Gerrit Cole and James Paxton were tied for fanning the most hitters in a game in 2018, with 16 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts by a pitcher in a regular-season game in 2018| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Cole | 16 | 5/4/2018 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | J. Paxton | 16 | 5/2/2018 | vs | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 3 |  | C. Sale | 15 | 5/11/2018 | @ | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 4 |  | M. Scherzer | 15 | 5/6/2018 | vs | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 5 |  | C. Carrasco | 14 | 9/7/2018 | @ | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| 6 |  | J. Verlander | 14 | 8/3/2018 | @ | W | 1 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | D. Bundy | 14 | 5/24/2018 | @ | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 8 |  | C. Morton | 14 | 5/12/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | C. Carrasco | 14 | 5/9/2018 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | J. Verlander | 14 | 5/1/2018 | vs | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | G. Cole | 14 | 4/13/2018 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 12 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 9/20/2018 | vs | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | G. Márquez | 13 | 8/30/2018 | @ | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 14 |  | C. Archer | 13 | 7/22/2018 | vs | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 15 |  | Z. Greinke | 13 | 7/22/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | C. Morton | 13 | 6/26/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | C. Sale | 13 | 6/24/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 18 |  | J. Flaherty | 13 | 6/22/2018 | @ | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 19 |  | N. Pivetta | 13 | 6/18/2018 | vs | 1 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 6/5/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  | J. deGrom | 13 | 6/2/2018 | vs | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 22 |  | T. Bauer | 13 | 5/27/2018 | vs | 1 | 4.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | J. Flaherty | 13 | 5/20/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 5/19/2018 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | J. deGrom | 13 | 5/18/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
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