Alex Cobb has struck out the most batters in a game with fewer than 5.0 innings pitched, with 13 strikeouts versus the Padres on May 10, 2013.
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Which pitcher had the most strikeouts in one regular-season game fewer than 5 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 |  | A. Cobb | 13 | 4.2 | 5/10/2013 |  TBR | vs |  SDP | 1 | 5.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2 |  | A. Cashner | 12 | 4.2 | 6/1/2015 | SDP | vs |  NYM | L | 1 | 9.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 3 |  | H. Birdsong | 11 | 4.1 | 9/29/2024 |  SFG | vs |  STL | L | 1 | 6.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | | T. Bradley | 11 | 4.1 | 6/15/2023 | TBR | @ |  OAK | 1 | 4.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | D. Cease | 11 | 4.0 | 5/12/2022 |  CWS | vs |  NYY | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | A. Nola | 11 | 4.2 | 6/30/2021 |  PHI | vs |  MIA | L | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 7 |  | R. Ray | 11 | 4.2 | 4/24/2018 |  ARI | @ | PHI | 1 | 5.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | C. Rodón | 11 | 4.0 | 7/25/2017 | CWS | @ |  CHC | L | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 9 |  | T. Megill | 10 | 4.2 | 5/21/2025 | NYM | @ |  BOS | 1 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 10 |  | C. Sale | 10 | 4.2 | 8/7/2024 |  ATL | vs |  MIL | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 11 |  | C. Mize | 10 | 4.1 | 6/24/2024 |  DET | vs | PHI | L | 1 | 6.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 12 |  | D. Cease | 10 | 4.2 | 6/21/2024 |  SDP | vs | MIL | 1 | 7.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 13 |  | G. Crochet | 10 | 4.2 | 4/13/2024 | CWS | vs |  CIN | L | 1 | 9.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 14 | | R. Olson | 10 | 4.1 | 8/28/2023 | DET | vs | NYY | L | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 15 |  | J. Ryan | 10 | 4.1 | 7/9/2023 |  MIN | vs |  BAL | L | 1 | 10.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 16 |  | M. Kopech | 10 | 4.1 | 5/29/2023 | CWS | vs |  LAA | L | 1 | 8.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 17 | | T. Walker | 10 | 4.1 | 10/4/2022 | NYM | vs |  WSH | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 18 |  | R. Contreras | 10 | 4.2 | 9/21/2022 |  PIT | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 11.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 19 |  | A. Heaney | 10 | 4.2 | 8/18/2022 |  LAD | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 5.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 20 |  | J. Steele | 10 | 4.2 | 8/5/2022 | CHC | vs | MIA | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 21 |  | 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 |
| 22 |  | C. Burnes | 10 | 4.2 | 9/14/2020 | MIL | vs | STL | 1 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 23 | | G. Gonzalez | 10 | 4.2 | 8/17/2020 | CWS | vs | DET | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 24 |  | G. Cole | 10 | 4.2 | 8/8/2020 | NYY | @ | TBR | 1 | 5.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 25 | | 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 | |
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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