players with the most strikeouts as a pitcher in a game in 2018

Gerrit Cole and James Paxton were tied for striking out the most hitters in a game in 2018, with 16 strikeouts.

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players with the most strikeouts as 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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	16	5/4/2018	HOU	@	ARI	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
2	James Paxton J. Paxton	16	5/2/2018	SEA	vs	OAK		1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	0
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	15	5/11/2018	BOS	@	TOR		1	3.00	0	0	0	9.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	33	0
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	15	5/6/2018	WSH	vs	PHI		1	1.42	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	26	0
5	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	14	9/7/2018	CLE	@	TOR		1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	31	1
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	14	8/3/2018	HOU	@	LAD	W	1	1.17	0	0	0	7.2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	28	0
7	Dylan Bundy D. Bundy	14	5/24/2018	BAL	@	CWS	W	1	3.00	1	0	0	9.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	31	1
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	14	5/12/2018	HOU	vs	TEX	W	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	25	0
9	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	14	5/9/2018	CLE	@	MIL	W	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	31	0
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	14	5/1/2018	HOU	vs	NYY		1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	0
11	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	14	4/13/2018	HOU	vs	TEX		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	26	1
12	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	9/20/2018	WSH	vs	NYM		1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	28	0
13	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	13	8/30/2018	COL	@	SDP		1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	28	0
14	Chris Archer C. Archer	13	7/22/2018	TBR	vs	MIA		1	4.50	0	0	0	6.0	8	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	28	0
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	13	7/22/2018	ARI	vs	COL	W	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	27	0
16	Charlie Morton C. Morton	13	6/26/2018	HOU	vs	TOR	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	0
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	13	6/24/2018	BOS	vs	SEA	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	0
18	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	13	6/22/2018	STL	@	MIL		1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	25	0
19	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	13	6/18/2018	PHI	vs	STL		1	2.45	0	0	0	7.1	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	28	0
20	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	6/5/2018	WSH	vs	TBR	W	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	13	6/2/2018	NYM	vs	CHC		1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	30	0
22	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	13	5/27/2018	CLE	vs	HOU		1	4.91	0	0	0	7.1	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	29	0
23	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	13	5/20/2018	STL	vs	PHI	W	1	1.17	0	0	0	7.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	26	0
24	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	5/19/2018	WSH	vs	LAD		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	29	0
25	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	13	5/18/2018	NYM	vs	ARI	W	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	0