pitcher with the most strikeouts in a playoff game in red sox history

Pedro Martinez has struck out the most hitters for the Red Sox in a postseason game, with 12 strikeouts in Game 3 of the 1999 ALCS versus the Yankees.

NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
12
10/16/1999
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
2 Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
11
10/18/2007
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
3 Joe Wood
J. Wood
11
10/8/1912
BSA BSA
@
NYG NYG
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
3
3
0
2
1
0
0
36
0
4 Bill Dinneen
B. Dinneen
11
10/2/1903
BSA BSA
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
5 David Price
D. Price
9
10/18/2018
BOS BOS
@
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
6 Daisuke Matsuzaka
D. Matsuzaka
9
10/10/2008
BOS BOS
@
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
29
1
7 Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
9
10/24/2007
BOS BOS
vs
COL COL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
8 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
9
10/11/1986
BOS BOS
@
CAL CAL
1
3.24
0
0
0
8.1
8
3
3
1
3
0
0
0
35
0
9 Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
8
10/10/2021
BOS BOS
vs
TBR TBR
1
3.60
0
0
0
5.0
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
20
0
10 Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
8
10/5/2021
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
20
0
11 Chris Sale
C. Sale
8
10/5/2018
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
3.38
0
0
0
5.1
5
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
22
0
12 Jon Lester
J. Lester
8
10/23/2013
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.2
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
13 John Lackey
J. Lackey
8
10/15/2013
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
0
14 Jon Lester
J. Lester
8
10/19/2008
BOS BOS
@
TBR TBR
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
6
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
27
0
15 Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
8
10/3/2007
BOS BOS
vs
LAA LAA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
1
16 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
8
10/16/2003
BOS BOS
@
NYY NYY
1
6.14
0
0
0
7.1
10
5
5
2
1
0
0
0
33
0
17 Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
8
10/13/2003
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
0
4
1
0
0
30
0
18 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
8
10/11/1999
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
21
0
19 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
8
9/29/1998
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
W
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
6
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
27
1
20 Wes Gardner
W. Gardner
8
10/8/1988
BOS BOS
@
OAK OAK
0
5.79
0
0
0
4.2
6
3
3
0
2
0
0
2
22
0
21 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
8
10/6/1988
BOS BOS
vs
OAK OAK
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
6
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
26
1
22 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
8
10/25/1986
BOS BOS
@
NYM NYM
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
26
0
23 Bruce Hurst
B. Hurst
8
10/18/1986
BOS BOS
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
31
0
24 Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
8
10/4/1975
BOS BOS
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
35
0
25 Joe Dobson
J. Dobson
8
10/11/1946
BSA BSA
vs
SLN SLN
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
35
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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