which active mlb pitcher has the most strikeouts vs cardinals

Mitch Keller fanned the most batters by an active pitcher against the Cardinals this season, with 28 strikeouts.

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Which active MLB pitcher has the most strikeouts vs cardinals this regular season?

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	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	Mitch Keller M. Keller	28	2025	PIT	4	2	1	.667	4	2.05	0	0	0	26.1	19	6	6	1	6	3	0	0	104	0	9.57	2.05	4.67	0.34	26.9	5.8	0.95	.273	2.05	6.49
2	Brady Singer B. Singer	25	2025	CIN	4	2	2	.500	4	2.28	0	0	0	23.2	14	6	7	2	6	4	0	0	94	0	9.51	2.28	4.17	0.76	26.6	6.4	0.85	.211	2.66	5.32
3	Andrew Abbott A. Abbott	20	2025	CIN	4	1	2	.333	4	2.61	0	0	0	20.2	18	6	7	1	8	1	0	0	87	2	8.71	3.48	2.50	0.44	23.0	9.2	1.26	.298	3.05	7.84
4	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	18	2025	PIT	3	0	2	.000	3	3.71	0	0	0	17.0	14	7	7	0	6	1	0	0	71	1	9.53	3.18	3.00	0.00	25.4	8.5	1.18	.304	3.71	7.41
5	Colin Rea C. Rea	17	2025	CHC	3	3	0	1.000	3	0.98	0	0	0	18.1	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	0	67	0	8.35	2.45	3.40	0.49	25.4	7.5	0.65	.136	0.98	3.44
6	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	15	2025	CHC	3	2	1	.667	3	1.69	0	0	0	16.0	13	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	62	0	8.44	0.56	15.00	0.00	24.2	1.6	0.88	.283	1.69	7.31
7	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	14	2025	WSH	2	1	1	.500	2	3.55	0	0	0	12.2	10	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	50	0	9.95	2.84	3.50	1.42	28.0	8.0	1.11	.267	3.55	7.11
8	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	13	2025	MIA	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.75	0	0	0	12.0	8	1	2	1	4	2	0	0	50	1	9.75	3.00	3.25	0.75	26.0	8.0	1.00	.233	1.50	6.00
9	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	12	2025	CHC	2	1	1	.500	2	2.31	0	0	0	11.2	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	41	0	9.26	0.77	12.00	0.77	29.3	2.4	0.51	.148	2.31	3.86
10	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	12	2025	MIL	3	1	1	.500	3	3.95	0	0	0	13.2	12	6	6	2	8	2	0	0	58	0	7.90	5.27	1.50	1.32	20.7	13.8	1.46	.294	3.95	7.90
11	Emilio Pagán E. Pagán	12	2025	CIN	7	0	0		0	1.23	0	0	3	7.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	26	0	14.73	1.23	12.00	1.23	46.2	3.8	0.68	.250	1.23	4.91
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	12	2025	MIL	3	1	2	.333	3	6.07	0	0	0	13.1	17	9	11	1	8	1	0	0	64	0	8.10	5.40	1.50	0.68	18.8	12.5	1.88	.381	7.43	11.48
13	Carmen Mlodzinski C. Mlodzinski	12	2025	PIT	3	1	0	1.000	3	2.84	0	0	0	12.2	12	4	4	2	5	1	0	0	53	0	8.53	3.55	2.40	1.42	22.6	9.4	1.34	.303	2.84	8.53
14	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	11	2025	CHC	2	1	1	.500	2	8.10	0	0	0	10.0	11	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	44	1	9.90	3.60	2.75	3.60	25.0	9.1	1.50	.280	8.10	9.90
15	Brandon Pfaadt B. Pfaadt	11	2025	AZ	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.13	0	0	0	12.2	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	49	1	7.82	0.71	11.00	0.71	22.4	2.0	0.79	.229	2.13	6.39
16	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	11	2025	AZ	2	1	0	1.000	2	4.50	0	0	0	12.0	9	6	6	0	5	0	0	0	49	0	8.25	3.75	2.20	0.00	22.4	10.2	1.17	.273	4.50	6.75
17	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	11	2025	KCR	2	0	1	.000	2	10.13	0	0	0	8.0	10	9	9	1	3	1	0	0	38	1	12.38	3.38	3.67	1.13	28.9	7.9	1.63	.409	10.13	11.25
18	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	11	2025	PHI	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.19	0	0	0	12.1	12	3	3	1	5	1	0	0	52	2	8.03	3.65	2.20	0.73	21.2	9.6	1.38	.324	2.19	8.76
19	Edward Cabrera E. Cabrera	10	2025	MIA	2	0	2	.000	2	4.35	0	0	0	10.1	15	5	8	1	4	1	0	0	51	2	8.71	3.48	2.50	0.87	19.6	7.8	1.84	.400	6.97	13.06
20	Graham Ashcraft G. Ashcraft	10	2025	CIN	4	1	0	1.000	0	3.38	0	0	0	5.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	16.88	0.00		0.00	55.6	0.0	0.38	.250	3.38	3.38
21	Quinn Priester Q. Priester	10	2025	MIL	3	2	0	1.000	3	4.41	0	0	0	16.1	17	8	8	0	4	2	0	0	70	1	5.51	2.20	2.50	0.00	14.3	5.7	1.29	.315	4.41	9.37
22	Bryan Woo B. Woo	9	2025	SEA	1	1	0	1.000	1	3.00	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	21	0	13.50	0.00		1.50	42.9	0.0	0.50	.182	3.00	4.50
23	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	9	2025	SFG	2	0	1	.000	2	3.48	0	0	0	10.1	12	4	6	1	2	1	0	0	46	0	7.84	1.74	4.50	0.87	19.6	4.3	1.35	.333	5.23	10.45
24	Dylan Cease D. Cease	9	2025	SDP	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	0	16.20	1.80	9.00	0.00	50.0	5.6	0.40	.125	0.00	1.80
25	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	9	2025	SDP	2	1	1	.500	2	2.03	0	0	0	13.1	4	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	48	1	6.08	1.35	4.50	0.68	18.8	4.2	0.45	.086	2.70	2.70