pirates most pitching strikeouts in single game

The Pittsburgh Pirates struck out their most batters in a game on June 1, 2019 and on September 27, 1960, with 19 strikeouts.

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	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	Pirates	19	6/1/2019	PIT	vs	MIL	L 10-12	8.31	0	0	13.0	14	12	12	5	8	2	0	63	1	13.15	5.54	2.38	3.46	30.2	12.7	1.69	.310	8.31	9.69
2	Pirates	19	9/27/1960	PIT	vs	CIN	W 4-3	1.69	0	0	16.0	11	3	3	0	5	0	0	61	1	10.69	2.81	3.80	0.00	31.1	8.2	1.00	.297	1.69	6.19
3	Pirates	18	9/2/2021	PIT	@	CHC	L 5-6	4.35	0	0	10.1	13	5	6	2	4	0	3	48	0	15.68	3.48	4.50	1.74	37.5	8.3	1.65	.458	5.23	11.32
4	Pirates	18	7/6/1980	PIT	vs	CHC	W 5-4	1.80	0	0	20.0	17	4	4	2	5	0	2	79	0	8.10	2.25	3.60	0.90	22.8	6.3	1.10	.278	1.80	7.65
5	Pirates	17	5/14/2023	PIT	@	BAL	W 4-0	0.00	0	0	9.0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	36	0	17.00	0.00		0.00	47.2	0.0	0.89	.444	0.00	8.00
6	Pirates	17	4/1/2019	PIT	vs	STL	L 5-6	3.27	0	0	11.0	8	4	6	1	8	3	0	51	2	13.91	6.55	2.13	0.82	33.3	15.7	1.45	.318	4.91	6.55
7	Pirates	17	9/18/2018	PIT	vs	KCR	W 2-1	0.82	0	0	11.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	41	0	13.91	2.45	5.67	0.00	41.5	7.3	0.91	.333	0.82	5.73
8	Pirates	17	4/24/2016	PIT	@	ARI	W 12-10	6.92	0	1	13.0	15	10	10	4	8	0	2	62	1	11.77	5.54	2.13	2.77	27.4	12.9	1.77	.333	6.92	10.38
9	Pirates	17	4/2/2014	PIT	vs	CHC	W 4-3	1.69	0	0	16.0	15	3	3	1	6	2	1	70	0	9.56	3.38	2.83	0.56	24.3	8.6	1.31	.318	1.69	8.44
10	Pirates	17	8/19/2013	PIT	@	SDP	W 3-1	1.00	0	1	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	35	1	17.00	2.00	8.50	0.00	48.6	5.7	0.89	.375	1.00	6.00
11	Pirates	17	5/3/2012	PIT	@	STL	W 6-3	3.00	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	0	42	0	17.00	7.00	2.43	0.00	40.5	16.7	1.56	.389	3.00	7.00
12	Pirates	17	5/21/1968	PIT	@	NYM	L 3-4	1.62	0	0	16.2	13	3	4	1	2	1	0	65	0	9.18	1.08	8.50	0.54	26.2	3.1	0.90	.273	2.16	7.02
13	Pirates	17	9/30/1964	PIT	@	CIN	W 1-0	0.00	0	0	16.0	9	0	0	0	9	0	4	66	0	9.56	5.06	1.89	0.00	25.8	13.6	1.13	.225	0.00	5.06
14	Pirates	16	7/25/2026	PIT	vs	CHC	L 0-11	11.00	0	0	9.0	16	11	11	1	4	2	0	49	1	16.00	4.00	4.00	1.00	32.7	8.2	2.22	.577	11.00	16.00
15	Pirates	16	3/29/2026	PIT	@	NYM	W 4-3	1.80	0	1	10.0	9	2	3	0	2	0	0	40	1	14.40	1.80	8.00	0.00	40.0	5.0	1.10	.409	2.70	8.10
16	Pirates	16	5/23/2025	PIT	vs	MIL	W 6-5	3.60	0	0	10.0	11	4	5	1	6	0	0	46	0	14.40	5.40	2.67	0.90	34.8	13.0	1.70	.435	4.50	9.90
17	Pirates	16	8/20/2023	PIT	@	MIN	L 0-2	2.25	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	31	0	18.00	1.13	16.00	0.00	51.6	3.2	0.75	.385	2.25	5.63
18	Pirates	16	8/7/2020	PIT	vs	DET	L 13-17	12.27	0	0	11.0	16	15	17	1	6	1	0	56	0	13.09	4.91	2.67	0.82	28.6	10.7	2.00	.469	13.91	13.09
19	Pirates	16	9/27/2019	PIT	vs	CIN	W 6-5	5.00	0	0	9.0	7	5	5	0	8	0	0	42	0	16.00	8.00	2.00	0.00	38.1	19.0	1.67	.389	5.00	7.00
20	Pirates	16	9/30/2018	PIT	@	CIN	W 6-5	2.70	0	1	10.0	5	3	5	2	5	1	0	41	1	14.40	4.50	3.20	1.80	39.0	12.2	1.00	.176	4.50	4.50
21	Pirates	16	8/24/2018	PIT	@	MIL	L 6-7	4.30	0	0	14.2	13	7	7	2	7	1	0	62	2	9.82	4.30	2.29	1.23	25.8	11.3	1.36	.306	4.30	7.98
22	Pirates	16	4/19/2018	PIT	@	PHI	L 0-7	7.88	0	0	8.0	9	7	7	1	5	1	0	38	1	18.00	5.63	3.20	1.13	42.1	13.2	1.75	.533	7.88	10.13
23	Pirates	16	7/17/2016	PIT	@	WSH	W 2-1	0.50	0	0	18.0	8	1	1	1	4	1	0	62	1	8.00	2.00	4.00	0.50	25.8	6.5	0.67	.175	0.50	4.00
24	Pirates	16	8/15/2015	PIT	@	NYM	W 5-3	1.29	0	1	14.0	7	2	3	2	3	1	0	52	0	10.29	1.93	5.33	1.29	30.8	5.8	0.71	.167	1.93	4.50
25	Pirates	16	6/30/2015	PIT	@	DET	W 5-4	2.57	0	0	14.0	17	4	4	1	1	1	1	58	1	10.29	0.64	16.00	0.64	27.6	1.7	1.29	.410	2.57	10.93

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