most strikeouts by a relief pitcher red sox

The Boston Red Sox struck out their most hitters in a game versus the Oakland Athletics on July 17, 2023, with 16 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts in a regular-season game by a relief pitcher red sox

	TEAM	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	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	Red Sox	16	7/17/2023	BOS	@	OAK	W	0	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	24	0	20.57	3.86	5.33	0.00	66.7	12.5	0.43	.000	0.00	0.00
2	Red Sox	15	9/15/2017	BOS	@	TBR	W	0	1.93	0	0	0	9.1	7	2	2	2	4	0	1	2	39	1	14.46	3.86	3.75	1.93	38.5	10.3	1.18	.278	1.93	6.75
3	Red Sox	15	9/5/2017	BOS	vs	TOR		0	0.00	0	0	0	13.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	46	0	10.38	2.08	5.00	0.00	32.6	6.5	0.69	.214	0.00	4.15
4	Red Sox	15	4/5/2014	BOS	vs	MIL		0	1.35	0	0	0	6.2	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	28	2	20.25	1.35	15.00	0.00	53.6	3.6	1.05	.500	1.35	8.10
5	Red Sox	14	6/9/2024	BOS	@	CWS		0	3.38	0	0	1	8.0	8	3	4	1	2	0	1	2	35	0	15.75	2.25	7.00	1.13	40.0	5.7	1.25	.389	4.50	9.00
6	Red Sox	14	6/18/2019	BOS	@	MIN		0	2.38	0	0	0	11.1	11	3	3	1	5	2	1	1	50	1	11.12	3.97	2.80	0.79	28.0	10.0	1.41	.357	2.38	8.74
7	Red Sox	14	4/11/1992	BOS	@	CLE		0	1.29	0	0	0	14.0	12	2	2	0	6	1	1	1	57	0	9.00	3.86	2.33	0.00	24.6	10.5	1.29	.333	1.29	7.71
8	Red Sox	14	9/3/1981	BOS	vs	SEA		0	1.72	0	0	0	15.2	16	3	3	0	6	1	1	2	69	1	8.04	3.45	2.33	0.00	20.3	8.7	1.40	.333	1.72	9.19
9	Red Sox	13	4/4/2021	BOS	vs	BAL		0	6.43	0	0	0	7.0	10	5	5	0	6	0	1	0	37	3	16.71	7.71	2.17	0.00	35.1	16.2	2.29	.556	6.43	12.86
10	Red Sox	13	9/21/2019	BOS	@	TBR		0	5.40	0	0	0	8.1	8	5	5	2	2	1	1	0	33	0	14.04	2.16	6.50	2.16	39.4	6.1	1.20	.400	5.40	8.64
11	Red Sox	13	9/17/2019	BOS	vs	SFG	L	0	1.64	0	0	0	11.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	1	1	42	1	10.64	3.27	3.25	0.00	31.0	9.5	1.00	.280	1.64	5.73
12	Red Sox	13	9/30/2018	BOS	vs	NYY		0	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	27	1	16.71	2.57	6.50	1.29	48.1	7.4	0.86	.300	2.57	5.14
13	Red Sox	13	4/14/2009	BOS	@	OAK		0	0.84	0	0	0	10.2	6	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	43	0	10.97	5.06	2.17	0.00	30.2	14.0	1.13	.250	0.84	5.06
14	Red Sox	13	8/25/1968	BOS	@	BAL		0	1.64	0	0	0	11.0	7	2	2	0	7	1	1	3	47	1	10.64	5.73	1.86	0.00	27.7	14.9	1.27	.269	1.64	5.73
15	Red Sox	12	8/20/2023	BOS	@	NYY		0	5.63	0	0	1	8.0	8	5	5	3	4	1	1	0	36	0	13.50	4.50	3.00	3.38	33.3	11.1	1.50	.313	5.63	9.00
16	Red Sox	12	8/30/2019	BOS	@	LAA		0	4.09	0	0	0	11.0	8	5	5	1	10	0	1	2	51	1	9.82	8.18	1.20	0.82	23.5	19.6	1.64	.250	4.09	6.55
17	Red Sox	12	4/19/2016	BOS	vs	TBR		0	0.96	0	0	0	9.1	6	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	39	0	11.57	2.89	4.00	0.96	30.8	7.7	0.96	.227	2.89	5.79
18	Red Sox	12	9/28/2000	BOS	@	CWS		0	4.00	0	0	1	9.0	8	4	4	1	5	0	1	1	40	0	12.00	5.00	2.40	1.00	30.0	12.5	1.44	.318	4.00	8.00
19	Red Sox	12	8/10/1999	BOS	@	KCR		0	1.35	0	0	1	6.2	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	27	1	16.20	0.00		1.35	44.4	0.0	0.75	.286	4.05	6.75
20	Red Sox	12	8/2/1978	BOS	@	NYY	W	0	0.59	0	0	0	15.1	8	1	1	0	4	0	1	1	57	0	7.04	2.35	3.00	0.00	21.1	7.0	0.78	.195	0.59	4.70
21	Red Sox	12	9/22/1974	BOS	vs	BAL		0	4.32	0	0	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	3	0	1	1	35	3	12.96	3.24	4.00	1.08	34.3	8.6	1.44	.421	4.32	9.72
22	Red Sox	12	8/14/1971	BOS	vs	KCR		0	0.00	0	0	0	9.0	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	36	1	12.00	2.00	6.00	0.00	33.3	5.6	0.78	.227	1.00	5.00
23	Red Sox	12	6/10/1970	BOS	@	CWS		0	0.79	0	0	1	11.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	41	0	9.53	3.18	3.00	0.79	29.3	9.8	0.79	.167	0.79	3.97
24	Red Sox	12	7/27/1969	BOS	@	SEA		0	1.80	0	0	0	10.0	7	2	2	1	9	0	1	0	46	0	10.80	8.10	1.33	0.90	26.1	19.6	1.60	.250	1.80	6.30
25	Red Sox	12	9/9/1962	BOS	@	NYY	W	0	0.61	0	0	1	14.2	11	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	52	0	7.36	1.23	6.00	0.00	23.1	3.8	0.89	.289	0.61	6.75

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