most pitcher strikeouts on 5/5 among current players

Max Scherzer has struck out the most career batters by an active pitcher on May 5, with 27 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	27	4	1	2	.333	4	2.88	0	0	0	25.0	19	8	9	1	5	2	0	1	100	1	9.72	1.80	5.40	0.36	27.0	5.0	0.96	.277	3.24	6.84
2	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	26	3	1	1	.500	3	0.95	0	0	0	19.0	11	2	2	2	6	1	0	0	76	2	12.32	2.84	4.33	0.95	34.2	7.9	0.89	.220	0.95	5.21
3	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	23	3	1	0	1.000	3	3.79	0	0	0	19.0	13	8	8	3	6	1	0	1	77	0	10.89	2.84	3.83	1.42	29.9	7.8	1.00	.227	3.79	6.16
4	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	21	2	0	0		2	3.00	0	0	0	12.0	12	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	47	0	15.75	0.00		2.25	44.7	0.0	1.00	.391	3.00	9.00
5	Max Fried M. Fried	20	3	1	2	.333	3	5.00	0	0	0	18.0	16	10	12	5	6	1	0	0	76	0	10.00	3.00	3.33	2.50	26.3	7.9	1.22	.250	6.00	8.00
6	Robbie Ray R. Ray	19	3	0	2	.000	3	4.50	0	0	0	18.0	19	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	75	0	9.50	1.00	9.50	1.50	25.3	2.7	1.17	.314	4.50	9.50
7	Shelby Miller S. Miller	17	4	2	1	.667	2	2.93	1	1	0	15.1	10	5	5	0	8	0	0	1	63	0	9.98	4.70	2.13	0.00	27.0	12.7	1.17	.263	2.93	5.87
8	Michael Fulmer M. Fulmer	16	4	1	1	.500	2	3.68	0	0	1	14.2	20	6	7	2	4	0	1	0	65	0	9.82	2.45	4.00	1.23	24.6	6.2	1.64	.419	4.30	12.27
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	16	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.70	0	0	0	13.1	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	49	0	10.80	2.03	5.33	2.03	32.7	6.1	0.75	.148	2.70	4.72
10	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	15	3	1	0	1.000	3	3.00	0	0	0	18.0	16	6	6	0	7	2	0	0	73	1	7.50	3.50	2.14	0.00	20.5	9.6	1.28	.327	3.00	8.00
11	Logan Webb L. Webb	15	3	0	3	.000	3	12.34	0	0	0	11.2	17	16	17	2	5	1	0	0	59	0	11.57	3.86	3.00	1.54	25.4	8.5	1.89	.417	13.11	13.11
12	Sonny Gray S. Gray	15	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.38	0	0	0	13.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	0	50	0	10.38	2.77	3.75	0.69	30.0	8.0	0.77	.172	1.38	4.15
13	Luis Severino L. Severino	14	3	0	1	.000	3	5.06	0	0	0	16.0	16	9	9	1	12	0	0	0	76	0	7.88	6.75	1.17	0.56	18.4	15.8	1.75	.306	5.06	9.00
14	Hunter Greene H. Greene	14	2	0	2	.000	2	14.04	0	0	0	8.1	16	13	13	7	2	0	0	0	43	1	15.12	2.16	7.00	7.56	32.6	4.7	2.16	.450	14.04	17.28
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	14	2	0	0		2	5.14	0	0	0	14.0	9	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	51	0	9.00	1.93	4.67	1.29	27.5	5.9	0.86	.219	5.14	5.79
16	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	13	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.25	0	0	0	12.0	9	3	5	2	0	1	0	0	47	0	9.75	0.00		1.50	27.7	0.0	0.75	.226	3.75	6.75
17	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	13	2	1	0	1.000	2	4.76	0	0	0	11.1	12	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	46	0	10.32	0.00		1.59	28.3	0.0	1.06	.323	4.76	9.53
18	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	13	2	0	2	.000	2	8.00	0	0	0	9.0	7	8	8	1	9	1	0	0	41	1	13.00	9.00	1.44	1.00	31.7	22.0	1.78	.353	8.00	7.00
19	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	13	3	0	0		3	0.78	0	0	0	23.0	11	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	81	0	5.09	1.17	4.33	0.00	16.0	3.7	0.61	.169	0.78	4.30
20	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	11	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	0	19.80	3.60	5.50	0.00	55.0	10.0	1.00	.429	0.00	5.40
21	Griffin Canning G. Canning	11	2	1	1	.500	2	2.45	0	0	0	11.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	44	0	9.00	1.64	5.50	1.64	25.0	4.5	1.09	.276	2.45	8.18
22	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	11	2	0	1	.000	2	5.40	0	0	0	10.0	14	6	7	4	4	1	0	0	47	0	9.90	3.60	2.75	3.60	23.4	8.5	1.80	.370	6.30	12.60
23	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	11	2	0	1	.000	2	5.91	0	0	0	10.2	13	7	8	2	5	0	0	1	50	0	9.28	4.22	2.20	1.69	22.0	10.0	1.69	.344	6.75	10.97
24	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	10	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	29	0	11.25	1.13	10.00	0.00	34.5	3.4	0.50	.176	0.00	3.38
25	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	10	1	1	0	1.000	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	25	0	12.86	1.29	10.00	1.29	40.0	4.0	0.71	.231	1.29	5.14

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	78	51	.605
Padres	69	60	.535	9.0
Diamondbacks	68	61	.527	10.0
Giants	52	76	.406	25.5
Rockies	50	78	.391	27.5

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Sat 8/22	CIN	@	AZ	8:10 PM
Sun 8/23	CIN	@	AZ	4:15 PM
Mon 8/24	CHC	@	AZ	9:40 PM
Tue 8/25	CHC	@	AZ	9:40 PM
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Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

96

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Lopez

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OBP Leaders

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Nuñez

35

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Strikeout Leaders

216

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Braves	75	54	.581
Phillies	71	58	.550	4.0
Marlins	65	64	.504	10.0
Nationals	61	69	.469	14.5
Mets	58	71	.450	17.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	80	49	.620
Cubs	74	55	.574	6.0
Cardinals	66	64	.508	14.5
Pirates	63	67	.485	17.5
Reds	61	68	.473	19.0
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Dodgers	78	51	.605
Padres	69	60	.535	9.0
Diamondbacks	68	61	.527	10.0
Giants	52	76	.406	25.5
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Red Sox	69	59	.539	7.0
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Guardians	63	66	.488	4.5
Tigers	61	67	.477	6.0
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Astros	65	64	.504
Rangers	64	65	.496	1.0
Mariners	61	68	.473	4.0
Angels	51	78	.395	14.0
Athletics	49	80	.380	16.0