most games with 8 or more strikeouts 3 or less earn runs by a pitcher since 2014

Since 2014, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters and allowing at most 3 earned runs, with 138 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts 3 or less earn runs by a pitcher since 2014

	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	138	1,399	167	83	21	.798	138	1.56	11	5	0	962.0	572	183	72	179	37	0	6	3,638	15	13.09	1.67	7.82	0.67	38.5	4.9	0.78	.256	1.71	5.35
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	123	1,262	154	70	21	.769	123	1.64	9	2	0	844.1	523	173	60	164	50	0	2	3,233	13	13.45	1.75	7.70	0.64	39.0	5.1	0.81	.273	1.84	5.57
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	117	1,144	145	71	15	.826	117	1.70	5	4	0	767.1	482	168	55	156	19	0	0	2,906	23	13.42	1.83	7.33	0.65	39.4	5.4	0.83	.279	1.97	5.65
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	113	1,126	146	54	23	.701	113	1.73	2	1	0	758.2	475	164	58	138	10	0	5	2,850	15	13.36	1.64	8.16	0.69	39.5	4.8	0.81	.275	1.95	5.63
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	103	1,009	123	74	10	.881	103	1.50	12	6	0	739.0	453	139	48	93	12	0	0	2,733	22	12.29	1.13	10.85	0.58	36.9	3.4	0.74	.258	1.69	5.52
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	95	913	120	62	10	.861	95	1.66	5	2	0	651.0	385	130	63	113	19	0	2	2,441	17	12.62	1.56	8.08	0.87	37.4	4.6	0.76	.242	1.80	5.32
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	82	785	133	40	15	.727	82	2.40	1	1	0	498.2	348	141	55	169	16	0	5	2,001	20	14.17	3.05	4.64	0.99	39.2	8.4	1.04	.300	2.54	6.28
8	Aaron Nola A. Nola	81	748	88	51	9	.850	81	1.41	5	4	0	561.1	345	99	39	112	17	0	5	2,127	5	11.99	1.80	6.68	0.63	35.2	5.3	0.81	.253	1.59	5.53
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	78	781	100	54	5	.915	78	1.53	13	6	0	587.1	361	112	35	94	18	0	3	2,188	12	11.97	1.44	8.31	0.54	35.7	4.3	0.77	.259	1.72	5.53
10	Blake Snell B. Snell	75	731	65	47	9	.839	75	1.26	1	1	0	462.2	238	67	22	147	3	0	2	1,746	27	14.22	2.86	4.97	0.43	41.9	8.4	0.83	.256	1.30	4.63
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	73	671	91	41	9	.820	73	1.67	3	3	0	491.1	306	103	31	94	16	0	1	1,868	8	12.29	1.72	7.14	0.57	35.9	5.0	0.81	.260	1.89	5.61
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	71	679	87	40	11	.784	71	1.65	1	1	0	474.1	286	89	42	101	19	0	1	1,813	17	12.88	1.92	6.72	0.80	37.5	5.6	0.82	.251	1.69	5.43
13	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	70	649	81	38	11	.776	70	1.58	2	1	0	460.0	308	87	28	89	2	0	0	1,756	9	12.70	1.74	7.29	0.55	37.0	5.1	0.86	.283	1.70	6.03
14	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	69	670	91	38	12	.760	69	1.73	3	2	0	472.1	281	110	35	135	23	0	2	1,835	17	12.77	2.57	4.96	0.67	36.5	7.4	0.88	.253	2.10	5.35
15	Charlie Morton C. Morton	66	609	87	36	8	.818	66	1.90	0	0	0	412.0	276	95	26	115	35	0	2	1,634	10	13.30	2.51	5.30	0.57	37.3	7.0	0.95	.294	2.08	6.03
16	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	65	583	92	38	13	.745	65	2.02	0	0	0	409.1	276	103	37	121	13	0	2	1,614	5	12.82	2.66	4.82	0.81	36.1	7.5	0.97	.278	2.26	6.07
17	Sonny Gray S. Gray	63	570	72	35	13	.729	63	1.63	2	1	0	398.2	237	91	33	110	9	0	1	1,529	18	12.87	2.48	5.18	0.74	37.3	7.2	0.87	.253	2.05	5.35
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	60	561	60	40	5	.889	60	1.44	1	0	0	376.0	213	70	18	105	10	0	0	1,448	16	13.43	2.51	5.34	0.43	38.7	7.3	0.85	.259	1.68	5.10
19	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	60	590	69	42	7	.857	60	1.51	1	1	0	411.1	261	80	30	75	16	0	4	1,565	9	12.91	1.64	7.87	0.66	37.7	4.8	0.82	.270	1.75	5.71
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	58	564	62	41	8	.837	57	1.41	4	2	0	396.0	281	72	21	72	8	1	2	1,517	20	12.82	1.64	7.83	0.48	37.2	4.7	0.89	.305	1.64	6.39
21	Chris Archer C. Archer	57	549	91	21	11	.656	57	2.23	1	1	0	366.2	273	106	27	98	12	0	1	1,463	24	13.48	2.41	5.60	0.66	37.5	6.7	1.01	.317	2.60	6.70
22	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	56	546	76	33	8	.805	56	1.80	3	2	0	380.0	253	82	30	85	7	0	0	1,462	11	12.93	2.01	6.42	0.71	37.3	5.8	0.89	.281	1.94	5.99
23	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	53	490	61	28	10	.737	53	1.61	1	1	0	342.0	212	70	25	93	10	0	2	1,330	12	12.89	2.45	5.27	0.66	36.8	7.0	0.89	.263	1.84	5.58
24	David Price D. Price	53	506	83	35	9	.795	53	1.90	6	1	0	393.2	290	93	32	62	3	0	1	1,514	8	11.57	1.42	8.16	0.73	33.4	4.1	0.89	.283	2.13	6.63
25	Dylan Cease D. Cease	52	481	52	31	8	.795	52	1.48	2	2	0	316.1	183	60	19	91	6	0	1	1,213	15	13.68	2.59	5.29	0.54	39.7	7.5	0.87	.266	1.71	5.21