most strikeouts by a pitcher in an mlb wild card game

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

NAMESODATESEASONSERIESTMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
11
10/7/2015
2015
NL Wild Card
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
32
0
2Noah Syndergaard
N. Syndergaard
10
10/5/2016
2016
NL Wild Card
NYM NYM
vs
SFG SFG
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
25
0
3Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
10
10/1/2014
2014
NL Wild Card
SFG SFG
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
4Jon Lester
J. Lester
9
10/2/2018
2018
NL Wild Card
CHC CHC
vs
COL COL
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
23
0
5Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
8
10/5/2021
2021
AL Wild Card
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
20
0
6Luis Severino
L. Severino
7
10/3/2018
2018
AL Wild Card
NYY NYY
vs
OAK OAK
1
0.00
0
0
0
4.0
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
19
0
7Dallas Keuchel
D. Keuchel
7
10/6/2015
2015
AL Wild Card
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
8Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
7
10/5/2012
2012
AL Wild Card
TEX TEX
vs
BAL BAL
L
1
2.70
0
0
0
6.2
5
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
27
0
9Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
6
10/1/2019
2019
NL Wild Card
WSH WSH
vs
MIL MIL
1
5.40
0
0
0
5.0
4
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
22
0
10Kyle Freeland
K. Freeland
6
10/2/2018
2018
NL Wild Card
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
11Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
6
10/5/2016
2016
NL Wild Card
SFG SFG
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
32
0
12Marcus Stroman
M. Stroman
6
10/4/2016
2016
AL Wild Card
TOR TOR
vs
BAL BAL
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
22
0
13James Shields
J. Shields
6
9/30/2014
2014
AL Wild Card
KCR KCR
vs
OAK OAK
1
7.20
0
0
0
5.0
5
4
4
1
2
0
0
0
21
0
14Kyle Lohse
K. Lohse
6
10/5/2012
2012
NL Wild Card
STL STL
@
ATL ATL
W
1
3.18
0
0
0
5.2
6
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
24
0
15Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
5
10/6/2021
2021
NL Wild Card
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
1
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
21
0
16Sean Manaea
S. Manaea
5
10/2/2019
2019
AL Wild Card
OAK OAK
vs
TBR TBR
L
1
18.00
0
0
0
2.0
4
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
10
0
17David Robertson
D. Robertson
5
10/3/2017
2017
AL Wild Card
NYY NYY
vs
MIN MIN
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.1
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
13
1
18Jon Lester
J. Lester
5
9/30/2014
2014
AL Wild Card
OAK OAK
@
KCR KCR
1
7.36
0
0
0
7.1
8
6
6
0
2
0
0
0
31
0
19Alex Cobb
A. Cobb
5
10/2/2013
2013
AL Wild Card
TBR TBR
@
CLE CLE
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
8
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
20Francisco Liriano
F. Liriano
5
10/1/2013
2013
NL Wild Card
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
26
0
21Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
4
10/6/2021
2021
NL Wild Card
LAD LAD
vs
STL STL
1
2.08
0
0
0
4.1
3
1
1
0
3
1
0
0
21
1
22Nick Anderson
N. Anderson
4
10/2/2019
2019
AL Wild Card
TBR TBR
@
OAK OAK
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
23Charlie Morton
C. Morton
4
10/2/2019
2019
AL Wild Card
TBR TBR
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
5
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
22
0
24Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
4
10/2/2019
2019
AL Wild Card
OAK OAK
vs
TBR TBR
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
12
0
25Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
4
10/1/2019
2019
NL Wild Card
WSH WSH
vs
MIL MIL
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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