Tom Cheney has struck out the most batters in a road game, with 21 strikeouts against the Orioles on September 12, 1962.
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What is the most strikeouts in a single regular-season game by a road pitcher?| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | T. Cheney | 21 | 9/12/1962 |  WSH | @ |  BAL | W | 1 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 |
| 2 |  | R. Clemens | 20 | 9/18/1996 |  BOS | @ |  DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 3 |  | D. Cone | 19 | 10/6/1991 |  NYM | @ |  PHI | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 |  | R. Johnson | 18 | 9/27/1992 |  SEA | @ |  TEX | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | N. Ryan | 18 | 9/10/1976 |  CAL | @ |  CWS | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 6 |  | D. Wilson | 18 | 7/14/1968 |  HOU | @ |  CIN | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 7 |  | C. Short | 18 | 10/2/1965 |  PHI | @ | NYM | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | S. Koufax | 18 | 4/24/1962 |  LAD | @ |  CHC | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 9 |  | J. Coombs | 18 | 8/4/1910 |  PHA | @ |  CWS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | | J. Coombs | 18 | 9/1/1906 | PHA | @ |  BSA | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 | |||
| 11 |  | M. Scherzer | 17 | 10/3/2015 |  WSH | @ | NYM | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 12 |  | C. Schilling | 17 | 4/7/2002 |  ARI | @ |  MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 13 |  | P. Martinez | 17 | 9/10/1999 |  BOS | @ |  NYY | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 14 |  | R. Johnson | 17 | 6/30/1999 | ARI | @ | CIN | L | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 15 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 8/18/1976 | CAL | @ | DET | W | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| 16 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 7/15/1973 | CAL | @ | DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 17 |  | B. Monbouquette | 17 | 5/12/1961 |  BOS | @ | WSH | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 18 | | R. Waddell | 17 | 9/5/1905 | PHA | @ | BSA | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |||
| 19 |  | L. Lynn | 16 | 6/18/2023 | CWS | @ |  SEA | L | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 20 |  | G. Cole | 16 | 5/4/2018 |  HOU | @ |  ARI | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 21 |  | D. Duffy | 16 | 8/1/2016 |  KCR | @ |  TBR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 22 | | M. Scherzer | 16 | 6/14/2015 | WSH | @ | MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 23 |  | R. Nolasco | 16 | 9/30/2009 |  FLA | @ |  ATL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 24 |  | J. Peavy | 16 | 4/25/2007 |  SDP | @ | ARI | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 25 | | R. Johnson | 16 | 8/23/2001 | ARI | @ |  PIT | L | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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