most strikeouts by a pitcher in day games since 2015

Since 2015, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters in a day, with 20 strikeouts on May 11, 2016.

	NAME	SO	DAY	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	20	5/11/2016	1	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	33	0	20.00	0.00		2.00	60.6	0.0	0.67	.364	2.00	6.00
2	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	18	5/13/2015	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	0	20.25	0.00		0.00	69.2	0.0	0.13	.143	0.00	1.13
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	17	5/14/2019	0	0		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	24	0	21.86	0.00		1.29	70.8	0.0	0.43	.333	2.57	3.86
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	17	10/3/2015	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	17.00	0.00		0.00	60.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	16	6/18/2023	0	1	.000	1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	27	0	20.57	2.57	8.00	0.00	59.3	7.4	0.86	.444	3.86	5.14
6	Spencer Strider S. Strider	16	9/1/2022	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	59.3	0.0	0.25	.182	0.00	2.25
7	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	16	6/21/2019	1	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	30	0	16.00	0.00		2.00	53.3	0.0	0.33	.083	2.00	3.00
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	16	5/4/2018	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	16.00	1.00	16.00	0.00	55.2	3.4	0.22	.083	0.00	1.00
9	James Paxton J. Paxton	16	5/2/2018	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	0	20.57	1.29	16.00	0.00	59.3	3.7	0.86	.500	0.00	6.43
10	Jon Gray J. Gray	16	9/17/2016	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	16.00	0.00		0.00	51.6	0.0	0.44	.267	0.00	4.00
11	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	16	8/1/2016	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	0	18.00	1.13	16.00	0.00	61.5	3.8	0.25	.111	0.00	1.13
12	Vince Velasquez V. Velasquez	16	4/14/2016	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	16.00	0.00		0.00	53.3	0.0	0.33	.214	0.00	3.00
13	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	16	6/14/2015	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	16.00	1.00	16.00	0.00	55.2	3.4	0.22	.083	0.00	1.00
14	Michael Pineda M. Pineda	16	5/10/2015	1	0	1.000	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	27	0	20.57	0.00		1.29	59.3	0.0	0.86	.500	1.29	7.71
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	15	7/27/2024	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	1	22.50	3.00	7.50	0.00	68.2	9.1	0.67	.400	0.00	3.00
16	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	15	9/1/2021	1	0	1.000	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	19.29	0.00		0.00	60.0	0.0	0.57	.400	1.29	5.14
17	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	15	8/11/2021	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	16.88	0.00		0.00	55.6	0.0	0.50	.333	0.00	4.50
18	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	15	4/23/2021	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	15.00	0.00		0.00	51.7	0.0	0.22	.143	0.00	2.00
19	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	15	9/8/2019	1	0	1.000	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	25	0	16.88	0.00		1.13	60.0	0.0	0.13	.000	1.13	1.13
20	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	15	8/3/2019	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	31	1	15.00	0.00		1.00	48.4	0.0	0.56	.267	1.00	5.00
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	15	6/12/2019	0	0		1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	25	0	19.29	0.00		3.86	60.0	0.0	0.57	.143	3.86	5.14
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	15	6/2/2019	1	0	1.000	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	29	0	16.88	1.13	15.00	0.00	51.7	3.4	0.50	.250	1.13	3.38
23	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	15	5/19/2019	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	15.00	0.00		0.00	48.4	0.0	0.56	.313	0.00	5.00
24	Chris Sale C. Sale	15	5/11/2018	0	0		1	3.00	0	0	0	9.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	33	0	15.00	0.00		1.00	45.5	0.0	0.67	.294	3.00	6.00
25	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	15	5/6/2018	0	0		1	1.42	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	26	0	21.32	2.84	7.50	0.00	57.7	7.7	1.11	.625	1.42	7.11