Definition of earned run
: 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
earned run
noun
Updated on: 27 Nov 2017
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Recent Examples of earned run from the Web
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In Los Angeles’s nine playoff games so far, the bullpen has pitched 30⅔ innings and surrendered just those three earned runs.
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Sabathia pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing just three hits and two earned runs.
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In the seventh, that number balloons to 25.50 (17 earned runs in six innings), resulting in Kershaw’s disappointing statistics overall.
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In his last two starts on five days rest, Bundy – who earlier in the season pitched well with an extra day off – has allowed 11 earned runs over 8 1/3 innings.
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Kershaw finished just 4 2/3 and was charged with six earned runs.
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Over 30 2/3 innings during its first nine playoff games, the Dodgers’ bullpen had allowed only 12 hits, three earned runs and one homer.
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Chicago scored two earned runs and two unearned runs, on the strength of three hits, one hit by pitch, one intentional walk, a catcher's interference, and one very odd play.
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Houston starter Justin Verlander went six innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs.
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