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 169 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	169	1,761	96	27	.780	169	2.17	11	4	0	1171.1	752	283	301	122	223	35	0	11	4,477	21	13.53	1.71	7.90	0.94	39.3	5.0	0.83	.270	2.31	5.78
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	127	1,365	66	27	.710	126	1.92	10	2	0	884.0	559	189	212	64	168	47	0	3	3,395	19	13.90	1.71	8.13	0.65	40.2	4.9	0.82	.283	2.16	5.69
3	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
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	110	1,144	72	10	.878	110	2.05	10	5	0	765.0	485	174	189	72	142	22	0	4	2,927	24	13.46	1.67	8.06	0.85	39.1	4.9	0.82	.267	2.22	5.71
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	89	935	43	19	.694	89	1.83	2	1	0	598.2	382	122	139	48	107	4	0	5	2,257	14	14.06	1.61	8.74	0.72	41.4	4.7	0.82	.287	2.09	5.74
6	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
7	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
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	Robbie Ray R. Ray	64	653	34	12	.739	64	2.87	1	1	0	398.2	282	127	136	57	120	12	0	3	1,592	15	14.74	2.71	5.44	1.29	41.0	7.5	1.01	.300	3.07	6.37
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	64	625	36	13	.735	64	2.01	3	3	0	434.2	286	97	107	39	79	14	0	2	1,669	3	12.94	1.64	7.91	0.81	37.4	4.7	0.84	.271	2.22	5.92
12	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
13	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
14	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
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	58	604	37	7	.841	58	1.09	1	1	0	362.2	176	44	46	18	106	2	0	1	1,347	23	14.99	2.63	5.70	0.45	44.8	7.9	0.78	.256	1.14	4.37
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	Charlie Morton C. Morton	54	540	28	11	.718	54	2.73	0	0	0	339.1	234	103	107	31	87	28	0	1	1,354	7	14.32	2.31	6.21	0.82	39.9	6.4	0.95	.304	2.84	6.21
19	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
20	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
21	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	53	520	26	8	.765	53	1.82	2	2	0	345.2	237	70	76	33	60	1	0	0	1,319	4	13.54	1.56	8.67	0.86	39.4	4.5	0.86	.289	1.98	6.17
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	52	523	29	7	.806	52	1.83	2	1	0	354.1	234	72	84	26	49	11	0	0	1,348	8	13.28	1.24	10.67	0.66	38.8	3.6	0.80	.281	2.13	5.94
23	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
24	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
25	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

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