Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters in a game, with 20 strikeouts against the Tigers on May 11, 2016.
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most strikeouts in a regular-season game by a pitcher from 2010 to 2019| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 20 | 5/11/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | C. Kluber | 18 | 5/13/2015 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | C. Sale | 17 | 5/14/2019 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | M. Scherzer | 17 | 10/3/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | A. Sanchez | 17 | 4/26/2013 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | B. Morrow | 17 | 8/8/2010 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  | W. Buehler | 16 | 6/21/2019 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | 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 | ||
| 9 |  | 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 | |||
| 10 | | J. Gray | 16 | 9/17/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | D. Duffy | 16 | 8/1/2016 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | V. Velasquez | 16 | 4/14/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | M. Scherzer | 16 | 6/14/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | M. Pineda | 16 | 5/10/2015 | vs | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | C. Lee | 16 | 5/6/2011 | vs | L | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | G. Cole | 15 | 9/8/2019 | vs | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | W. Buehler | 15 | 8/3/2019 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 18 |  | J. Verlander | 15 | 6/12/2019 | vs | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | M. Scherzer | 15 | 6/2/2019 | @ | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 20 |  | S. Bieber | 15 | 5/19/2019 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | C. Sale | 15 | 5/11/2018 | @ | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | 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 | |||
| 23 |  | M. Tanaka | 15 | 9/29/2017 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 24 |  | S. Strasburg | 15 | 5/27/2017 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | T. Roark | 15 | 4/23/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
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