45	1.70	0	0	0	291.1	204	60	21	51	1	0	0	1,119	4	13.25	1.58	8.41	0.65	38.3	4.6	0.88	.297	1.85	6.30
15	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	42	417	37	23	4	.852	41	1.21	0	0	0	274.2	145	41	12	49	14	1	0	1,021	13	13.66	1.61	8.51	0.39	40.8	4.8	0.71	.251	1.34	4.75
16	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	41	385	46	25	5	.833	41	1.61	0	0	0	257.0	143	47	20	52	8	0	0	958	2	13.48	1.82	7.40	0.70	40.2	5.4	0.76	.249	1.65	5.01
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	41	425	54	22	3	.880	41	1.85	1	1	0	262.2	156	61	21	59	21	0	0	1,015	4	14.56	2.02	7.20	0.72	41.9	5.8	0.82	.276	2.09	5.35
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	40	369	57	29	6	.829	40	1.91	2	0	0	268.0	168	62	17	58	13	0	1	1,027	9	12.39	1.95	6.36	0.57	35.9	5.6	0.84	.265	2.08	5.64
19	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	39	365	46	21	7	.750	39	1.66	1	1	0	249.2	163	52	18	62	8	0	2	974	11	13.16	2.23	5.89	0.65	37.5	6.4	0.90	.278	1.87	5.88
20	Dylan Cease D. Cease	38	353	37	22	6	.786	38	1.49	1	1	0	223.2	141	45	13	71	4	0	1	881	11	14.20	2.86	4.97	0.52	40.1	8.1	0.95	.291	1.81	5.67
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	38	347	44	27	3	.900	38	1.57	0	0	0	252.2	154	49	20	29	7	0	0	941	7	12.36	1.03	11.97	0.71	36.9	3.1	0.72	.249	1.75	5.49
22	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	38	362	43	21	6	.778	38	1.57	0	0	0	246.0	140	44	20	52	14	0	0	936	7	13.24	1.90	6.96	0.73	38.7	5.6	0.78	.246	1.61	5.12
23	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	38	347	55	21	7	.750	38	1.98	1	1	0	250.1	173	59	21	54	4	0	1	969	4	12.48	1.94	6.43	0.75	35.8	5.6	0.91	.280	2.12	6.22
24	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	36	339	37	24	1	.960	36	1.36	3	1	0	244.0	142	41	16	44	9	0	1	922	7	12.50	1.62	7.70	0.59	36.8	4.8	0.76	.245	1.51	5.24
25	Sonny Gray S. Gray	35	314	42	16	7	.696	35	1.79	0	0	0	211.1	130	48	20	61	6	0	1	815	7	13.37	2.60	5.15	0.85	38.5	7.5	0.90	.266	2.04	5.54