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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In his next 22 postseason games, one for the Rays and the rest for the Kansas City Royals, Davis worked 27 1/3 innings and allowed exactly one earned run.
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Cortes delivered, allowing one earned run over five innings as the Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series.
—Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Senga pitched just three and two-thirds innings and allowed six hits, four earned runs and two walks on 81 pitches.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
He was charged with five runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts and has allowed 10 earned runs over his last two starts, covering just 7⅔ innings in those outings.
—Andrew Wagner, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Cortes delivered, allowing one earned run over five innings as the Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series.
—Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Senga pitched just three and two-thirds innings and allowed six hits, four earned runs and two walks on 81 pitches.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
He was charged with five runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts and has allowed 10 earned runs over his last two starts, covering just 7⅔ innings in those outings.
—Andrew Wagner, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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