how many pitchers had 10 strikeouts in a game in the postseason after 1900

Dave Righetti fanned 10 hitters in Game 2 of the 1981 ALDS versus the Brewers on October 8, 1981.

Interpreted as:
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
1 Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
10/8/1981
10
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
24
0
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10/6/1995
10
SEA SEA
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
2
1
4
0
0
0
28
0
3 Charles Nagy
C. Nagy
10/5/1996
12
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
6
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
27
0
4 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
10/3/1997
11
ATL ATL
@
HOU HOU
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
32
0
5 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10/5/1997
13
SEA SEA
@
BAL BAL
L
1
3.38
1
0
0
8.0
7
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
33
0
6 Kevin Brown
K. Brown
9/29/1998
16
SDP SDP
@
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
28
0
7 Sterling Hitchcock
S. Hitchcock
10/4/1998
11
SDP SDP
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
21
0
8 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10/5/1999
11
ARI ARI
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
7.56
0
0
0
8.1
8
7
7
2
3
0
0
0
36
0
9 Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
10/6/1999
11
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
5
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
30
0
10 Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
10/9/2001
10
CLE CLE
@
SEA SEA
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
11 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
9/30/2003
11
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
W
1
2.45
0
0
0
7.1
2
2
2
1
5
0
0
0
30
1
12 Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
10/2/2003
10
NYY NYY
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
29
1
13 Cliff Lee
C. Lee
10/6/2010
10
TEX TEX
@
TBR TBR
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
27
0
14 Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
10/7/2010
14
SFG SFG
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
15 Jonathan Sanchez
J. Sanchez
10/10/2010
11
SFG SFG
@
ATL ATL
1
1.23
0
0
0
7.1
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
16 Cliff Lee
C. Lee
10/12/2010
11
TEX TEX
@
TBR TBR
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
17 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10/3/2011
11
DET DET
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
4.50
0
0
0
8.0
6
4
4
0
3
1
0
0
32
0
18 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10/6/2012
11
DET DET
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
4
0
0
0
28
0
19 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
10/7/2012
10
STL STL
vs
WSH WSH
1
1.59
0
0
0
5.2
6
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
26
1
20 Homer Bailey
H. Bailey
10/9/2012
10
CIN CIN
vs
SFG SFG
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
24
0
21 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10/11/2012
11
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
22 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
10/3/2013
12
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
26
1
23 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
10/4/2013
11
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
26
1
24 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10/5/2013
11
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
26
0
25 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10/10/2013
10
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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