most strikeouts by a pitcher in a game with 5+ earned runs

Randy Johnson has struck out the most hitters in a game with 5+ earned runs, with 16 strikeouts versus the Brewers on September 27, 2001.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a pitcher in a regular-season game with 5+ earned runs

	NAME	SO	ER	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	16	5	9/27/2001	ARI	vs	MIL	W	1	6.75	0	0	0	6.2	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	30	1
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	15	5	9/16/1981	PHI	@	NYM	L	1	5.63	1	0	0	8.0	8	5	1	4	0	0	0	35	0
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	15	6	4/30/1974	CAL	@	BOS	W	1	6.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	6	2	7	2	0	0	40	0
4	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	15	5	8/30/1973	TEX	vs	MIN	L	1	4.22	0	0	0	10.2	7	5	0	6	0	0	0	44	0
5	Pedro Ramos P. Ramos	15	5	7/31/1963	CLE	vs	LAA	W	1	5.40	0	0	0	8.1	11	5	2	2	0	0	0	38	0
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	15	5	5/6/1960	LAD	vs	PHI	L	1	4.66	0	0	0	9.2	9	5	2	7	0	0	1	47	1
7	Paul Foytack P. Foytack	15	5	7/28/1956	DET	vs	WSH	L	1	5.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	6	2	6	0	0	0	39	0
8	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	15	5	8/23/1924	BKN	@	CHC	W	1	5.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	5	0	5	0	0		39	0
9	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	15	6	5/2/1923	BKN	@	NYG		1	5.40	0	0	0	10.0	15	6	0	4	0	0		47	0
10	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	15	5	7/31/1901	CHO	@	CIN	L	1	3.29	1	0	0	13.2	13	5	0	6	0	0		58	1
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	14	6	6/9/1999	ARI	vs	CHC	W	1	7.71	0	0	0	7.0	10	6	1	3	1	0	0	34	0
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	14	7	6/16/1977	CAL	@	MIN	L	1	7.27	1	0	0	8.2	9	7	1	4	0	0	0	38	2
13	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	13	5	7/15/2023	HOU	@	LAA		1	7.11	0	0	0	6.1	7	5	2	2	0	0	0	28	0
14	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	13	5	4/6/2016	MIA	vs	DET	L	1	7.94	0	0	0	5.2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	23	0
15	Jose Contreras J. Contreras	13	5	6/17/2006	CWS	@	CIN		1	7.50	0	0	0	6.0	7	5	1	2	0	0	1	27	2
16	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	13	5	5/16/2003	SFG	vs	NYM		1	6.75	0	0	0	6.2	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	28	0
17	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	13	5	5/21/2000	ARI	@	NYM		1	6.75	0	0	0	6.2	8	5	3	2	0	0	1	30	0
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	13	5	9/5/1999	ARI	@	ATL		1	6.43	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	29	0
19	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	13	5	8/20/1995	LAD	@	NYM	L	1	6.43	0	0	0	7.0	6	5	3	2	0	0	0	29	0
20	Bobby Witt B. Witt	13	5	5/4/1991	TEX	@	DET		1	5.87	0	0	0	7.2	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	34	1
21	Teddy Higuera T. Higuera	13	5	5/19/1987	MIL	vs	CWS	L	1	5.00	1	0	0	9.0	8	5	3	1	0	0	0	35	0
22	Mike Witt M. Witt	13	5	10/6/1985	CAL	@	TEX	W	1	6.43	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	30	1
23	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	13	5	7/4/1982	PHI	@	NYM	W	1	5.00	1	0	0	9.0	11	7	1	3	0	0	0	42	0
24	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	13	5	4/24/1964	SFG	@	CIN	W	1	5.00	1	0	0	9.0	13	5	1	3	0	0	0	42	1
25	Bill Werle B. Werle	13	6	8/27/1950	PIT	vs	BSN	L	1	4.50	0	0	0	12.0	12	7	4	4	0	0	0	54	1