most games with 7.0 or fewer innings 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher all-time

Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when pitching 7 innings or fewer and striking out 8+ batters, with 163 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7.0 or fewer innings 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher all-time

	NAME	G	IP	SO	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	163	1041.2	1,561	82	33	.713	163	2.76	1	0	0	803	320	336	134	259	33	0	12	4,177	24	13.49	2.24	6.03	1.16	37.4	6.2	1.02	.305	2.90	6.94
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	157	1030.2	1,546	81	29	.736	155	3.17	0	0	1	833	363	394	106	392	54	2	11	4,288	18	13.50	3.42	3.94	0.93	36.1	9.1	1.19	.332	3.44	7.27
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	130	840.0	1,212	74	21	.779	130	2.51	0	0	0	629	234	254	89	203	20	0	6	3,340	28	12.99	2.18	5.97	0.95	36.3	6.1	0.99	.297	2.72	6.74
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	122	764.2	1,168	64	21	.753	122	2.60	2	1	0	539	221	244	83	179	16	0	1	2,980	24	13.75	2.11	6.53	0.98	39.2	6.0	0.94	.297	2.87	6.34
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	108	678.1	1,059	60	22	.732	108	2.63	0	0	0	525	198	216	66	168	49	0	3	2,743	13	14.05	2.23	6.30	0.88	38.6	6.1	1.02	.328	2.87	6.97
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	108	701.1	1,004	62	22	.738	108	2.25	1	0	0	495	175	197	62	159	14	0	6	2,735	23	12.88	2.04	6.31	0.80	36.7	5.8	0.93	.289	2.53	6.35
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	108	726.1	1,033	51	23	.689	108	2.74	0	0	0	564	221	241	62	208	35	0	6	2,957	26	12.80	2.58	4.97	0.77	34.9	7.0	1.06	.310	2.99	6.99
8	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	108	693.0	994	33	48	.407	108	3.52	0	0	0	544	271	305	52	346	11	0	16	2,961	48	12.91	4.49	2.87	0.68	33.6	11.7	1.28	.316	3.96	7.06
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	106	703.1	946	50	29	.633	106	3.29	0	0	0	603	257	272	50	266	24	0	13	2,950	20	12.11	3.40	3.56	0.64	32.1	9.0	1.24	.332	3.48	7.72
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	103	657.1	973	48	31	.608	103	2.79	0	0	0	470	204	214	86	179	25	0	1	2,621	28	13.32	2.45	5.44	1.18	37.1	6.8	0.99	.283	2.93	6.44
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	97	574.1	906	42	23	.646	97	3.26	0	0	0	443	208	218	81	220	21	0	7	2,372	26	14.20	3.45	4.12	1.27	38.2	9.3	1.15	.316	3.42	6.94
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	97	620.0	958	43	22	.662	97	2.05	0	0	0	412	141	155	55	123	9	0	3	2,367	10	13.91	1.79	7.79	0.80	40.5	5.2	0.86	.292	2.25	5.98
13	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	84	537.2	798	46	14	.767	84	2.58	0	0	0	408	154	169	55	113	26	0	5	2,133	10	13.36	1.89	7.06	0.92	37.4	5.3	0.97	.309	2.83	6.83
14	Charlie Morton C. Morton	84	511.0	777	42	15	.737	84	2.87	0	0	0	381	163	175	48	150	44	0	5	2,082	13	13.68	2.64	5.18	0.85	37.3	7.2	1.04	.313	3.08	6.71
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	82	522.0	724	42	17	.712	82	3.12	0	0	0	465	181	195	57	112	8	0	2	2,125	19	12.48	1.93	6.46	0.98	34.1	5.3	1.11	.333	3.36	8.02
16	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	82	538.0	744	44	20	.688	82	2.51	0	0	0	388	150	158	48	153	16	0	3	2,136	8	12.45	2.56	4.86	0.80	34.8	7.2	1.01	.289	2.64	6.49
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	78	495.2	708	41	17	.707	78	2.85	1	1	0	381	157	168	59	112	17	0	4	1,968	6	12.86	2.03	6.32	1.07	36.0	5.7	0.99	.300	3.05	6.92
18	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	76	503.1	678	35	15	.700	76	2.70	0	0	0	419	151	164	49	116	22	0	10	2,037	9	12.12	2.07	5.84	0.88	33.3	5.7	1.06	.316	2.93	7.49
19	A.J. Burnett	76	476.1	686	27	29	.482	76	3.67	0	0	0	422	194	210	39	199	25	0	5	2,046	35	12.96	3.76	3.45	0.74	33.5	9.7	1.30	.349	3.97	7.97
20	Blake Snell B. Snell	75	448.1	724	44	13	.772	75	1.57	0	0	0	246	78	81	26	151	3	0	1	1,719	30	14.53	3.03	4.79	0.52	42.1	8.8	0.89	.270	1.63	4.94
21	CC Sabathia	73	475.0	660	35	15	.700	73	3.13	1	0	0	441	165	183	46	138	17	0	3	1,989	13	12.51	2.61	4.78	0.87	33.2	6.9	1.22	.350	3.47	8.36
22	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	71	441.1	633	39	16	.709	71	2.57	0	0	0	318	126	137	47	133	11	0	2	1,755	5	12.91	2.71	4.76	0.96	36.1	7.6	1.02	.291	2.79	6.48
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	71	451.0	647	34	13	.723	71	2.24	0	0	0	339	112	128	34	99	18	0	1	1,787	9	12.91	1.98	6.54	0.68	36.2	5.5	0.97	.308	2.55	6.76
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	70	438.2	638	34	19	.642	70	2.42	0	0	0	317	118	131	40	119	21	0	2	1,753	17	13.09	2.44	5.36	0.82	36.4	6.8	0.99	.296	2.69	6.50
25	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	70	467.0	692	37	19	.661	70	3.33	0	0	0	443	173	181	55	99	9	0	6	1,930	6	13.34	1.91	6.99	1.06	35.9	5.1	1.16	.361	3.49	8.54