most strikeouts by a sp in a game in 2016

Max Scherzer struck out the most hitters by a starting pitcher in a game in 2016, with 20 strikeouts versus the Tigers on May 11, 2016.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a sp in a regular-season game in 2016
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
20
5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
33
0
2 Jon Gray
J. Gray
16
9/17/2016
COL COL
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
3 Danny Duffy
D. Duffy
16
8/1/2016
KCR KCR
@
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
26
0
4 Vince Velasquez
V. Velasquez
16
4/14/2016
PHI PHI
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
5 Tanner Roark
T. Roark
15
4/23/2016
WSH WSH
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
26
0
6 Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
14
9/9/2016
MIA MIA
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
27
0
7 Chris Sale
C. Sale
14
8/26/2016
CWS CWS
vs
SEA SEA
L
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
3
3
1
0
1
0
0
32
0
8 Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
14
7/18/2016
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
1
2.84
0
0
0
6.1
4
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
25
0
9 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
14
7/10/2016
SFG SFG
vs
ARI ARI
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
10 Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
14
6/30/2016
CLE CLE
@
TOR TOR
W
1
1.23
0
0
0
7.1
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
26
1
11 Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
14
6/5/2016
MIA MIA
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
12 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
14
5/1/2016
LAD LAD
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
13 David Price
D. Price
14
4/26/2016
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
W
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
6
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
33
0
14 Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
13
9/25/2016
BOS BOS
@
TBR TBR
1
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
3
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
22
0
15 Carlos Martinez
C. Martinez
13
8/29/2016
STL STL
@
MIL MIL
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
23
0
16 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
13
8/20/2016
ARI ARI
@
SDP SDP
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
24
0
17 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
13
8/19/2016
CLE CLE
vs
TOR TOR
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
5
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
30
0
18 Marcus Stroman
M. Stroman
13
8/1/2016
TOR TOR
@
HOU HOU
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
25
0
19 Francisco Liriano
F. Liriano
13
7/21/2016
PIT PIT
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
2.70
0
0
0
6.2
4
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
24
1
20 Matt Shoemaker
M. Shoemaker
13
7/16/2016
LAA LAA
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
21 Kenta Maeda
K. Maeda
13
7/10/2016
LAD LAD
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
23
0
22 Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
13
6/26/2016
MIA MIA
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
27
0
23 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
13
6/10/2016
LAD LAD
@
SFG SFG
W
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
5
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
24 Alex Wood
A. Wood
13
5/21/2016
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
24
1
25 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
13
5/12/2016
LAD LAD
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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10/6
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