who had most 5 strikeout games in mlb history as a hitter

Sammy Sosa had the most games with 5+ strikeouts, with 4 games.

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	NAME	G	SO	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	4	20	24	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	24	7	2	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.292	.417
2	Aaron Judge A. Judge	3	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
3	Javier Báez J. Báez	3	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
4	Ray Lankford R. Lankford	3	15	20	1	4	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	23	7	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.304	.350	.654
5	Jake Burger J. Burger	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
6	Ryan McMahon R. McMahon	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
7	Matt Chapman M. Chapman	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
8	Brandon Lowe B. Lowe	2	10	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182
9	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	2	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
10	J.D. Martinez	2	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
11	Chris Davis C. Davis	2	10	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
12	Andruw Jones A. Jones	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
13	Alex Rios A. Rios	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
14	Mark Teixeira M. Teixeira	2	10	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154
15	Richie Sexson R. Sexson	2	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
16	Jim Thome J. Thome	2	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.071	.000	.071
17	Ron Swoboda R. Swoboda	2	10	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
18	George Scott G. Scott	2	10	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258
19	Deron Johnson D. Johnson	2	10	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
20	Dick Allen D. Allen	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
21	Rece Hinds R. Hinds	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
22	Spencer Jones S. Jones	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
23	Gabriel Arias G. Arias	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
24	Ezequiel Tovar E. Tovar	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
25	Kyle Schwarber K. Schwarber	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

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