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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Yesavage struck out 12 Dodgers hitters and allowed just three hits and one earned run over a 104-pitch performance that saw 10 of those strikeouts in the first five innings of the contest.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Yesavage tossed seven innings and allowed one earned run while striking out 12 Dodgers hitters and walking zero.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Ohtani won both of his pitching matchups this postseason, allowing just three earned runs over 12 innings.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Since the postseason began, Los Angeles’ four starting pitchers — Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani — have allowed just 10 earned runs while pitching 64 1/3 innings with 81 strikeouts over their 10 playoff games.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Yesavage tossed seven innings and allowed one earned run while striking out 12 Dodgers hitters and walking zero.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Ohtani won both of his pitching matchups this postseason, allowing just three earned runs over 12 innings.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Since the postseason began, Los Angeles’ four starting pitchers — Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani — have allowed just 10 earned runs while pitching 64 1/3 innings with 81 strikeouts over their 10 playoff games.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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