which pitcher has the most strikeouts versus the cubs 2026

Paul Skenes has struck out the most hitters against the Cubs this season, with 21 strikeouts.

	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	21	2026	PIT	2	0	2	.000	2	5.06	0	0	0	10.2	10	6	8	0	5	1	0	0	48	0	17.72	4.22	4.20	0.00	43.8	10.4	1.41	.476	6.75	8.44
2	Kyle Harrison K. Harrison	20	2026	MIL	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.50	0	0	0	12.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	42	0	15.00	1.50	10.00	0.75	47.6	4.8	0.58	.211	1.50	3.75
3	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	19	2026	PIT	3	2	0	1.000	3	3.12	0	0	0	17.1	18	6	6	0	4	2	0	0	75	0	9.87	2.08	4.75	0.00	25.3	5.3	1.27	.360	3.12	9.35
4	Matthew Liberatore M. Liberatore	18	2026	STL	4	1	3	.250	4	3.72	0	0	0	19.1	17	8	9	1	6	3	0	0	81	0	8.38	2.79	3.00	0.47	22.2	7.4	1.19	.302	4.19	7.91
5	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	16	2026	MIL	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.75	0	0	0	12.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	45	2	12.00	3.75	3.20	0.75	35.6	11.1	0.83	.174	0.75	3.75
6	Hunter Dobbins H. Dobbins	15	2026	STL	3	1	0	1.000	1	4.50	0	0	1	14.0	13	7	7	3	5	0	2	0	60	0	9.64	3.21	3.00	1.93	25.0	8.3	1.29	.270	4.50	8.36
7	Cade Cavalli C. Cavalli	15	2026	WSH	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.54	0	0	0	11.2	4	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	43	1	11.57	3.86	3.00	0.00	34.9	11.6	0.77	.174	2.31	3.09
8	Hunter Greene H. Greene	12	2026	CIN	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	0	15.43	1.29	12.00	0.00	48.0	4.0	0.57	.250	0.00	3.86
9	Michael Lorenzen M. Lorenzen	12	2026	COL	2	0	0		2	1.80	0	0	0	10.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	41	0	10.80	2.70	4.00	0.90	29.3	7.3	1.00	.250	1.80	6.30
10	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	12	2026	PHI	2	1	0	1.000	2	6.35	0	0	0	11.1	18	8	8	3	5	0	0	0	56	0	9.53	3.97	2.40	2.38	21.4	8.9	2.03	.417	6.35	14.29
11	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	11	2026	PIT	5	1	0	1.000	0	3.38	0	0	1	5.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	20	1	18.56	1.69	11.00	1.69	55.0	5.0	0.75	.286	3.38	5.06
12	Jake Irvin J. Irvin	11	2026	WSH	2	1	1	.500	2	7.56	0	0	0	8.1	7	7	7	3	3	1	0	0	38	0	11.88	3.24	3.67	3.24	28.9	7.9	1.20	.200	7.56	7.56
13	Dylan Cease D. Cease	10	2026	TOR	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	1	12.86	1.29	10.00	0.00	41.7	4.2	0.43	.154	0.00	2.57
14	Ryan Feltner R. Feltner	10	2026	COL	2	0	1	.000	2	8.00	0	0	0	9.0	10	8	8	2	6	0	0	0	43	1	10.00	6.00	1.67	2.00	23.3	14.0	1.78	.320	8.00	10.00
15	Trevor McDonald T. McDonald	10	2026	SFG	2	0	1	.000	2	5.19	0	0	0	8.2	10	5	5	1	6	1	0	0	41	2	10.38	6.23	1.67	1.04	24.4	14.6	1.85	.391	5.19	10.38
16	Landen Roupp L. Roupp	10	2026	SFG	2	0	1	.000	2	4.35	0	0	0	10.1	7	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	42	0	8.71	4.35	2.00	0.87	23.8	11.9	1.16	.231	4.35	6.10
17	Kyle Leahy K. Leahy	10	2026	STL	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.96	0	0	0	9.1	9	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	41	0	9.64	1.93	5.00	0.00	24.4	4.9	1.18	.333	0.96	8.68
18	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10	2026	TEX	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	12.86	0.00		0.00	41.7	0.0	0.43	.214	0.00	3.86
19	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	10	2026	SDP	2	0	1	.000	2	11.42	0	0	0	8.2	10	11	11	3	7	1	0	1	45	2	10.38	7.27	1.43	3.12	22.2	15.6	1.96	.292	11.42	10.38
20	Justin Wrobleski J. Wrobleski	10	2026	LAD	2	1	1	.500	2	6.10	0	0	0	10.1	11	7	7	4	7	1	0	0	50	1	8.71	6.10	1.43	3.48	20.0	14.0	1.74	.250	6.10	9.58
21	Emmet Sheehan E. Sheehan	10	2026	LAD	1	0	0		1	1.42	0	0	0	6.1	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	24	0	14.21	1.42	10.00	0.00	41.7	4.2	0.79	.333	1.42	5.68
22	Aaron Nola A. Nola	10	2026	PHI	2	0	1	.000	2	7.71	0	0	0	9.1	14	8	8	1	6	0	0	0	45	0	9.64	5.79	1.67	0.96	22.2	13.3	2.14	.464	7.71	13.50
23	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	9	2026	AZ	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	26	0	11.57	3.86	3.00	0.00	34.6	11.5	0.71	.143	0.00	2.57
24	Nolan McLean N. McLean	9	2026	NYM	1	0	1	.000	1	9.00	0	0	0	6.0	7	6	6	2	2	2	0	0	28	0	13.50	3.00	4.50	3.00	32.1	7.1	1.50	.385	9.00	10.50
25	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	9	2026	AZ	2	0	2	.000	2	8.10	0	0	0	10.0	13	9	9	1	6	0	0	0	49	0	8.10	5.40	1.50	0.90	18.4	12.2	1.90	.364	8.10	11.70

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Cardinals	68	70	.493	17.5
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Tue 9/1	SFG	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 9/2	SFG	@	PIT	6:40 PM
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Fri 9/4	LAA	@	PIT	6:45 PM
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Paul Skenes has struck out the most hitters against the Cubs this season, with 21 strikeouts.

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