orel hershiser most strike outs in a playoff game

Orel Hershiser fanned his most batters in a postseason game in Game 5 of the 1988 World Series versus the Oakland Athletics, with 9 strikeouts.

NAMESODATETMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
9
10/20/1988
LAD LAD
@
OAK OAK
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
35
1
2Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
8
10/15/1995
CLE CLE
vs
SEA SEA
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
26
0
3Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
8
10/16/1988
LAD LAD
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
31
0
4Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
7
10/11/1997
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
5Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
7
10/21/1995
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
L
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
3
3
1
3
0
0
0
23
0
6Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
7
10/11/1995
CLE CLE
@
SEA SEA
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
4
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
31
1
7Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
7
10/4/1995
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.1
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
28
1
8Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
6
10/26/1995
CLE CLE
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
5
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
29
0
9Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
6
10/4/1988
LAD LAD
vs
NYM NYM
1
2.16
0
0
0
8.1
7
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
10Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
5
10/17/1999
NYM NYM
vs
ATL ATL
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.1
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
2
15
0
11Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
5
10/12/1988
LAD LAD
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
35
1
12Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
4
10/8/1988
LAD LAD
@
NYM NYM
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
3
0
4
0
0
1
31
1
13Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
4
10/10/1985
LAD LAD
vs
STL STL
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
2
2
0
5
0
0
0
38
1
14Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
3
10/23/1997
CLE CLE
vs
FLA FLA
L
1
9.53
0
0
0
5.2
9
6
6
1
2
0
0
0
26
0
15Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
3
10/5/1997
CLE CLE
vs
NYY NYY
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
8
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
16Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
3
10/2/1996
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
1
5.40
0
0
0
5.0
7
3
4
1
3
1
0
0
25
0
17Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
2
10/18/1997
CLE CLE
@
FLA FLA
L
1
14.54
0
0
0
4.1
6
7
7
2
4
0
0
0
23
0
18Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
1
10/8/1999
NYM NYM
vs
ARI ARI
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
19Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
1
9/30/1997
CLE CLE
@
NYY NYY
1
6.23
0
0
0
4.1
6
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
20
0
20Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
1
10/16/1985
LAD LAD
vs
STL STL
1
5.68
0
0
0
6.1
9
4
4
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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