earned run
noun
: a run in baseball that scores without benefit of an error before the fielding team has had a chance to make the third putout of the inning
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Roughly six months after surgery to address his arm aneurysm, Beck allowed one earned run in 3 ⅓ innings, punching out four while walking two.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
He’s allowed one earned run in 13 innings in his two good starts, and 16 earned runs in 12⅓ innings in the other three games.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 12 Aug. 2024
On Wednesday, Cortes allowed three earned runs over 5.1 innings, a solid effort after three consecutive poor performances that didn’t last five frames.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
Closer Craig Kimbrel couldn’t escape his struggles even in a low-leverage opportunity, allowing his seventh earned run in his past five outings to extend the Orioles’ deficit in the ninth.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
He’s allowed one earned run in 13 innings in his two good starts, and 16 earned runs in 12⅓ innings in the other three games.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 12 Aug. 2024
On Wednesday, Cortes allowed three earned runs over 5.1 innings, a solid effort after three consecutive poor performances that didn’t last five frames.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
Closer Craig Kimbrel couldn’t escape his struggles even in a low-leverage opportunity, allowing his seventh earned run in his past five outings to extend the Orioles’ deficit in the ninth.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.
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