most strikeouts by a pitcher in a game since 2017

Since 2017, Chris Sale has struck out the most hitters in a game, with 17 strikeouts versus the Rockies on May 14, 2019.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a pitcher in a regular-season game since 2017
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Chris Sale
C. Sale
17
5/14/2019
BOS BOS
vs
COL COL
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
2 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
16
6/18/2023
CWS CWS
@
SEA SEA
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
4
3
3
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
3 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
16
9/1/2022
ATL ATL
vs
COL COL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
4 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
16
6/21/2019
LAD LAD
vs
COL COL
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
30
0
5 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
16
5/4/2018
HOU HOU
@
ARI ARI
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
29
0
6 James Paxton
J. Paxton
16
5/2/2018
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
7 Grant Holmes
G. Holmes
15
6/15/2025
ATL ATL
vs
COL COL
L
1
2.84
0
0
0
6.1
3
2
3
1
2
1
0
0
24
0
8 Blake Snell
B. Snell
15
7/27/2024
SFG SFG
vs
COL COL
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
22
1
9 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
15
9/1/2021
NYY NYY
@
LAA LAA
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
10 Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
15
8/11/2021
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
11 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
15
4/23/2021
NYM NYM
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
12 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
15
9/8/2019
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
25
0
13 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
15
8/3/2019
LAD LAD
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
31
1
14 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
15
6/12/2019
HOU HOU
vs
MIL MIL
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
4
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
25
0
15 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
15
6/2/2019
WSH WSH
@
CIN CIN
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
3
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
29
0
16 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
15
5/19/2019
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
17 Chris Sale
C. Sale
15
5/11/2018
BOS BOS
@
TOR TOR
1
3.00
0
0
0
9.0
6
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
33
0
18 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
15
5/6/2018
WSH WSH
vs
PHI PHI
1
1.42
0
0
0
6.1
5
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
26
0
19 Masahiro Tanaka
M. Tanaka
15
9/29/2017
NYY NYY
vs
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
0
20 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
15
5/27/2017
WSH WSH
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
21 George Kirby
G. Kirby
14
6/8/2025
SEA SEA
@
LAA LAA
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
23
0
22 Max Meyer
M. Meyer
14
4/21/2025
MIA MIA
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
0
23 Pablo López
P. López
14
6/23/2024
MIN MIN
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
24 Luis Gil
L. Gil
14
5/18/2024
NYY NYY
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
25 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
14
4/30/2024
DET DET
vs
STL STL
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
23
0
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