most strikeouts in a lcs game by a pitcher

Roger Clemens, Livan Hernandez and Mike Mussina are tied for striking out the most hitters in a League Championship Series game, with 15 strikeouts.

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 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
15
10/14/2000
2000
ALCS
NYY NYY
@
SEA SEA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
2 Livan Hernandez
L. Hernandez
15
10/12/1997
1997
NLCS
FLA FLA
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
31
0
3 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
15
10/11/1997
1997
ALCS
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
26
0
4 Mike Scott
M. Scott
14
10/8/1986
1986
NLCS
HOU HOU
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
34
0
5 Mike Boddicker
M. Boddicker
14
10/6/1983
1983
ALCS
BAL BAL
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
36
0
6 John Candelaria
J. Candelaria
14
10/7/1975
1975
NLCS
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
1
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
29
0
7 Joe Coleman
J. Coleman
14
10/10/1972
1972
ALCS
DET DET
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
7
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
37
0
8 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
13
10/14/2017
2017
ALCS
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
9 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
13
10/13/2013
2013
ALCS
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
25
0
10 Cliff Lee
C. Lee
13
10/18/2010
2010
ALCS
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
11 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
13
10/6/1973
1973
NLCS
NYM NYM
@
CIN CIN
L
1
2.16
1
0
0
8.1
6
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
32
0
12 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
12
10/15/2019
2019
NLCS
WSH WSH
vs
STL STL
W
1
7.20
0
0
0
5.0
4
4
4
1
3
0
0
0
22
0
13 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
12
10/14/2019
2019
NLCS
WSH WSH
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
14 Anibal Sanchez
A. Sanchez
12
10/12/2013
2013
ALCS
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
25
2
15 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
12
10/19/2001
2001
NLCS
ARI ARI
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
32
0
16 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
12
10/16/1999
1999
ALCS
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
17 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
12
10/14/1986
1986
NLCS
HOU HOU
@
NYM NYM
1
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
30
0
18 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
12
10/6/1973
1973
ALCS
BAL BAL
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
36
0
19 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
12
10/5/1970
1970
ALCS
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
36
0
20 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
11
10/19/2022
2022
ALCS
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
24
0
21 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
11
10/12/2020
2020
ALCS
HOU HOU
@
TBR TBR
L
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
4
2
0
1
0
0
28
0
22 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
11
10/12/2019
2019
NLCS
WSH WSH
@
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
23
0
23 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
11
10/12/2019
2019
NLCS
STL STL
vs
WSH WSH
L
1
3.68
0
0
0
7.1
7
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
30
0
24 Hiroki Kuroda
H. Kuroda
11
10/14/2012
2012
ALCS
NYY NYY
vs
DET DET
L
1
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
5
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
25 Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
11
10/18/2007
2007
ALCS
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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