most strikouts in a playoff game kershaw

Clayton Kershaw struck out his most hitters in a postseason game in Game 2 of the 2020 NL Wild Card Series versus the Brewers, with 13 strikeouts.

NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
13
10/1/2020
LAD LAD
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
2 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
12
10/3/2013
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
26
1
3 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/24/2017
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
4 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/11/2016
LAD LAD
vs
WSH WSH
1
6.75
0
0
0
6.2
7
5
5
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
5 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/9/2015
LAD LAD
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
4.05
0
0
0
6.2
4
3
3
1
4
0
0
0
28
0
6 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
10
10/3/2014
LAD LAD
vs
STL STL
L
1
10.80
0
0
0
6.2
8
8
8
2
0
0
0
0
28
0
7 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
9
10/17/2018
LAD LAD
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
8 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
9
10/7/2014
LAD LAD
@
STL STL
L
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
23
1
9 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
8
10/20/2020
LAD LAD
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
21
0
10 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
8
10/13/2015
LAD LAD
@
NYM NYM
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
25
0
11 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
7
10/6/2017
LAD LAD
vs
ARI ARI
W
1
5.68
0
0
0
6.1
5
4
4
4
3
0
0
0
26
0
12 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
7
10/7/2016
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
W
1
5.40
0
0
0
5.0
8
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
13 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
6
10/12/2022
LAD LAD
vs
SDP SDP
1
5.40
0
0
0
5.0
6
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
21
1
14 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
6
10/25/2020
LAD LAD
@
TBR TBR
W
1
3.18
0
0
0
5.2
5
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
21
0
15 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
6
10/7/2020
LAD LAD
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
6
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
24
0
16 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
6
10/16/2016
LAD LAD
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
17 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
6
10/7/2013
LAD LAD
vs
ATL ATL
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
24
1
18 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
5
10/28/2018
LAD LAD
vs
BOS BOS
L
1
5.14
0
0
0
7.0
7
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
27
0
19 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
5
10/23/2018
LAD LAD
@
BOS BOS
L
1
11.25
0
0
0
4.0
7
5
5
0
3
0
0
1
20
0
20 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
5
10/19/2017
LAD LAD
@
CHC CHC
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
22
0
21 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
5
10/18/2013
LAD LAD
@
STL STL
L
1
15.75
0
0
0
4.0
10
7
7
0
2
0
0
1
24
2
22 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
5
10/12/2013
LAD LAD
@
STL STL
L
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
20
0
23 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
4
10/15/2020
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
L
1
7.20
0
0
0
5.0
7
4
4
1
1
0
0
0
21
0
24 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
4
10/4/2019
LAD LAD
vs
WSH WSH
L
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
6
3
3
0
1
2
0
0
27
0
25 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
4
11/1/2017
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
0
0.00
0
0
0
4.0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
16
1
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