A list of the most strikeouts in a postseason game with players, team, opponent, and date (x-World Series):
15 — Roger Clemens, New York at Seattle, Oct. 14, 2000
15 — Mike Mussina, Baltimore at Cleveland, Oct. 11, 1997
14 — Joe Coleman, Detroit vs. Oakland, Oct. 10, 1972
14 — Mike Boddicker, Baltimore vs. Chicago, Oct. 6, 1983
17 — x-Bob Gibson, St. Louis vs. Detroit, Oct. 2, 1968
16 — Kevin Brown, San Diego at Houston, Sept. 29, 1998
15 — x-Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles at New York (AL), Oct. 2, 1963
15 — Livan Hernandez, Florida vs. Atlanta, Oct. 12, 1997
14 — x-Carl Erskine, Brooklyn vs. New York (AL), Oct. 2, 1953
14 — John Candelaria, Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati, Oct. 7, 1975
14 — Mike Scott, Houston vs. New York, Oct. 8, 1986
14 — Tim Lincecum, San Francisco vs. Atlanta, Oct. 7, 2010
17 — Anibal Sanchez (12), Al Alburquerque (2), Jose Veras (2), Joaquin Benoit (1) Detroit at Boston, Oct. 12, 2013
16 — Max Scherzer (11), Drew Smyly (2), Joaquin Benoit (3), Detroit at Oakland, Oct. 4, 2013
15 — Cliff Lee (13), Neftali Perez (2), Texas at New York, Oct. 18, 2010
17 — Kevin Brown (16), Trevor Hoffman (1), San Diego vs. Houston, Sept. 29, 1998
15 — x-Bob Forsch (2), Ricky Horton (4), Bill Campbell (2), Todd Worrell (6), Jeff Lahti (1), St. Louis vs. Kansas City, Oct. 24, 1985
15 — John Smoltz (10), Mark Wohlers (5), Atlanta vs. Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1993
15 — Clayton Kershaw (12), Kenley Jansen (3), Los Angeles at Atlanta, Oct. 3, 2013
Note: Mussina had 15 strikeouts in the first seven innings of a 12-inning game. All other games listed went nine innings.

Boston held to 1 hit, Detroit wins ALCS opener 1-0

