which pitcher has the most strikeouts in a playoff game orioles

Mike Mussina has struck out the most batters for the Orioles in a postseason game, with 15 strikeouts in Game 3 of the 1997 ALCS versus the Cleveland Indians.

NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
15
10/11/1997
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
26
0
2 Mike Boddicker
M. Boddicker
14
10/6/1983
BAL BAL
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
36
0
3 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
12
10/6/1973
BAL BAL
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
36
0
4 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
12
10/5/1970
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
36
0
5 Mike Cuellar
M. Cuellar
11
10/9/1973
BAL BAL
@
OAK OAK
L
1
1.80
1
0
0
10.0
4
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
37
0
6 Dave McNally
D. McNally
11
10/5/1969
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
11.0
3
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
41
0
7 Moe Drabowsky
M. Drabowsky
11
10/5/1966
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
23
0
8 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
10
10/15/1997
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
9 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
10
10/11/1971
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
7
3
3
1
8
0
0
0
40
0
10 Denny Galehouse
D. Galehouse
10
10/8/1944
SLA SLA
vs
SLN SLN
L
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
34
0
11 Jack Kramer
J. Kramer
10
10/6/1944
SLA SLA
vs
SLN SLN
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
37
0
12 Kyle Bradish
K. Bradish
9
10/7/2023
BAL BAL
vs
TEX TEX
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
4.2
7
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
13 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
9
10/1/1997
BAL BAL
@
SEA SEA
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
5
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
26
0
14 Dave McNally
D. McNally
9
10/9/1971
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
35
1
15 Miguel Gonzalez
M. Gonzalez
8
10/10/2012
BAL BAL
@
NYY NYY
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
16 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
8
10/5/1971
BAL BAL
@
OAK OAK
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
36
1
17 Mike Cuellar
M. Cuellar
8
10/11/1969
BAL BAL
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
36
0
18 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
7
10/5/1997
BAL BAL
vs
SEA SEA
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
26
0
19 Mike Flanagan
M. Flanagan
7
10/10/1979
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
2
4
1
1
0
0
0
41
0
20 Dave McNally
D. McNally
7
10/7/1973
BAL BAL
vs
OAK OAK
L
1
5.87
0
0
0
7.2
7
5
5
4
2
0
0
0
32
1
21 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
7
10/14/1970
BAL BAL
vs
CIN CIN
1
6.43
0
0
0
7.0
6
5
5
1
4
0
0
0
31
0
22 Dave McNally
D. McNally
7
10/12/1969
BAL BAL
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
3
0
0
1
36
1
23 Mike Cuellar
M. Cuellar
7
10/4/1969
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
3
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
24 Bud Norris
B. Norris
6
10/5/2014
BAL BAL
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.1
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
25
1
25 Chris Tillman
C. Tillman
6
10/2/2014
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
W
1
3.60
0
0
0
5.0
4
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
20
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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