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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Sophomore right-hander Carson Johnson was named the Mountain West pitcher of the week after allowing one earned run on two hits with 11 strikeouts over seven innings.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Texas State’s bullpen — Emma Strood, Analisz Soliz, Kailee Witherell and Abigail Jennings — allowed nine earned runs on 10 hits and four home runs.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
Following that beatdown, Roupp allowed just four earned runs over his next six starts, easily the best stretch of his major-league career.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
But in 1972, Wood started 25 games on only two days’ rest, winning 12 and permitting fewer than two earned runs per game.
—Joe Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Texas State’s bullpen — Emma Strood, Analisz Soliz, Kailee Witherell and Abigail Jennings — allowed nine earned runs on 10 hits and four home runs.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
Following that beatdown, Roupp allowed just four earned runs over his next six starts, easily the best stretch of his major-league career.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
But in 1972, Wood started 25 games on only two days’ rest, winning 12 and permitting fewer than two earned runs per game.
—Joe Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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