most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 2000

Since 2000, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 219 games.

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most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 2000

	NAME	G	SO	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	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	219	2,161	123	39	.759	219	2.30	12	5	0	1491.2	1,010	382	406	161	317	48	0	12	5,779	29	13.04	1.91	6.82	0.97	37.4	5.5	0.89	.275	2.45	6.09
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	188	1,777	117	28	.807	188	2.15	13	6	0	1308.1	879	313	340	120	275	34	0	7	5,060	38	12.22	1.89	6.46	0.83	35.1	5.4	0.88	.266	2.34	6.05
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	170	1,636	114	25	.820	170	1.74	16	9	0	1208.1	769	234	263	80	210	20	0	6	4,549	34	12.19	1.56	7.79	0.60	36.0	4.6	0.81	.265	1.96	5.73
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	165	1,673	90	35	.720	164	2.13	11	2	0	1122.0	767	265	293	94	231	61	0	4	4,371	20	13.42	1.85	7.24	0.75	38.3	5.3	0.89	.291	2.35	6.15
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	147	1,539	89	23	.795	146	2.22	29	12	0	1076.1	764	266	300	104	245	45	1	8	4,194	16	12.87	2.05	6.28	0.87	36.7	5.8	0.94	.292	2.51	6.39
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	139	1,352	78	22	.780	139	2.35	5	4	0	900.0	600	235	261	89	197	19	0	1	3,457	28	13.52	1.97	6.86	0.89	39.1	5.7	0.89	.284	2.61	6.00
7	CC Sabathia	126	1,153	80	20	.800	126	2.20	21	9	0	914.1	722	224	249	65	208	27	0	6	3,623	14	11.35	2.05	5.54	0.64	31.8	5.7	1.02	.303	2.45	7.11
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	125	1,228	60	27	.690	125	1.82	2	1	0	830.0	530	168	186	69	150	11	0	6	3,130	18	13.32	1.63	8.19	0.75	39.2	4.8	0.82	.276	2.02	5.75
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	124	1,141	66	20	.767	124	1.80	14	6	0	906.2	600	181	197	43	189	26	0	2	3,471	57	11.33	1.88	6.04	0.43	32.9	5.4	0.87	.269	1.96	5.96
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	121	1,167	59	33	.641	121	2.55	1	1	0	803.1	547	228	239	97	205	26	0	2	3,149	31	13.07	2.30	5.69	1.09	37.1	6.5	0.94	.272	2.68	6.13
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	116	1,050	68	17	.800	116	2.45	6	3	0	800.0	620	218	235	67	141	10	0	3	3,113	24	11.81	1.59	7.45	0.75	33.7	4.5	0.95	.300	2.64	6.98
12	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	115	1,051	65	20	.765	115	2.12	6	2	0	818.1	591	193	208	71	171	27	0	12	3,186	10	11.56	1.88	6.15	0.78	33.0	5.4	0.93	.279	2.29	6.50
13	A.J. Burnett	113	1,038	47	37	.560	113	2.89	9	4	0	777.2	605	250	273	54	272	40	0	6	3,193	42	12.01	3.15	3.82	0.62	32.5	8.5	1.13	.308	3.16	7.00
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	105	1,043	64	15	.810	105	1.88	14	6	0	761.2	481	159	171	56	155	35	0	2	2,915	15	12.32	1.83	6.73	0.66	35.8	5.3	0.84	.261	2.02	5.68
15	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	104	958	58	21	.734	104	2.17	6	2	0	718.0	479	173	183	60	180	22	0	3	2,778	9	12.01	2.26	5.32	0.75	34.5	6.5	0.92	.269	2.29	6.00
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	103	997	60	16	.789	103	2.25	2	2	0	689.0	480	172	187	63	133	29	0	6	2,666	13	13.02	1.74	7.50	0.82	37.4	5.0	0.89	.289	2.44	6.27
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	102	930	58	20	.744	102	2.32	5	4	0	685.1	477	177	190	69	137	20	0	5	2,657	6	12.21	1.80	6.79	0.91	35.0	5.2	0.90	.272	2.50	6.26
18	Robbie Ray R. Ray	101	949	44	23	.657	101	3.18	1	1	0	603.2	462	213	224	81	221	22	0	7	2,479	27	14.15	3.29	4.29	1.21	38.3	8.9	1.13	.316	3.34	6.89
19	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	100	944	52	26	.667	100	2.75	14	3	0	735.2	559	225	236	84	131	17	0	6	2,873	14	11.55	1.60	7.21	1.03	32.9	4.6	0.94	.280	2.89	6.84
20	David Price D. Price	95	902	58	18	.763	95	2.18	8	2	0	686.1	516	166	181	54	126	11	0	2	2,674	18	11.83	1.65	7.16	0.71	33.7	4.7	0.94	.292	2.37	6.77
21	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	93	915	59	12	.831	93	2.01	14	6	0	688.1	460	154	168	52	115	23	0	4	2,610	12	11.96	1.50	7.96	0.68	35.1	4.4	0.84	.271	2.20	6.01
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	91	835	48	16	.750	91	1.96	4	3	0	607.1	408	132	150	43	119	23	0	2	2,342	10	12.37	1.76	7.02	0.64	35.7	5.1	0.87	.276	2.22	6.05
23	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	91	862	51	13	.797	91	2.13	6	4	0	637.0	447	151	157	36	200	16	0	3	2,529	36	12.18	2.83	4.31	0.51	34.1	7.9	1.02	.290	2.22	6.32
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	91	842	60	13	.822	91	1.83	9	3	0	638.1	430	130	146	32	153	14	0	2	2,449	19	11.87	2.16	5.50	0.45	34.4	6.2	0.91	.283	2.06	6.06
25	Johan Santana J. Santana	89	888	55	15	.786	87	1.78	8	6	0	633.1	396	125	134	50	139	11	1	5	2,420	23	12.62	1.98	6.39	0.71	36.7	5.7	0.84	.260	1.90	5.63

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Wed 6/10	WSH	@	SFG	3:45 PM
Fri 6/12	SEA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
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Nationals	35	33	.515	10.5
Marlins	32	35	.478	13.0
Mets	29	37	.439	15.5
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Cardinals	36	28	.563	4.5
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Guardians	37	32	.536
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