Here's a fun little list that I worked up with Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Pitching Game Finder.  It's great relief work in post-season games where the player's team won the game:

  Cnt Player            Date          Series G Tm   Opp GmReslt App,Dec    **IP**   H  R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP   ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
      1 Moe Drabowsky     1966-10-05    WS     1 BAL @LAD W  5-2   3-9f ,W     6.2  1  0  0  2 11  0               3  1 23 21  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
      2 Bruce Kison       1971-10-13    WS     4 PIT  BAL W  4-3   1-7  ,W     6.1  1  0  0  0  3  0               1  0 22 19  1  0   0   3  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
      3 Pedro Martinez    1999-10-11    ALDS   5 BOS @CLE W 12-8   4-9f ,W     6    0  0  0  3  8  0  97  57       0  0 21 18  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
      4 Paul Splittorff   1976-10-10    ALCS   2 KCR  NYY W  7-3   3-8  ,W     5.2  4  0  0  2  1  0               1  0 23 21  2  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
      5 Larry Sherry      1959-10-08    WS     6 LAD @CHW W  9-3   4-9f ,W     5.2  4  0  0  1  1  0               1  0 22 21  2  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
      6 Warren Spahn      1948-10-10    WS     5 BSN @CLE W 11-5   4-9f ,W     5.2  1  0  0  1  7  0               0  0 19 18  1  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
      7 Andy Hawkins      1984-10-10    WS     2 SDP  DET W  5-3   1-6  ,W     5.1  1  0  0  0  3  0  54  39       2  0 16 16  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
      8 Mike Torrez       1977-10-09    ALCS   5 NYY @KCR W  5-3   3-8         5.1  3  0  0  3  4  0  76  43       1  0 20 17  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  2  1  0  0  0   0.00
      9 Sparky Lyle       1977-10-08    ALCS   4 NYY @KCR W  6-4   4-9f ,W     5.1  2  0  0  0  1  0  54  40       2  0 17 17  0  0   0   0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
     10 Rube Walberg      1929-10-14    WS     5 PHA  CHC W  3-2   4-9f ,W     5.1  2  0  0  0  6  0               2  0 18 18  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0  0   0.00
     11 Joe Price         1987-10-11    NLCS   5 SFG  STL W  6-3   5-9f ,W     5    1  0  0  1  6  0  59  43       0  0 17 16  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
     12 Roger McDowell    1986-10-15    NLCS   6 NYM @HOU W  7-6   9-13        5    1  0  0  0  2  0  53  38       0  0 15 15  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0.00
     13 Joe Page          1947-10-06    WS     7 NYY  BRO W  5-2   5-9f ,W     5    1  0  0  0  1  0               0  0 15 15  0  0   0   0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0.00
  
  

As much as Torrez takes heat for Bucky Dent in 1978 and Pedro takes some for Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, you  have to respect their games here - considering how important those games were in those series.

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