Dave Righetti struck out 10 batters in Game 2 of the 1981 ALDS against the Brewers on October 8, 1981.
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How many pitchers had 10 or more strikeouts in a game in the postseason after 1900?| NAME | DATE | SO | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | D. Righetti | 10/8/1981 | 10 |  NYY | @ |  MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2 |  | R. Johnson | 10/6/1995 | 10 |  SEA | vs | NYY | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | | C. Nagy | 10/5/1996 | 12 |  CLE | vs |  BAL | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 4 |  | J. Smoltz | 10/3/1997 | 11 |  ATL | @ |  HOU | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 5 | | R. Johnson | 10/5/1997 | 13 | SEA | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 6 | | K. Brown | 9/29/1998 | 16 |  SDP | @ | HOU | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 7 | | S. Hitchcock | 10/4/1998 | 11 | SDP | vs | HOU | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 8 |  | R. Johnson | 10/5/1999 | 11 |  ARI | vs |  NYM | L | 1 | 7.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 9 |  | B. Colon | 10/6/1999 | 11 | CLE | vs |  BOS | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 10 | | B. Colon | 10/9/2001 | 10 | CLE | @ | SEA | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 11 | | K. Wood | 9/30/2003 | 11 |  CHC | @ | ATL | W | 1 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 12 | | A. Pettitte | 10/2/2003 | 10 | NYY | vs |  MIN | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 13 | | C. Lee | 10/6/2010 | 10 |  TEX | @ |  TBR | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 14 | | T. Lincecum | 10/7/2010 | 14 |  SFG | vs | ATL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 15 | | J. Sanchez | 10/10/2010 | 11 | SFG | @ | ATL | 1 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 16 | | C. Lee | 10/12/2010 | 11 | TEX | @ | TBR | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 17 |  | J. Verlander | 10/3/2011 | 11 |  DET | vs | NYY | W | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 18 | | J. Verlander | 10/6/2012 | 11 | DET | vs |  OAK | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 19 | | A. Wainwright | 10/7/2012 | 10 |  STL | vs |  WSH | 1 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 20 | | H. Bailey | 10/9/2012 | 10 |  CIN | vs | SFG | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 21 | | J. Verlander | 10/11/2012 | 11 | DET | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 22 |  | C. Kershaw | 10/3/2013 | 12 |  LAD | @ | ATL | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 23 |  | M. Scherzer | 10/4/2013 | 11 | DET | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 24 | | J. Verlander | 10/5/2013 | 11 | DET | @ | OAK | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 25 | | J. Verlander | 10/10/2013 | 10 | DET | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
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