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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Along with Birdsong, Opening Day starter Logan Webb threw 3 1/3 innings at Papago Park, allowing one run (zero earned runs) with no walks and six strikeouts.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Their best returning starters were Brayan Bello, whose 14-8 record was accompanied by a bloated 4.49 earned run average, and Tanner Houck, who went 9-10 despite a tidy 3.12 mark.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Cole allowed three hits and one earned run — courtesy of a Will Wagner double in the third — but his fastball topped out at 96.1 mph.
Cole, aided by first-inning homers form Austin Wells and Cody Bellinger, turned to his changeup more than any other pitch, throwing it 15 times.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
Anders Tolhurst pitched two innings and allowed four hits, and one earned run with two strikeouts.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Their best returning starters were Brayan Bello, whose 14-8 record was accompanied by a bloated 4.49 earned run average, and Tanner Houck, who went 9-10 despite a tidy 3.12 mark.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Cole allowed three hits and one earned run — courtesy of a Will Wagner double in the third — but his fastball topped out at 96.1 mph.
Cole, aided by first-inning homers form Austin Wells and Cody Bellinger, turned to his changeup more than any other pitch, throwing it 15 times.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
Anders Tolhurst pitched two innings and allowed four hits, and one earned run with two strikeouts.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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