most pitcher strikeouts on 5/6 among current players

Max Scherzer has struck out the most career hitters by an active pitcher on May 6, with 42 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	42	4	1	1	.500	4	5.18	0	0	0	24.1	28	14	15	5	6	1	0	1	108	0	15.53	2.22	7.00	1.85	38.9	5.6	1.40	.426	5.55	10.36
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	33	4	1	0	1.000	4	2.39	0	0	0	26.1	22	7	7	2	8	3	0	0	111	1	11.28	2.73	4.13	0.68	29.7	7.2	1.14	.308	2.39	7.52
3	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	32	4	3	0	1.000	4	1.53	1	1	0	29.1	16	5	6	2	2	0	0	0	104	1	9.82	0.61	16.00	0.61	30.8	1.9	0.61	.206	1.84	4.91
4	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	29	5	3	1	.750	5	3.16	0	0	0	31.1	26	11	11	2	7	1	0	0	125	1	8.33	2.01	4.14	0.57	23.2	5.6	1.05	.279	3.16	7.47
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	25	4	1	1	.500	4	3.55	0	0	0	25.1	22	10	10	6	4	0	0	1	98	1	8.88	1.42	6.25	2.13	25.5	4.1	1.03	.254	3.55	7.82
6	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	19	3	1	2	.333	3	1.93	0	0	0	18.2	15	4	5	1	3	0	0	0	73	0	9.16	1.45	6.33	0.48	26.0	4.1	0.96	.280	2.41	7.23
7	Spencer Strider S. Strider	18	2	0	0		1	2.00	0	0	0	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	51.4	0.0	0.89	.471	2.00	8.00
8	Pablo López P. López	17	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.90	0	0	0	10.0	5	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	41	0	15.30	2.70	5.67	0.00	41.5	7.3	0.80	.263	1.80	4.50
9	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	16	2	0	2	.000	2	3.27	0	0	0	11.0	9	4	6	1	2	1	0	0	44	0	13.09	1.64	8.00	0.82	36.4	4.5	1.00	.333	4.91	7.36
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	16	2	1	1	.500	2	1.93	0	0	0	14.0	10	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	55	1	10.29	1.29	8.00	0.64	29.1	3.6	0.86	.257	1.93	6.43
11	Blake Snell B. Snell	15	2	1	1	.500	2	1.50	0	0	0	12.0	2	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	42	0	11.25	2.25	5.00	0.75	35.7	7.1	0.42	.045	1.50	1.50
12	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	13	2	1	1	.500	2	1.29	0	0	0	14.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	51	0	8.36	2.57	3.25	0.00	25.5	7.8	0.64	.147	1.29	3.21
13	Colin Rea C. Rea	13	3	0	1	.000	3	4.41	0	0	0	16.1	18	8	10	3	6	0	0	0	71	0	7.16	3.31	2.17	1.65	18.3	8.5	1.47	.306	5.51	9.92
14	Jakob Junis J. Junis	13	3	1	1	.500	2	4.40	0	0	0	14.1	18	7	7	4	3	1	0	0	63	0	8.16	1.88	4.33	2.51	20.6	4.8	1.47	.333	4.40	11.30
15	Eric Lauer E. Lauer	13	3	2	0	1.000	2	0.71	0	0	0	12.2	9	1	2	1	4	0	1	0	51	1	9.24	2.84	3.25	0.71	25.5	7.8	1.03	.242	1.42	6.39
16	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	12	2	0	0		2	2.00	0	0	0	9.0	3	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	35	0	12.00	4.00	3.00	1.00	34.3	11.4	0.78	.111	2.00	3.00
17	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	12	2	1	0	1.000	2	4.91	0	0	0	11.0	11	6	6	3	0	1	0	0	44	0	9.82	0.00		2.45	27.3	0.0	1.00	.286	4.91	9.00
18	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	11	1	0	1	.000	1	1.35	0	0	0	6.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	24	0	14.85	2.70	5.50	1.35	45.8	8.3	0.60	.100	1.35	2.70
19	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	11	2	0	1	.000	2	3.27	0	0	0	11.0	8	4	5	1	5	1	0	0	45	0	9.00	4.09	2.20	0.82	24.4	11.1	1.18	.259	4.09	6.55
20	Brady Singer B. Singer	10	2	0	1	.000	2	8.10	0	0	0	10.0	12	9	9	2	4	3	0	0	48	0	9.00	3.60	2.50	1.80	20.8	8.3	1.60	.345	8.10	10.80
21	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	10	2	0	1	.000	2	4.66	0	0	0	9.2	9	5	6	1	8	0	0	0	43	0	9.31	7.45	1.25	0.93	23.3	18.6	1.76	.333	5.59	8.38
22	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	10	2	1	1	.500	2	5.68	0	0	0	12.2	14	8	8	1	5	1	0	0	56	0	7.11	3.55	2.00	0.71	17.9	8.9	1.50	.333	5.68	9.95
23	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.59	0	0	0	11.1	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	44	0	7.94	0.79	10.00	0.00	22.7	2.3	0.97	.303	1.59	7.94
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	10	5	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	1	5.0	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	22	2	18.00	1.80	10.00	0.00	45.5	4.5	1.20	.455	1.80	9.00
25	Bryan Woo B. Woo	9	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	0	13.50	3.00	4.50	0.00	42.9	9.5	0.50	.100	0.00	1.50

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Braves	75	54	.581
Phillies	70	58	.547	4.5
Marlins	64	64	.500	10.5
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Fri 8/21	WSH	@	MIA	7:10 PM
Sat 8/22	WSH	@	MIA	4:10 PM
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Braves	75	54	.581
Phillies	70	58	.547	4.5
Marlins	64	64	.500	10.5
Nationals	61	68	.473	14.0
Mets	58	70	.453	16.5
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Brewers	80	49	.620
Cubs	74	54	.578	5.5
Cardinals	66	63	.512	14.0
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Astros	64	64	.500
Rangers	63	65	.492	1.0
Mariners	60	68	.469	4.0
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