Luis Tiant struck out his most hitters in a postseason game in Game 1 of the 1975 ALCS against the Oakland Athletics, with 8 strikeouts.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Tiant | 8 | 10/4/1975 |  BOS | vs |  OAK | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 2 | | L. Tiant | 5 | 10/21/1975 | BOS | vs |  CIN | 1 | 7.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 3 | | L. Tiant | 4 | 10/15/1975 | BOS | @ | CIN | W | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 4 | | L. Tiant | 3 | 10/11/1975 | BOS | vs | CIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 |
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