Who was the last pitcher with 20 Ks in a game?

Max Scherzer becomes the fourth pitcher in MLB history to strike out 20 batters in a nine-inning game, joining Clemens, Wood & Johnson.

Interpreted as:
Who was the last pitcher with 20 or more Ks in a game?
NAME DATE TM OPP DEC SO GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP
1 Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer
5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs. DET vs. DET
W
20
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
6
33
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2 Randy Johnson
Randy Johnson
5/8/2001
ARI ARI
vs. CIN vs. CIN
20
1
0
0
0
0
9.0
3
29
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3 Kerry Wood
Kerry Wood
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs. HOU vs. HOU
W
20
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
1
29
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4 Roger Clemens
Roger Clemens
9/18/1996
BOS BOS
@ DET @ DET
W
20
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
5
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5 Roger Clemens
Roger Clemens
4/29/1986
BOS BOS
vs. SEA vs. SEA
W
20
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
3
30
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
6 Tom Cheney
Tom Cheney
9/12/1962
WSH WSH
@ BAL @ BAL
W
21
1
1
0
0
0
16.0
10
62
1
1
0
4
0
0
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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