highest game score by a pitcher in the wild card round

Jake Arrieta and Madison Bumgarner are tied for the highest Game Score in a Wild Card playoff game, with a Game Score of 88.

NAME GSC DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
88
10/7/2015
2015
NL Wild Card
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
32
0
2 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
88
10/1/2014
2014
NL Wild Card
SFG SFG
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
10
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
3 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
83
10/5/2016
2016
NL Wild Card
SFG SFG
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
32
0
4 Noah Syndergaard
N. Syndergaard
80
10/5/2016
2016
NL Wild Card
NYM NYM
vs
SFG SFG
1
0.00
10
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
25
0
5 Dallas Keuchel
D. Keuchel
72
10/6/2015
2015
AL Wild Card
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
7
0
0
0
6.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
6 Kyle Freeland
K. Freeland
71
10/2/2018
2018
NL Wild Card
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
1
0.00
6
0
0
0
6.2
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
7 Francisco Liriano
F. Liriano
69
10/1/2013
2013
NL Wild Card
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
1.29
5
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
26
0
8 Jon Lester
J. Lester
68
10/2/2018
2018
NL Wild Card
CHC CHC
vs
COL COL
1
1.50
9
0
0
0
6.0
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
23
0
9 Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
64
10/5/2021
2021
AL Wild Card
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.69
8
0
0
0
5.1
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
20
0
10 Marcus Stroman
M. Stroman
62
10/4/2016
2016
AL Wild Card
TOR TOR
vs
BAL BAL
1
3.00
6
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
22
0
11 Alex Cobb
A. Cobb
62
10/2/2013
2013
AL Wild Card
TBR TBR
@
CLE CLE
W
1
0.00
5
0
0
0
6.2
8
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
12 Luis Severino
L. Severino
61
10/3/2018
2018
AL Wild Card
NYY NYY
vs
OAK OAK
1
0.00
7
0
0
0
4.0
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
19
0
13 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
61
10/5/2012
2012
AL Wild Card
TEX TEX
vs
BAL BAL
L
1
2.70
7
0
0
0
6.2
5
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
27
0
14 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
59
10/6/2021
2021
NL Wild Card
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
1
1.69
5
0
0
0
5.1
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
21
0
15 Brandon Woodruff
B. Woodruff
57
10/1/2019
2019
NL Wild Card
MIL MIL
@
WSH WSH
1
2.25
3
0
0
0
4.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
14
0
16 Kris Medlen
K. Medlen
57
10/5/2012
2012
NL Wild Card
ATL ATL
vs
STL STL
L
1
2.84
4
0
0
0
6.1
3
2
5
1
0
1
0
0
25
0
17 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
56
10/2/2019
2019
AL Wild Card
TBR TBR
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
4
0
0
0
5.0
5
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
22
0
18 Joe Saunders
J. Saunders
56
10/5/2012
2012
AL Wild Card
BAL BAL
@
TEX TEX
W
1
1.59
4
0
0
0
5.2
6
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
19 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
54
10/6/2021
2021
NL Wild Card
LAD LAD
vs
STL STL
1
2.08
4
0
0
0
4.1
3
1
1
0
3
1
0
0
21
1
20 Kyle Lohse
K. Lohse
54
10/5/2012
2012
NL Wild Card
STL STL
@
ATL ATL
W
1
3.18
6
0
0
0
5.2
6
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
24
0
21 Masahiro Tanaka
M. Tanaka
51
10/6/2015
2015
AL Wild Card
NYY NYY
vs
HOU HOU
L
1
3.60
3
0
0
0
5.0
4
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
21
0
22 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
50
10/1/2019
2019
NL Wild Card
WSH WSH
vs
MIL MIL
1
5.40
6
0
0
0
5.0
4
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
22
0
23 Chris Tillman
C. Tillman
50
10/4/2016
2016
AL Wild Card
BAL BAL
@
TOR TOR
1
4.15
4
0
0
0
4.1
4
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
18
0
24 James Shields
J. Shields
45
9/30/2014
2014
AL Wild Card
KCR KCR
vs
OAK OAK
1
7.20
6
0
0
0
5.0
5
4
4
1
2
0
0
0
21
0
25 Danny Salazar
D. Salazar
44
10/2/2013
2013
AL Wild Card
CLE CLE
vs
TBR TBR
L
1
6.75
4
0
0
0
4.0
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
1
18
0
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
6/6
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
7:10 PM
Sat
6/7
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
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6/8
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
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6/9
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Tue
6/10
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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5/20
BAL BAL
@
MIL MIL
8-4
Tue
5/20
DET DET
@
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Tue
5/20
SEA SEA
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CWS CWS
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
6/6
PHI PHI
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
6/6
TEX TEX
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Fri
6/6
BOS BOS
@
NYY NYY
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Fri
6/6
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
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6/6
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
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