most pitching strikeouts in a wild card game

Jake Arrieta has struck out the most hitters in a Wild Card playoff game, with 11 strikeouts versus the Pirates on October 7, 2015.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player in a wild card game

	NAME	SO	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	11	10/7/2015	2015	NL Wild Card	CHC	@	PIT	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	32	0
2	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	10	10/5/2016	2016	NL Wild Card	NYM	vs	SFG		1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	0
3	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	10	10/1/2014	2014	NL Wild Card	SFG	@	PIT	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	0
4	Jon Lester J. Lester	9	10/2/2018	2018	NL Wild Card	CHC	vs	COL		1	1.50	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	0
5	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	8	10/5/2021	2021	AL Wild Card	BOS	vs	NYY	W	1	1.69	0	0	0	5.1	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	20	0
6	Luis Severino L. Severino	7	10/3/2018	2018	AL Wild Card	NYY	vs	OAK		1	0.00	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	19	0
7	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	7	10/6/2015	2015	AL Wild Card	HOU	@	NYY	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
8	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	7	10/5/2012	2012	AL Wild Card	TEX	vs	BAL	L	1	2.70	0	0	0	6.2	5	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	27	0
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	6	10/1/2019	2019	NL Wild Card	WSH	vs	MIL		1	5.40	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	22	0
10	Kyle Freeland K. Freeland	6	10/2/2018	2018	NL Wild Card	COL	@	CHC		1	0.00	0	0	0	6.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	0
11	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	6	10/5/2016	2016	NL Wild Card	SFG	@	NYM	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	32	0
12	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	6	10/4/2016	2016	AL Wild Card	TOR	vs	BAL		1	3.00	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	22	0
13	James Shields J. Shields	6	9/30/2014	2014	AL Wild Card	KCR	vs	OAK		1	7.20	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	21	0
14	Kyle Lohse K. Lohse	6	10/5/2012	2012	NL Wild Card	STL	@	ATL	W	1	3.18	0	0	0	5.2	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	24	0
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	5	10/6/2021	2021	NL Wild Card	STL	@	LAD		1	1.69	0	0	0	5.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	0
16	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	5	10/2/2019	2019	AL Wild Card	OAK	vs	TBR	L	1	18.00	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	10	0
17	David Robertson D. Robertson	5	10/3/2017	2017	AL Wild Card	NYY	vs	MIN	W	0	0.00	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	1
18	Jon Lester J. Lester	5	9/30/2014	2014	AL Wild Card	OAK	@	KCR		1	7.36	0	0	0	7.1	8	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	31	0
19	Alex Cobb A. Cobb	5	10/2/2013	2013	AL Wild Card	TBR	@	CLE	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	0
20	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	5	10/1/2013	2013	NL Wild Card	PIT	vs	CIN	W	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	26	0
21	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	4	10/6/2021	2021	NL Wild Card	LAD	vs	STL		1	2.08	0	0	0	4.1	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	21	1
22	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	4	10/2/2019	2019	AL Wild Card	TBR	@	OAK		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23	Charlie Morton C. Morton	4	10/2/2019	2019	AL Wild Card	TBR	@	OAK	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	5.0	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	22	0
24	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	4	10/2/2019	2019	AL Wild Card	OAK	vs	TBR		0	0.00	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
25	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	4	10/1/2019	2019	NL Wild Card	WSH	vs	MIL	W	0	0.00	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0