which mlb team strikes out the most first 2 games

4 teams struck out 26 times. The first three are the California Angels on July 9, 1971, the Milwaukee Brewers on June 8, 2004 and on June 2, 2017 and the Chicago Cubs on May 7, 2017.

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Which MLB team strikes out the most first 2 or more games?

	TEAM	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Angels	26	7/9/1971	CAL	@	OAK	L 0-1	71	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	72	12	1	0	0	0	0	.155	.167	.169	.336
2	Brewers	26	6/8/2004	MIL	@	ANA	W 1-0	58	1	9	2	0	0	1	5	1	3	0	65	11	2	1	0	0	0	.155	.234	.190	.424
3	Cubs	26	5/7/2017	CHC	vs	NYY	L 4-5	65	4	11	3	0	1	4	10	1	1	0	76	17	4	0	0	4	1	.169	.289	.262	.551
4	Brewers	26	6/2/2017	MIL	vs	LAD	L 1-2	42	1	5	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	45	11	4	0	0	1	0	.119	.178	.262	.440
5	Braves	26	8/23/2019	ATL	@	NYM	W 2-1	49	2	8	1	0	0	2	5	1	4	0	56	9	1	1	0	1	0	.163	.255	.184	.438
6	Cardinals	25	9/24/2019	STL	@	ARI	L 2-3	69	2	13	1	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	73	20	3	0	0	0	2	.188	.233	.290	.523
7	Brewers	24	5/15/2003	MIL	vs	CHC	L 2-4	57	2	9	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	63	12	1	2	0	0	0	.158	.213	.211	.424
8	Rays	24	9/15/2017	TBR	vs	BOS	L 6-13	57	6	13	0	1	4	6	7	0	1	1	64	27	5	0	0	2	1	.228	.313	.474	.786
9	Cubs	24	6/2/2018	CHC	@	NYM	W 7-1	56	7	17	3	0	1	7	9	0	3	0	66	23	4	1	0	3	1	.304	.400	.411	.811
10	Rockies	24	4/12/2019	COL	@	SFG	L 2-3	62	2	11	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	67	14	2	2	0	1	1	.177	.215	.226	.441
11	Rockies	24	5/14/2019	COL	@	BOS	W 5-4	39	5	6	2	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	41	14	4	0	0	0	0	.154	.195	.359	.554
12	Brewers	24	6/12/2019	MIL	@	HOU	W 6-3	52	6	10	2	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	53	24	6	0	0	0	0	.192	.208	.462	.669
13	Tigers	24	8/17/2019	DET	@	TBR	L 0-1	41	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	42	5	2	0	0	0	1	.073	.095	.122	.217
14	Orioles	23	10/5/1996	BAL	@	CLE	W 4-3	50	4	14	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	1	53	25	5	0	0	1	0	.280	.321	.500	.821
15	Cubs	23	5/31/2003	CHC	vs	HOU	W 1-0	53	1	10	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	58	11	1	1	0	1	1	.189	.246	.208	.453
16	Rays	23	9/25/2016	TBR	vs	BOS	L 2-3	35	2	7	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	40	8	1	0	1	0	1	.200	.275	.229	.504
17	Blue Jays	23	9/5/2017	TOR	@	BOS	L 2-3	65	2	12	3	0	1	2	4	0	1	1	71	18	4	1	1	0	1	.185	.229	.277	.505
18	Rays	23	5/8/2019	TBR	vs	ARI	L 2-3	45	2	8	4	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	52	12	4	0	0	1	1	.178	.288	.267	.555
19	Diamondbacks	23	9/24/2019	ARI	vs	STL	W 3-2	65	3	13	1	1	1	3	9	0	0	1	74	19	3	0	0	3	2	.200	.297	.292	.590
20	Mets	22	5/31/1964	NYM	vs	SFG	L 6-8	85	6	20	1	1	1	6	3	1	0	1	91	26	3	2	0	1	2	.235	.270	.306	.576
21	Reds	22	8/8/1972	CIN	vs	LAD	W 2-1	60	2	8	1	0	0	2	9	1	2	2	71	9	1	1	0	3	1	.133	.257	.150	.407
22	Brewers	22	7/6/2005	MIL	@	FLA	L 4-5	40	4	4	0	0	0	3	5	0	2	0	45	4	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.200	.100	.300
23	Blue Jays	22	8/1/2016	TOR	@	HOU	L 1-2	48	1	6	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	51	10	2	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.208	.385
24	Yankees	22	5/7/2017	NYY	@	CHC	W 5-4	63	5	10	0	1	1	5	5	0	3	0	70	15	2	2	0	0	0	.159	.221	.238	.459
25	Orioles	22	5/8/2019	BAL	vs	BOS	L 1-2	41	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	43	7	2	0	0	0	0	.122	.163	.171	.334

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