last pitcher to strike out more than 10 in a playoff game

Michael King got 12 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 2024 NL Wild Card Series against the Braves on October 1.

NAME DATE SO TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Michael King
M. King
10/1/2024
12
SDP SDP
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
2 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10/19/2022
11
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
24
0
3 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
10/12/2020
11
HOU HOU
@
TBR TBR
L
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
4
2
0
1
0
0
28
0
4 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
10/1/2020
13
LAD LAD
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
5 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
9/30/2020
12
CIN CIN
@
ATL ATL
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
27
0
6 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
9/29/2020
13
NYY NYY
@
CLE CLE
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
6
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
27
1
7 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
10/15/2019
12
WSH WSH
vs
STL STL
W
1
7.20
0
0
0
5.0
4
4
4
1
3
0
0
0
22
0
8 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
10/14/2019
12
WSH WSH
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
9 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
10/12/2019
11
WSH WSH
@
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
23
0
10 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
10/12/2019
11
STL STL
vs
WSH WSH
L
1
3.68
0
0
0
7.1
7
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
30
0
11 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
10/5/2019
15
HOU HOU
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.2
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
12 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
10/6/2018
12
HOU HOU
vs
CLE CLE
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
13 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
10/24/2017
11
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
14 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
10/14/2017
13
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
15 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
10/11/2017
12
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
16 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
10/11/2016
11
LAD LAD
vs
WSH WSH
1
6.75
0
0
0
6.2
7
5
5
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
17 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
10/9/2015
13
NYM NYM
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
27
0
18 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
10/9/2015
11
LAD LAD
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
4.05
0
0
0
6.2
4
3
3
1
4
0
0
0
28
0
19 Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
10/7/2015
11
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
32
0
20 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
10/13/2013
13
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
25
0
21 Anibal Sanchez
A. Sanchez
10/12/2013
12
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
25
2
22 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
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 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
25 Hiroki Kuroda
H. Kuroda
10/14/2012
11
NYY NYY
vs
DET DET
L
1
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
5
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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27
.591
Padres Padres
37
27
.578
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Giants Giants
38
28
.576
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Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
31
34
.477
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Rockies Rockies
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Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/9
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
9:40 PM
Tue
6/10
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
9:40 PM
Wed
6/11
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Fri
6/13
SDP SDP
@
AZ AZ
9:40 PM
Sat
6/14
SDP SDP
@
AZ AZ
7:15 PM
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0

Final

1

SDP Padres

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Sun 8 Jun 2025

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.609
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.538
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AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
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.642
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.538
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AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
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NL West W L PCT GB
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
5/24
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
0-5
Sat
5/24
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
6-5
Sat
5/24
SFG SFG
@
WSH WSH
3-2
Sat
5/24
BAL BAL
@
BOS BOS
5-1
Sat
5/24
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
0-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/9
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Mon
6/9
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
6:40 PM
Mon
6/9
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Mon
6/9
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Mon
6/9
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
7:40 PM