most strikeouts playoffs by a pitcher minnestoa twins

The Minnesota Twins fanned their most hitters in a postseason game in Game 4 of the 2004 ALDS against the Yankees, with 16 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts in a game playoffs by a pitcher minnestoa twins

	TEAM	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	ERA	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Twins	16	10/9/2004	MIN	vs	NYY	L 5-6	4.91	0	0	11.0	11	6	6	1	5	0	1	49	2	13.09	4.09	3.20	0.82	32.7	10.2	1.45	.370	4.91	9.00
2	Twins	13	10/11/2009	MIN	vs	NYY	L 1-4	4.00	0	0	9.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	36	0	13.00	3.00	4.33	2.00	36.1	8.3	1.11	.278	4.00	7.00
3	Twins	12	10/10/2023	MIN	vs	HOU	L 1-9	8.00	0	0	9.0	14	8	9	4	3	0	0	45	0	12.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	26.7	6.7	1.89	.385	9.00	14.00
4	Twins	12	10/4/2023	MIN	vs	TOR	W 2-0	0.00	0	1	9.0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	36	1	12.00	2.00	6.00	0.00	33.3	5.6	1.22	.409	0.00	9.00
5	Twins	12	10/4/2019	MIN	@	NYY	L 4-10	9.00	0	0	8.0	8	8	10	2	8	1	0	41	1	13.50	9.00	1.50	2.25	29.3	19.5	2.00	.333	11.25	9.00
6	Senators	12	10/10/1924	WSH	vs	NYG	W 4-3	0.75	0	0	12.0	8	1	3	0	6	0	2	53	0	9.00	4.50	2.00	0.00	22.6	11.3	1.17	.229	2.25	6.00
7	Senators	12	10/4/1924	WSH	vs	NYG	L 3-4	3.00	0	0	12.0	14	4	4	2	6	0	1	51	1	9.00	4.50	2.00	1.50	23.5	11.8	1.67	.387	3.00	10.50
8	Twins	10	10/11/2023	MIN	vs	HOU	L 2-3	3.00	0	0	9.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	33	0	10.00	0.00		2.00	30.3	0.0	0.67	.190	3.00	6.00
9	Twins	10	10/4/2002	MIN	vs	OAK	L 3-6	6.00	0	0	9.0	9	6	6	4	4	0	0	40	0	10.00	4.00	2.50	4.00	25.0	10.0	1.44	.227	6.00	9.00
10	Twins	10	10/8/1987	MIN	vs	DET	W 6-3	3.00	0	1	9.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	34	0	10.00	1.00	10.00	2.00	29.4	2.9	0.89	.238	3.00	7.00
11	Senators	10	10/7/1925	WSH	@	PIT	W 4-1	1.00	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	1	1	2	0	33	0	10.00	1.00	10.00	1.00	30.3	3.0	0.67	.211	1.00	5.00
12	Twins	9	10/7/2019	MIN	vs	NYY	L 1-5	5.00	0	0	9.0	10	5	5	2	1	0	0	37	1	9.00	1.00	9.00	2.00	24.3	2.7	1.22	.320	5.00	10.00
13	Twins	9	10/3/2006	MIN	vs	OAK	L 2-3	3.00	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	35	0	9.00	1.00	9.00	2.00	25.7	2.9	0.89	.217	3.00	7.00
14	Twins	9	10/4/2003	MIN	vs	NYY	L 1-3	3.00	0	0	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	2	40	0	9.00	5.00	1.80	1.00	22.5	12.5	1.44	.280	3.00	8.00
15	Twins	9	10/7/1987	MIN	vs	DET	W 8-5	5.00	0	0	9.0	10	5	5	2	2	0	0	39	0	9.00	2.00	4.50	2.00	23.1	5.1	1.33	.308	5.00	10.00
16	Twins	8	10/8/2023	MIN	@	HOU	W 6-2	2.00	0	0	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	35	1	8.00	2.00	4.00	1.00	22.9	5.7	1.00	.250	2.00	7.00
17	Twins	8	10/6/2010	MIN	vs	NYY	L 4-6	6.00	0	0	9.0	9	6	6	1	3	0	0	39	1	8.00	3.00	2.67	1.00	20.5	7.7	1.33	.296	6.00	9.00
18	Twins	8	10/5/2003	MIN	vs	NYY	L 1-8	8.00	0	0	9.0	13	8	8	1	3	0	1	42	0	8.00	3.00	2.67	1.00	19.0	7.1	1.78	.400	8.00	13.00
19	Twins	8	9/30/2003	MIN	@	NYY	W 3-1	1.00	0	1	9.0	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	38	0	8.00	3.00	2.67	0.00	21.1	7.9	1.33	.333	1.00	9.00
20	Twins	8	10/27/1991	MIN	vs	ATL	W 1-0	0.00	1	0	10.0	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	38	0	7.20	1.80	4.00	0.00	21.1	5.3	0.90	.250	0.00	6.30
21	Twins	8	10/8/1991	MIN	vs	TOR	W 5-4	4.00	0	1	9.0	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	35	0	8.00	0.00		0.00	22.9	0.0	1.00	.333	4.00	9.00
22	Twins	8	10/21/1987	MIN	@	STL	L 2-7	7.88	0	0	8.0	10	7	7	1	5	1	1	40	0	9.00	5.63	1.60	1.13	20.0	12.5	1.88	.360	7.88	11.25
23	Twins	8	10/18/1987	MIN	vs	STL	W 8-4	4.00	0	0	9.0	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	36	0	8.00	1.00	8.00	0.00	22.2	2.8	1.11	.333	4.00	9.00
24	Twins	7	10/7/2023	MIN	@	HOU	L 4-6	6.75	0	0	8.0	9	6	6	3	4	1	0	36	1	7.88	4.50	1.75	3.38	19.4	11.1	1.63	.286	6.75	10.13
25	Twins	7	10/3/2023	MIN	vs	TOR	W 3-1	1.00	0	1	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	37	0	7.00	3.00	2.33	0.00	18.9	8.1	1.00	.231	1.00	6.00

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