most strikeouts by a rookie relief pitcher in 1 playoff game

Brandon Woodruff and Ryne Duren are tied for fanning the most batters by a rookie relief pitcher in a postseason game, 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 Brandon Woodruff
B. Woodruff
8
10/17/2018
MIL MIL
@
LAD LAD
L
0
5.06
0
0
0
5.1
5
3
3
0
1
2
0
0
22
0
2 Ryne Duren
R. Duren
8
10/8/1958
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
W
0
1.93
0
0
0
4.2
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
19
0
3 Blix Donnelly
B. Donnelly
7
10/5/1944
SLN SLN
vs
SLA SLA
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
4.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
15
0
4 Ryne Nelson
R. Nelson
6
10/31/2023
ARI ARI
vs
TEX TEX
0
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
19
0
5 Freddy Peralta
F. Peralta
6
10/16/2018
MIL MIL
@
LAD LAD
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
12
0
6 Britt Reames
B. Reames
6
10/12/2000
STL STL
vs
NYM NYM
0
2.08
0
0
0
4.1
3
1
1
1
3
0
0
1
20
0
7 Jose Cabrera
J. Cabrera
6
10/8/1999
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
8 Todd Worrell
T. Worrell
6
10/24/1985
STL STL
vs
KCR KCR
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
9 Michael Kopech
M. Kopech
5
10/10/2021
CWS CWS
vs
HOU HOU
W
0
11.57
0
0
0
2.1
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
12
0
10 Tanner Houck
T. Houck
5
10/8/2021
BOS BOS
@
TBR TBR
W
0
1.80
0
0
0
5.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
17
0
11 Nate Pearson
N. Pearson
5
9/30/2020
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
12 José Urquidy
J. Urquidy
5
10/19/2019
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
0
3.38
0
0
0
2.2
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
12
0
13 Brandon Woodruff
B. Woodruff
5
10/20/2018
MIL MIL
vs
LAD LAD
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
9
0
14 Josh James
J. James
5
10/17/2018
HOU HOU
vs
BOS BOS
L
0
7.36
0
0
0
3.2
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
15
0
15 Matt Bush
M. Bush
5
10/9/2016
TEX TEX
@
TOR TOR
L
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.2
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
10
0
16 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
5
10/3/2014
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
0
2.45
0
0
0
3.2
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
13
0
17 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
5
10/8/2012
STL STL
vs
WSH WSH
W
0
6.00
0
0
0
3.0
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
13
0
18 Ivan Nova
I. Nova
5
9/30/2011
NYY NYY
vs
DET DET
W
0
2.84
0
0
0
6.1
4
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
25
0
19 James McDonald
J. McDonald
5
10/10/2008
LAD LAD
@
PHI PHI
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
13
0
20 Clayton Richard
C. Richard
5
10/2/2008
CWS CWS
@
TBR TBR
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.1
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
15
0
21 Joel Pineiro
J. Pineiro
5
10/22/2001
SEA SEA
@
NYY NYY
0
4.50
0
0
0
2.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
12
1
22 Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
5
10/17/1999
NYM NYM
vs
ATL ATL
W
0
3.00
0
0
0
3.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
14
0
23 Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
5
10/4/1995
NYY NYY
vs
SEA SEA
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
12
0
24 Calvin Schiraldi
C. Schiraldi
5
10/15/1986
BOS BOS
vs
CAL CAL
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
25 Bob Welch
B. Welch
5
10/4/1978
LAD LAD
@
PHI PHI
W
0
2.08
0
0
0
4.1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
16
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/20
BAL BAL
@
MIL MIL
7:40 PM
Wed
5/21
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@
MIL MIL
1:10 PM
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@
PIT PIT
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6:40 PM
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@
PIT PIT
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.587
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Sat
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PIT PIT
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COL COL
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3-9
Sat
5/3
DET DET
@
LAA LAA
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Tue
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MIA MIA
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Tue
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BOS BOS
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