dennis eckersly most strikeouts in a playoff game

Dennis Eckersley fanned his most batters in a postseason game in Game 1 of the 1988 ALCS against the Red Sox, with 3 strikeouts.

		NAME	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	3	10/5/1988	OAK	@	BOS		0	0.00	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
2		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2	10/13/1996	STL	vs	ATL	W	0	0.00	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
3		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2	10/7/1990	OAK	@	BOS		0	0.00	0	0	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
4		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2	10/8/1988	OAK	vs	BOS		0	0.00	0	0	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
5		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/2/1998	BOS	vs	CLE		0	9.00	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
6		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/12/1996	STL	vs	ATL		0	0.00	0	0	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
7		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/10/1996	STL	@	ATL		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
8		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/3/1996	STL	vs	SDP		0	0.00	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
9		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/1/1996	STL	vs	SDP		0	0.00	0	0	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
10		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/11/1992	OAK	vs	TOR		0	10.80	0	0	0	1.2	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	0
11		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/10/1992	OAK	vs	TOR		0	0.00	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
12		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/16/1990	OAK	@	CIN		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
13		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/9/1990	OAK	vs	BOS		0	0.00	0	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
14		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/8/1989	OAK	@	TOR		0	9.00	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
15		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/7/1989	OAK	@	TOR		0	0.00	0	0	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
16		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/19/1988	OAK	vs	LAD		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1	10/15/1988	OAK	@	LAD	L	0	27.00	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.

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