most strikeouts by a pitcher in a game two seasons ago

Andy Pettitte struck out the most batters in the postseason when playing 2+ seasons, with 75 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEAS	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	75	13	16	7	4	.636	16	3.08	0	0	0	105.1	103	36	37	12	23	1	0	0	429	2	6.41	1.97	3.26	1.03	17.5	5.4	1.20	.286	3.16	8.80
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	57	5	8	2	1	.667	8	3.58	1	0	0	50.1	43	20	20	8	15	0	0	0	204	1	10.19	2.68	3.80	1.43	27.9	7.4	1.15	.282	3.58	7.69
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	48	8	9	4	2	.667	8	1.82	0	0	0	54.1	36	11	12	4	6	3	0	1	203	2	7.95	0.99	8.00	0.66	23.6	3.0	0.77	.225	1.99	5.96
4	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	45	4	7	3	2	.600	7	4.34	0	0	0	37.1	38	18	21	4	12	2	0	0	158	0	10.85	2.89	3.75	0.96	28.5	7.6	1.34	.358	5.06	9.16
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	45	4	6	2	0	1.000	5	1.72	0	0	0	31.1	15	6	6	2	10	2	0	0	119	0	12.93	2.87	4.50	0.57	37.8	8.4	0.80	.217	1.72	4.31
6	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	44	7	11	6	3	.667	11	2.41	1	0	0	71.0	50	19	22	6	30	1	0	0	286	1	5.58	3.80	1.47	0.76	15.4	10.5	1.13	.215	2.79	6.34
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	41	4	5	3	1	.750	5	2.32	0	0	0	31.0	21	8	9	2	8	0	0	0	122	0	11.90	2.32	5.13	0.58	33.6	6.6	0.94	.268	2.61	6.10
8	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	35	11	21	1	0	1.000	0	0.55	0	0	9	33.0	20	2	3	1	2	1	15	1	121	0	9.55	0.55	17.50	0.27	28.9	1.7	0.67	.232	0.82	5.45
9	Blake Snell B. Snell	34	4	5	2	1	.667	5	3.63	0	0	0	22.1	16	9	9	3	15	0	0	0	96	0	13.70	6.04	2.27	1.21	35.4	15.6	1.39	.295	3.63	6.45
10	David Cone D. Cone	33	5	7	3	1	.750	7	2.98	0	0	0	42.1	33	14	15	3	26	1	0	1	182	2	7.02	5.53	1.27	0.64	18.1	14.3	1.39	.252	3.19	7.02
11	Dave McNally D. McNally	32	4	5	2	3	.400	5	2.34	3	1	0	42.1	28	11	12	8	17	0	0	1	168	3	6.80	3.61	1.88	1.70	19.0	10.1	1.06	.180	2.55	5.95
12	David Price D. Price	30	6	9	2	4	.333	6	6.94	0	0	0	35.0	35	27	28	7	16	0	2	1	156	0	7.71	4.11	1.88	1.80	19.2	10.3	1.46	.272	7.20	9.00
13	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	29	4	5	4	0	1.000	5	1.41	2	1	0	38.1	25	6	7	2	13	2	0	1	153	3	6.81	3.05	2.23	0.47	19.0	8.5	0.99	.215	1.64	5.87
14	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	28	2	4	4	0	1.000	4	0.87	2	0	0	31.0	12	3	5	2	5	2	0	0	114	0	8.13	1.45	5.60	0.58	24.6	4.4	0.55	.130	1.45	3.48
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	27	5	7	0	1	.000	3	2.38	0	0	1	22.2	17	6	6	2	4	1	3	1	89	1	10.72	1.59	6.75	0.79	30.3	4.5	0.93	.273	2.38	6.75
16	Rich Hill R. Hill	26	2	4	0	1	.000	4	4.15	0	0	0	17.1	15	8	8	3	9	2	0	1	77	1	13.50	4.67	2.89	1.56	33.8	11.7	1.38	.324	4.15	7.79
17	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	25	4	4	0	2	.000	3	5.06	0	0	0	21.1	16	12	12	2	5	0	0	1	84	0	10.55	2.11	5.00	0.84	29.8	6.0	0.98	.269	5.06	6.75
18	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	25	4	4	1	1	.500	4	2.88	0	0	0	25.0	19	8	8	5	2	1	0	0	93	1	9.00	0.72	12.50	1.80	26.9	2.2	0.84	.233	2.88	6.84
19	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	24	2	4	2	0	1.000	4	0.96	0	0	0	18.2	9	2	2	1	11	0	0	0	76	1	11.57	5.30	2.18	0.48	31.6	14.5	1.07	.200	0.96	4.34
20	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	24	5	7	2	1	.667	3	5.06	0	0	0	21.1	24	12	12	3	8	1	1	2	95	0	10.13	3.38	3.00	1.27	25.3	8.4	1.50	.356	5.06	10.13
21	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	24	3	4	2	0	1.000	4	2.05	0	0	0	26.1	21	6	7	4	8	0	0	0	109	1	8.20	2.73	3.00	1.37	22.0	7.3	1.10	.233	2.39	7.18
22	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	24	2	4	1	2	.333	4	3.12	0	0	0	26.0	18	9	9	3	8	3	0	0	104	0	8.31	2.77	3.00	1.04	23.1	7.7	1.00	.227	3.12	6.23
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	24	8	9	2	0	1.000	3	2.05	0	0	2	30.2	26	7	8	1	8	0	5	1	119	2	7.04	2.35	3.00	0.29	20.2	6.7	1.11	.291	2.35	7.63
24	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	24	6	6	2	4	.333	6	4.61	2	0	0	41.0	42	21	22	8	12	0	0	3	175	0	5.27	2.63	2.00	1.76	13.7	6.9	1.32	.260	4.83	9.22
25	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	23	2	3	2	0	1.000	3	3.38	0	0	0	16.0	11	6	6	4	4	0	0	0	63	2	12.94	2.25	5.75	2.25	36.5	6.3	0.94	.219	3.38	6.19

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Rice

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Schlittler

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Rays	62	43	.590
Yankees	59	45	.567	2.5
Red Sox	54	50	.519	7.5
Orioles	51	55	.481	11.5
Blue Jays	48	58	.453	14.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 7/26	NYY	@	PHI	7:20 PM
Mon 7/27	NYY	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Tue 7/28	NYY	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Wed 7/29	NYY	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Thu 7/30	NYY	@	CWS	2:10 PM

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Final

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56 - 49

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Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

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Batting Average Leaders

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Hit Leaders

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OBP Leaders

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Rice

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Witt

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0.75

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13.87

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13.26

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11.18

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19

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Wood

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48-58

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	62	43	.590
Phillies	56	49	.533	6.0
Nationals	54	52	.509	8.5
Marlins	52	54	.491	10.5
Mets	44	62	.415	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	66	39	.629
Cubs	59	46	.562	7.0
Pirates	54	52	.509	12.5
Cardinals	53	52	.505	13.0
Reds	49	55	.471	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	67	39	.632
Diamondbacks	55	51	.519	12.0
Padres	53	53	.500	14.0
Giants	44	60	.423	22.0
Rockies	42	65	.393	25.5

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Rays	62	43	.590
Yankees	59	45	.567	2.5
Red Sox	54	50	.519	7.5
Orioles	51	55	.481	11.5
Blue Jays	48	58	.453	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	55	49	.529
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Twins	53	54	.495	3.5
Tigers	50	56	.472	6.0
Royals	45	62	.421	11.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	53	51	.510
Astros	52	55	.486	2.5
Mariners	51	54	.486	2.5
Athletics	44	61	.419	9.5
Angels	41	64	.390	12.5

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Thu 7/9	ATL	@	PIT	10-5
Thu 7/9	NYY	@	TBR	12-4

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Sun 7/26	NYY	@	PHI	7:20 PM
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