Cristian Javier, Tyler Alexander and Danny Salazar are tied for striking out the most batters in a game with fewer than 4.0 innings pitched, with 10 strikeouts.
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Which pitcher had the most strikeouts in one regular-season game fewer than 4 innings?| NAME | SO | IP | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | C. Javier | 10 | 3.2 | 7/13/2022 |  HOU | @ |  LAA | L | 1 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2 |  | T. Alexander | 10 | 3.2 | 8/2/2020 |  DET | vs |  CIN | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | D. Salazar | 10 | 3.2 | 4/10/2014 |  CLE | @ |  CWS | L | 1 | 12.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 4 |  | M. Gore | 9 | 3.2 | 5/16/2025 |  WSH | @ |  BAL | 1 | 4.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | A. Manoah | 9 | 3.2 | 7/9/2021 |  TOR | @ |  TBR | L | 1 | 4.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 |  | J. Quintana | 9 | 3.2 | 5/3/2021 | LAA | vs | TBR | L | 1 | 12.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 7 | | D. Salazar | 9 | 3.2 | 9/13/2013 | CLE | @ | CWS | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | R. Halladay | 9 | 3.1 | 4/3/2013 |  PHI | @ |  ATL | L | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 9 |  | D. Duffy | 9 | 3.2 | 6/19/2011 |  KCR | @ |  STL | 1 | 4.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 10 |  | D. Cone | 9 | 3.2 | 4/25/1990 |  NYM | vs | ATL | 1 | 12.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 11 |  | J. Beattie | 9 | 3.2 | 8/9/1982 |  SEA | vs |  OAK | L | 1 | 14.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 12 |  | G. Crochet | 8 | 3.1 | 9/1/2024 | CWS | vs | NYM | L | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 |  | H. Brown | 8 | 3.0 | 7/7/2023 | HOU | vs |  SEA | L | 1 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 14 |  | S. Manaea | 8 | 3.2 | 5/22/2023 |  SFG | @ |  MIN | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 15 |  | H. Greene | 8 | 3.1 | 3/30/2023 | CIN | vs |  PIT | 1 | 8.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 16 | | H. Greene | 8 | 3.2 | 6/1/2022 | CIN | @ |  BOS | L | 1 | 9.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 17 |  | M. King | 8 | 3.0 | 4/22/2022 |  NYY | vs |  CLE | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 18 |  | E. Rodriguez | 8 | 3.1 | 7/29/2021 | BOS | vs | TOR | L | 1 | 16.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 19 |  | J. deGrom | 8 | 3.0 | 6/16/2021 | NYM | vs |  CHC | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 20 |  | H. Yang | 8 | 3.1 | 5/5/2021 |  TEX | @ | MIN | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 21 |  | D. Smyly | 8 | 3.2 | 9/16/2020 | SFG | @ | SEA | 1 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 22 |  | D. Ponce de Leon | 8 | 3.2 | 7/29/2020 | STL | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 23 |  | D. Germán | 8 | 3.2 | 6/1/2019 | NYY | vs | BOS | 1 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 24 | | D. Smyly | 8 | 3.2 | 4/19/2019 | TEX | vs | HOU | L | 1 | 9.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 25 | | J. Eickhoff | 8 | 3.1 | 9/28/2018 | PHI | vs | ATL | L | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for innings pitched and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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