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

Examples of earned run in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Roughly six months after surgery to address his arm aneurysm, Beck allowed one earned run in 3 ⅓ innings, punching out four while walking two. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024 He’s allowed one earned run in 13 innings in his two good starts, and 16 earned runs in 12⅓ innings in the other three games. Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 12 Aug. 2024 On Wednesday, Cortes allowed three earned runs over 5.1 innings, a solid effort after three consecutive poor performances that didn’t last five frames. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024 Closer Craig Kimbrel couldn’t escape his struggles even in a low-leverage opportunity, allowing his seventh earned run in his past five outings to extend the Orioles’ deficit in the ninth. Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for earned run 

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Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of earned run was in 1871

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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

earned run

noun
: a run in baseball that scores without benefit of an error
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