Where does Cliff Lee's Game 3 rank among best playoff starts?

There have been just over 1,250 postseason starts since 1903, but few have been better than Cliff Lee's(notes) appearance in last Sunday's NLCS Game 3 against the Dodgers. He went eight scoreless innings allowing only three hits, striking out 10 and walking nobody. Additionally, only one runner got past first base.Lee didn't exactly need to be that good — the Phillies scored 11 runs and knocked Hiroki Kuroda(notes) out after he'd given up six runs and recorded just four outs — but it was still pretty amazing to watch. But just how historic was Lee's day at the office? In postseason history, there have only been 45 starts better than Lee's, and only 15 in the last 20 years, as ranked by Game Score.* *Game Score is a metric devised by Bill James that attempts to index how good a start is, by rewarding the pitcher for innings pitched and strikeouts, and penalizing them for hits, walks, and runs allowed. It more or less operates on a 100-point scale &...