10+ Strikeouts baseball games

A completed baseball game in which one pitcher records at least 10 strikeouts.

11 tagged games · 6 with published analysis

Published analysis

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians
How Cleveland’s strikeout chain made José Ramírez’s homer enough
A 2-0 game usually gets reduced to the lone scoring swing. The fuller explanation was Cleveland turning nearly every White Sox threat into a strikeout, from Gavin Williams through Erik Sabrowski to Cade Smith.
PostseasonShutout10+ StrikeoutsALDS
October 11, 2026
Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves
Yamamoto’s Fifth-Inning Escape Made Three Dodgers Runs Enough
Los Angeles scored all three of its runs in one fourth-inning burst off Chris Sale, but the game settled when Yoshinobu Yamamoto kept Atlanta’s fifth-inning rally to a single run.
Postseason10+ StrikeoutsNLDS
October 6, 2026
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
Rasmussen Made Aranda’s One Swing Enough for the Rays
Gerrit Cole kept New York in a winnable game, but Tampa Bay never gave that margin back: one Jonathan Aranda homer, eight innings from Drew Rasmussen, and no room to stack baserunners.
PostseasonShutout10+ StrikeoutsOne-Run GameALDS
October 3, 2026
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
The 9-0 part came late; the game turned at 2-0
Ben Rice supplied the loudest swing, but the Yankees shaped this 9-0 game earlier: Paul Blackburn erased Boston's seventh-inning opening, and the eighth only exploded after Boston's bullpen started handing away bases.
PostseasonShutout10+ StrikeoutsALWCS
September 30, 2026
San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
Glasnow's whiffs were real. Pivetta and the handoff mattered more.
Tyler Glasnow struck out 11, but San Diego's 4-2 win was built on Nick Pivetta's early escapes, a first-pitch sixth-inning run, and three run-scoring singles in the seventh.
10+ Strikeouts
September 25, 2026
Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies
Luzardo left no margin, and Schwarber found the only crack
Jesus Luzardo’s complete-game shutout erased Atlanta’s eighth-inning threat, and Kyle Schwarber turned a 2-2 fastball into the lone run of Philadelphia’s 1-0 win.
Complete-Game ShutoutComplete GameShutout10+ StrikeoutsOne-Run Game
September 7, 2026