which pitchers lead in strikeouts last 6 games

Chris Sale has struck out the most batters in his last 6 games, with 54 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	54	6	3	3	.500	6	2.08	1	1	0	39.0	30	9	9	0	3	3	0	0	150	0	12.46	0.69	18.00	0.00	36.0	2.0	0.85	.333	2.08	6.92
2	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	51	6	3	0	1.000	6	2.43	0	0	0	40.2	27	11	13	3	12	1	0	0	161	3	11.29	2.66	4.25	0.66	31.7	7.5	0.96	.255	2.88	5.98
3	Dylan Cease D. Cease	50	6	2	0	1.000	6	1.95	0	0	0	37.0	18	8	8	3	17	0	0	0	144	2	12.16	4.14	2.94	0.73	34.7	11.8	0.95	.203	1.95	4.38
4	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	49	6	4	1	.800	6	2.25	0	0	0	36.0	18	9	9	4	7	1	0	0	132	0	12.25	1.75	7.00	1.00	37.1	5.3	0.69	.197	2.25	4.50
5	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	49	6	4	1	.800	6	2.21	0	0	0	40.2	33	10	11	2	13	1	0	2	164	2	10.84	2.88	3.77	0.44	29.9	7.9	1.13	.313	2.43	7.30
6	Gavin Williams G. Williams	48	6	2	2	.500	6	4.85	0	0	0	29.2	24	16	16	7	12	0	0	0	124	3	14.56	3.64	4.00	2.12	38.7	9.7	1.21	.298	4.85	7.28
7	Spencer Schwellenbach S. Schwellenbach	48	6	4	0	1.000	6	2.55	1	0	0	42.1	29	12	13	4	6	0	0	0	158	1	10.20	1.28	8.00	0.85	30.4	3.8	0.83	.250	2.76	6.17
8	Cade Cavalli C. Cavalli	47	6	4	1	.800	6	1.75	0	0	0	36.0	22	7	8	7	10	1	0	0	137	1	11.75	2.50	4.70	1.75	34.3	7.3	0.89	.208	2.00	5.50
9	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	46	6	3	2	.600	6	3.55	0	0	0	38.0	36	15	18	9	15	0	0	1	164	0	10.89	3.55	3.07	2.13	28.0	9.1	1.34	.287	4.26	8.53
10	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	45	6	3	0	1.000	6	1.72	0	0	0	36.2	31	7	7	2	11	1	0	0	148	1	11.05	2.70	4.09	0.49	30.4	7.4	1.15	.326	1.72	7.61
11	Payton Tolle P. Tolle	45	6	3	0	1.000	6	2.52	0	0	0	35.2	28	10	10	5	9	0	0	1	138	0	11.36	2.27	5.00	1.26	32.6	6.5	1.04	.291	2.52	7.07
12	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	44	6	2	0	1.000	6	2.16	0	0	0	33.1	21	8	8	2	17	1	0	0	136	0	11.88	4.59	2.59	0.54	32.4	12.5	1.14	.264	2.16	5.67
13	Chase Burns C. Burns	43	6	3	2	.600	6	4.13	0	0	0	32.2	33	15	16	2	9	1	0	0	137	1	11.85	2.48	4.78	0.55	31.4	6.6	1.29	.378	4.41	9.09
14	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	43	6	1	2	.333	6	3.19	0	0	0	36.2	28	13	14	2	8	1	0	0	146	0	10.55	1.96	5.38	0.49	29.5	5.5	0.98	.283	3.44	6.87
15	Jacob Lopez J. Lopez	43	6	0	0		6	2.36	0	0	0	34.1	27	9	11	4	10	1	0	0	139	1	11.27	2.62	4.30	1.05	30.9	7.2	1.08	.284	2.88	7.08
16	Ian Seymour I. Seymour	42	6	3	2	.600	4	3.24	0	0	0	33.1	33	12	13	7	5	0	1	0	140	0	11.34	1.35	8.40	1.89	30.0	3.6	1.14	.302	3.51	8.91
17	Griffin Jax G. Jax	42	6	2	4	.333	6	3.98	0	0	0	31.2	25	14	17	3	10	1	0	0	131	1	11.94	2.84	4.20	0.85	32.1	7.6	1.11	.293	4.83	7.11
18	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	42	6	2	1	.667	6	2.51	0	0	0	32.1	24	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	127	0	11.69	1.11	10.50	1.11	33.1	3.1	0.87	.263	2.51	6.68
19	J.R. Richard	42	6	4	1	.800	6	2.02	2	2	0	35.2	19	8	8	2	12	0	0	0	138	0	10.60	3.03	3.50	0.50	30.4	8.7	0.87	.207	2.02	4.79
20	Matthew Liberatore M. Liberatore	41	6	0	5	.000	6	5.91	0	0	0	32.0	30	21	22	6	7	1	0	0	133	1	11.53	1.97	5.86	1.69	30.8	5.3	1.16	.308	6.19	8.44
21	Tyler Mahle T. Mahle	41	6	2	1	.667	6	2.50	0	0	0	36.0	29	10	10	4	7	2	0	0	142	0	10.25	1.75	5.86	1.00	28.9	4.9	1.00	.284	2.50	7.25
22	Aaron Nola A. Nola	41	6	2	2	.500	6	2.60	0	0	0	34.2	30	10	10	7	13	0	0	0	141	0	10.64	3.38	3.15	1.82	29.1	9.2	1.24	.288	2.60	7.79
23	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	41	6	4	2	.667	6	1.26	5	0	0	50.0	31	7	12	1	12	0	0	2	195	0	7.38	2.16	3.42	0.18	21.0	6.2	0.86	.213	2.16	5.58
24	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	40	6	0	2	.000	6	4.96	0	0	0	32.2	31	18	18	3	17	1	0	0	146	1	11.02	4.68	2.35	0.83	27.4	11.6	1.47	.329	4.96	8.54
25	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	40	6	2	2	.500	6	1.88	0	0	0	38.1	25	8	8	3	11	3	0	0	152	0	9.39	2.58	3.64	0.70	26.3	7.2	0.94	.232	1.88	5.87

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Team Batting Leaders

37

Olson

RBI

79

Olson

AVG

.295

Harris

Team Pitching Leaders

13

Sale

177

Sale

ERA

2.06

Sale

Team Rankings

173

7th

636

8th

1,162

12th

ERA

3.55

3rd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	82	55	.599
Phillies	77	60	.562	5.0
Marlins	69	68	.504	13.0
Nationals	65	74	.468	18.0
Mets	61	76	.445	21.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/31	SFG	@	ATL	6:05 PM
Tue 9/1	ATL	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 9/2	ATL	@	WSH	1:05 PM
Fri 9/4	ATL	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Sat 9/5	ATL	@	PHI	6:05 PM

Last Game

Rockies

52 - 85

Final

Braves

82 - 55

Sun 30 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

38

Crow-Armstrong

37

Caminero

RBI Leaders

105

Stewart

100

Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.317

Alvarez

.317

Arraez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

163

Lopez

163

Arraez

157

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

99

Crow-Armstrong

93

Olson

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

.577

Crow-Armstrong

.554

García

SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

37

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

222

Misiorowski

217

Cease

204

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.73

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.09

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.23

Misiorowski

12.99

Cease

11.77

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

6.32

Sale

5.52

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,231.2

Ohtani

1,985.3

Crow-Armstrong

1,810.5

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,568.6

Ohtani

1,506

Crow-Armstrong

1,357

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78-59

79-60

76-62

74-62

75-63

Worst Record ATS

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55-82

58-79

59-78

62-75

63-74

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	82	55	.599
Phillies	77	60	.562	5.0
Marlins	69	68	.504	13.0
Nationals	65	74	.468	18.0
Mets	61	76	.445	21.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	85	52	.620
Cubs	77	60	.562	8.0
Cardinals	68	70	.493	17.5
Pirates	67	71	.486	18.5
Reds	65	72	.474	20.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	82	55	.599
Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.5
Padres	72	65	.526	10.0
Giants	56	81	.409	26.0
Rockies	52	85	.380	30.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	82	54	.603
Yankees	78	59	.569	4.5
Red Sox	74	63	.540	8.5
Orioles	68	69	.496	14.5
Blue Jays	68	70	.493	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	72	64	.529
Guardians	69	68	.504	3.5
Twins	65	72	.474	7.5
Tigers	63	73	.463	9.0
Royals	62	76	.449	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	69	68	.504
Rangers	67	70	.489	2.0
Mariners	64	73	.467	5.0
Athletics	53	84	.387	16.0
Angels	52	85	.380	17.0