who was the first pitcher with 20 strikeouts in a game with fewer than 10 ip

Roger Clemens got 20 strikeouts when pitching fewer than 10 innings versus the Mariners on April 29, 1986.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first pitcher with 20 or more strikeouts in a game with fewer than 10 ip?
NAME DATE SO IP TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
4/29/1986
20
9.0
BOS BOS
vs
SEA SEA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
30
0
2 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
9/18/1996
20
9.0
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
1
3 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
5/6/1998
20
9.0
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
4 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
5/8/2001
20
9.0
ARI ARI
vs
CIN CIN
1
1.00
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
5 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
5/11/2016
20
9.0
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
6
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
33
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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