justin verlander and clayton kershaw most strikeouts in a playoff game

Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander were tied for striking out their most hitters in a postseason game, with 13 strikeouts.

NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
13
10/1/2020
LAD LAD
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
2 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
13
10/14/2017
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
3 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
12
10/3/2013
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
26
1
4 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
11
10/19/2022
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
24
0
5 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/24/2017
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
6 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/11/2016
LAD LAD
vs
WSH WSH
1
6.75
0
0
0
6.2
7
5
5
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
7 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/9/2015
LAD LAD
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
4.05
0
0
0
6.2
4
3
3
1
4
0
0
0
28
0
8 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
11
10/5/2013
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
26
0
9 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
11
10/11/2012
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
10 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
11
10/6/2012
DET DET
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
4
0
0
0
28
0
11 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
11
10/3/2011
DET DET
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
4.50
0
0
0
8.0
6
4
4
0
3
1
0
0
32
0
12 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
10
10/3/2014
LAD LAD
vs
STL STL
L
1
10.80
0
0
0
6.2
8
8
8
2
0
0
0
0
28
0
13 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10
10/15/2013
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
L
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
4
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
29
1
14 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10
10/10/2013
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
15 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
9
10/18/2019
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
L
1
5.14
0
0
0
7.0
5
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
26
0
16 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
9
10/17/2018
LAD LAD
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
17 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
9
10/31/2017
HOU HOU
@
LAD LAD
L
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
22
0
18 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
9
10/7/2014
LAD LAD
@
STL STL
L
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
23
1
19 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
8
10/20/2020
LAD LAD
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
21
0
20 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
8
10/4/2019
HOU HOU
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
23
0
21 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
8
10/20/2017
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
27
0
22 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
8
10/13/2015
LAD LAD
@
NYM NYM
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
25
0
23 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
8
10/13/2011
DET DET
vs
TEX TEX
W
1
4.91
0
0
0
7.1
8
4
4
1
3
0
0
0
34
1
24 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
8
10/21/2006
DET DET
vs
STL STL
L
1
10.80
0
0
0
5.0
6
6
7
2
2
0
0
0
23
0
25 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
7
10/13/2019
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
1
2.70
0
0
0
6.2
5
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
26
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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Giants Giants
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Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/7
LAD LAD
@
MIA MIA
4:40 PM
Thu
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LAD LAD
@
AZ AZ
9:40 PM
Fri
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LAD LAD
@
AZ AZ
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Sat
5/10
LAD LAD
@
AZ AZ
8:10 PM
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LAD LAD
@
AZ AZ
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NL East W L PCT GB
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.639
Phillies Phillies
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.571
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NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
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.595
Brewers Brewers
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Dodgers Dodgers
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Padres Padres
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Yankees Yankees
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Tigers Tigers
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
4/20
CWS CWS
@
BOS BOS
2-4
Sun
4/20
STL STL
@
ATL ATL
6-7
Mon
4/21
NYY NYY
@
CLE CLE
2-3
Mon
4/21
SDP SDP
@
DET DET
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Mon
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MIA MIA
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/7
CLE CLE
@
WSH WSH
12:05 PM
Wed
5/7
HOU HOU
@
MIL MIL
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Wed
5/7
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
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Wed
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