which cubs pitcher had the most strikeouts in a game

Kerry Wood has struck out the most hitters for the Cubs in a game, with 20 strikeouts against the Astros on May 6, 1998.

Interpreted as:
Which cubs pitcher had the most strikeouts in a regular-season game?
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
20
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
2 Jack Pfiester
J. Pfiester
17
5/30/1906
CHC CHC
vs
SLN SLN
L
1
1
0
0
15.0
12
4
0
2
0
0
57
0
3 Mark Prior
M. Prior
16
9/30/2004
CHC CHC
vs
CIN CIN
1
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
31
0
4 Mark Prior
M. Prior
16
6/26/2003
CHC CHC
vs
MIL MIL
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
27
1
5 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
16
8/26/1998
CHC CHC
@
CIN CIN
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
3
1
2
1
3
0
0
0
30
0
6 Rick Sutcliffe
R. Sutcliffe
15
9/3/1984
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
1
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
28
0
7 Burt Hooton
B. Hooton
15
9/15/1971
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
32
0
8 Dick Drott
D. Drott
15
5/26/1957
CHC CHC
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
4
5
2
1
0
0
0
37
0
9 Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
15
8/2/1919
CHC CHC
vs
PHN PHN
L
1
1.29
1
0
0
14.0
9
2
2
0
2
0
0
54
0
10 Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
15
7/31/1901
CHO CHO
@
CIN CIN
L
1
3.29
1
0
0
13.2
13
5
5
0
6
0
0
58
1
11 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
14
9/12/2019
CHC CHC
@
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
22
0
12 Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
14
8/13/2019
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
26
0
13 Jon Lester
J. Lester
14
7/29/2015
CHC CHC
vs
COL COL
W
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
5
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
28
0
14 Mark Prior
M. Prior
14
9/21/2003
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
W
1
1.17
0
0
0
7.2
6
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
15 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
14
5/25/2001
CHC CHC
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
16 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
14
4/27/2001
CHC CHC
@
SFG SFG
W
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
2
3
3
1
3
1
0
0
24
0
17 Rick Sutcliffe
R. Sutcliffe
14
6/24/1984
CHC CHC
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
33
0
18 Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
14
9/19/1971
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
3
0
1
1
0
0
36
0
19 Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
14
7/24/1971
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
34
0
20 Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
14
6/27/1970
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
L
1
2.25
1
0
0
8.0
7
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
21 Dick Drott
D. Drott
14
7/23/1957
CHC CHC
vs
NYG NYG
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
22 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
13
9/17/2019
CHC CHC
vs
CIN CIN
L
1
5.14
0
0
0
7.0
6
4
4
1
1
0
0
0
28
0
23 Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
13
9/16/2014
CHC CHC
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
24 Jeff Samardzija
J. Samardzija
13
4/7/2013
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
L
1
6.35
0
0
0
5.2
4
4
4
0
4
1
0
0
26
2
25 Matt Clement
M. Clement
13
8/18/2004
CHC CHC
@
MIL MIL
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
5
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
27
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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