Verlander cracks top 25 best Games Scores in 21st century postseason

Phil Gurnee ♦ October 15, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

As great as Justin Verlander was yesterday, he barely cracked the top 25 game score in the postseason in the 21st century.

Postseason starts since 2000 with a game score of 80 or greater:

Player                    Date Series Gm#  Tm Opp   Rslt  IP H ER BB SO GSc
Roger Clemens       2000-10-14   ALCS   4 NYY SEA  W 5-0 9.0 1  0  2 15  98
Tim Lincecum        2010-10-07   NLDS   1 SFG ATL  W 1-0 9.0 2  0  1 14  96
Roy Halladay        2010-10-06   NLDS   1 PHI CIN  W 4-0 9.0 0  0  1  8  94
Josh Beckett        2003-10-12   NLCS   5 FLA CHC  W 4-0 9.0 2  0  1 11  93
Randy Johnson       2001-10-28     WS   2 ARI NYY  W 4-0 9.0 3  0  1 11  91
Randy Johnson       2001-10-16   NLCS   1 ARI ATL  W 2-0 9.0 3  0  1 11  91
Cliff Lee           2010-10-18   ALCS   3 TEX NYY  W 8-0 8.0 2  0  1 13  90
Justin Verlander    2012-10-11   ALDS   5 DET OAK  W 6-0 9.0 4  0  1 11  89
Curt Schilling      2001-10-09   NLDS   1 ARI STL  W 1-0 9.0 3  0  1  9  89
Jake Arrieta        2015-10-07   NLWC   1 CHC PIT  W 4-0 9.0 5  0  0 11  88
Madison Bumgarner   2014-10-01   NLWC   1 SFG PIT  W 8-0 9.0 4  0  1 10  88
Mike Hampton        2000-10-16   NLCS   5 NYM STL  W 7-0 9.0 3  0  1  8  88
Bobby Jones         2000-10-08   NLDS   4 NYM SFG  W 4-0 9.0 1  0  2  5  88
Madison Bumgarner   2014-10-26     WS   5 SFG KCR  W 5-0 9.0 4  0  0  8  87
Justin Verlander    2013-10-10   ALDS   5 DET OAK  W 3-0 8.0 2  0  1 10  87
Josh Beckett        2007-10-03   ALDS   1 BOS LAA  W 4-0 9.0 4  0  0  8  87
Roger Clemens       2000-10-22     WS   2 NYY NYM  W 6-5 8.0 2  0  0  9  87
Cole Hamels         2010-10-10   NLDS   3 PHI CIN  W 2-0 9.0 5  0  0  9  86
Cliff Lee           2009-10-18   NLCS   3 PHI LAD W 11-0 8.0 3  0  0 10  86
Cole Hamels         2008-10-01   NLDS   1 PHI MIL  W 3-1 8.0 2  0  1  9  86
Jason Schmidt       2003-09-30   NLDS   1 SFG FLA  W 2-0 9.0 3  0  0  5  86
Justin Verlander    2017-10-14   ALCS   2 HOU NYY  W 2-1 9.0 5  1  1 13  85
Curt Schilling      2001-10-19   NLCS   3 ARI ATL  W 5-1 9.0 4  1  2 12  85
Derek Holland       2011-10-23     WS   4 TEX STL  W 4-0 8.1 2  0  2  7  84
Chris Carpenter     2011-10-07   NLDS   5 STL PHI  W 1-0 9.0 3  0  0  3  84
Josh Beckett        2003-10-25     WS   6 FLA NYY  W 2-0 9.0 5  0  2  9  84
Madison Bumgarner   2016-10-05   NLWC   1 SFG NYM  W 3-0 9.0 4  0  2  6  83
Cliff Lee           2009-10-28     WS   1 PHI NYY  W 6-1 9.0 6  0  0 10  83
Johnny Cueto        2016-10-07   NLDS   1 SFG CHC  L 0-1 8.0 3  1  0 10  82
CC Sabathia         2012-10-12   ALDS   5 NYY BAL  W 3-1 9.0 4  1  2  9  82
Cliff Lee           2010-10-12   ALDS   5 TEX TBR  W 5-1 9.0 6  1  0 11  82
Chris Carpenter     2006-10-24     WS   3 STL DET  W 5-0 8.0 3  0  0  6  82
Brandon Backe       2004-10-18   NLCS   5 HOU STL  W 3-0 8.0 1  0  2  4  82
Mark Prior          2003-10-03   NLDS   3 CHC ATL  W 3-1 9.0 2  1  4  7  82
Stephen Strasburg   2017-10-11   NLDS   4 WSN CHC  W 5-0 7.0 3  0  2 12  81
Sonny Gray          2013-10-05   ALDS   2 OAK DET  W 1-0 8.0 4  0  2  9  81
Kyle Hendricks      2016-10-22   NLCS   6 CHC LAD  W 5-0 7.1 2  0  0  6  80
Matt Moore          2016-10-11   NLDS   4 SFG CHC  L 5-6 8.0 2  1  2 10  80
Noah Syndergaard    2016-10-05   NLWC   1 NYM SFG  L 0-3 7.0 2  0  3 10  80
Johnny Cueto        2015-10-28     WS   2 KCR NYM  W 7-1 9.0 2  1  3  4  80
Max Scherzer        2013-10-13   ALCS   2 DET BOS  L 5-6 7.0 2  1  2 13  80
Homer Bailey        2012-10-09   NLDS   3 CIN SFG  L 1-2 7.0 1  1  1 10  80
Tim Lincecum        2010-11-01     WS   5 SFG TEX  W 3-1 8.0 3  1  2 10  80
Madison Bumgarner   2010-10-31     WS   4 SFG TEX  W 4-0 8.0 3  0  2  6  80
Jonathan Sanchez    2010-10-10   NLDS   3 SFG ATL  W 3-2 7.1 2  1  1 11  80
Roberto Hernandez   2007-10-05   ALDS   2 CLE NYY  W 2-1 9.0 3  1  2  5  80
Kenny Rogers        2006-10-22     WS   2 DET STL  W 3-1 8.0 2  0  3  5  80
Jose Lima           2004-10-09   NLDS   3 LAD STL  W 4-0 9.0 5  0  1  4  80

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