which pitcher has the most 9 or more strikeout games since 2008

Since 2008, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 168 games.

Interpreted as:

Which pitcher has the most 9 or more strikeout regular-season games since 2008?

	NAME	G	SO	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	168	1,750	96	26	.787	168	2.16	11	4	0	1164.1	749	280	298	121	223	35	0	11	4,453	21	13.53	1.72	7.85	0.94	39.3	5.0	0.83	.270	2.30	5.79
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	121	1,244	79	21	.790	121	1.78	15	8	0	870.2	546	172	190	60	146	14	0	3	3,263	25	12.86	1.51	8.52	0.62	38.1	4.5	0.79	.270	1.96	5.64
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	120	1,299	64	25	.719	120	1.94	10	2	0	839.2	530	181	204	62	158	45	0	3	3,226	18	13.92	1.69	8.22	0.66	40.3	4.9	0.82	.282	2.19	5.68
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	109	1,134	71	10	.877	109	2.06	10	5	0	760.0	482	174	189	72	138	22	0	4	2,905	24	13.43	1.63	8.22	0.85	39.0	4.8	0.82	.266	2.24	5.71
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	88	942	53	10	.841	88	2.12	5	4	0	580.2	363	137	156	58	105	10	0	1	2,196	19	14.60	1.63	8.97	0.90	42.9	4.8	0.81	.282	2.42	5.63
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	88	903	45	23	.662	88	2.21	1	1	0	598.2	377	147	151	63	140	19	0	1	2,302	21	13.58	2.10	6.45	0.95	39.2	6.1	0.86	.267	2.27	5.67
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	87	917	42	19	.689	87	1.83	2	1	0	585.2	376	119	136	46	105	4	0	5	2,210	14	14.09	1.61	8.73	0.71	41.5	4.8	0.82	.290	2.09	5.78
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	72	749	46	9	.836	72	2.25	1	1	0	488.1	332	122	132	45	83	21	0	3	1,875	9	13.80	1.53	9.02	0.83	39.9	4.4	0.85	.294	2.43	6.12
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	67	671	39	10	.796	67	1.54	10	5	0	502.2	314	86	95	21	98	14	0	0	1,903	30	12.01	1.75	6.85	0.38	35.3	5.1	0.82	.267	1.70	5.62
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	63	616	35	13	.729	63	2.03	3	3	0	426.2	284	96	106	38	79	14	0	2	1,643	3	12.99	1.67	7.80	0.80	37.5	4.8	0.85	.275	2.24	5.99
11	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	63	675	43	6	.878	63	1.80	9	4	0	475.0	293	95	104	36	76	15	0	2	1,778	6	12.79	1.44	8.88	0.68	38.0	4.3	0.78	.263	1.97	5.55
12	David Price D. Price	63	646	38	14	.731	63	2.18	6	1	0	458.0	341	111	121	36	79	7	0	1	1,782	7	12.69	1.55	8.18	0.71	36.3	4.4	0.92	.301	2.38	6.70
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	63	624	41	8	.837	63	2.28	5	3	0	435.0	328	110	120	39	68	5	0	2	1,681	11	12.91	1.41	9.18	0.81	37.1	4.0	0.91	.306	2.48	6.79
14	Robbie Ray R. Ray	62	635	33	11	.750	62	2.90	1	1	0	384.2	276	124	133	56	116	12	0	3	1,542	14	14.86	2.71	5.47	1.31	41.2	7.5	1.02	.304	3.11	6.46
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	62	627	41	7	.854	62	1.75	8	5	0	448.2	279	87	94	30	63	14	0	4	1,670	8	12.58	1.26	9.95	0.60	37.5	3.8	0.76	.266	1.89	5.60
16	Blake Snell B. Snell	55	571	34	7	.829	55	1.15	1	1	0	344.2	169	44	46	18	99	2	0	1	1,279	23	14.91	2.59	5.77	0.47	44.6	7.7	0.78	.256	1.20	4.41
17	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	54	560	29	7	.806	54	2.01	2	1	0	372.0	218	83	92	35	106	16	0	2	1,437	14	13.55	2.56	5.28	0.85	39.0	7.4	0.87	.254	2.23	5.27
18	Jon Lester J. Lester	54	543	35	6	.854	54	1.72	7	1	0	382.2	245	73	83	15	100	8	0	2	1,469	14	12.77	2.35	5.43	0.35	37.0	6.8	0.90	.286	1.95	5.76
19	CC Sabathia	54	534	41	5	.891	54	1.94	11	4	0	403.2	320	87	98	25	88	11	0	2	1,596	5	11.91	1.96	6.07	0.56	33.5	5.5	1.01	.314	2.18	7.13
20	Charlie Morton C. Morton	52	520	27	10	.730	52	2.65	0	0	0	330.0	222	97	101	29	85	27	0	1	1,311	7	14.18	2.32	6.12	0.79	39.7	6.5	0.93	.297	2.75	6.05
21	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	50	501	30	9	.769	50	1.85	3	2	0	360.2	256	74	81	32	61	12	0	3	1,379	2	12.50	1.52	8.21	0.80	36.3	4.4	0.88	.290	2.02	6.39
22	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	50	528	30	6	.833	50	1.69	4	2	0	362.0	245	68	72	18	102	11	0	1	1,417	20	13.13	2.54	5.18	0.45	37.3	7.2	0.96	.299	1.79	6.09
23	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	49	483	24	8	.750	49	1.92	1	1	0	318.0	224	68	74	32	55	1	0	0	1,218	4	13.67	1.56	8.78	0.91	39.7	4.5	0.88	.297	2.09	6.34
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	49	487	30	10	.750	49	1.80	1	1	0	319.2	203	64	70	20	82	12	0	3	1,249	17	13.71	2.31	5.94	0.56	39.0	6.6	0.89	.282	1.97	5.72
25	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	47	472	26	6	.813	47	1.83	1	1	0	319.1	207	65	75	21	49	9	0	0	1,217	8	13.30	1.38	9.63	0.59	38.8	4.0	0.80	.279	2.11	5.83