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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The right-hander coughed up 10 earned runs in 9 1/3 innings against the Dodgers, who eventually won that World Series.
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
The 16th and ultimately final postseason performance of his career came in what turned out to be the longest game in World Series history; Porcello allowed one earned run over the first 4.2 innings of a Game 3 that went to the bottom of the 18th before the Dodgers won 3-2.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
The 27-year-old pitched a total of 7⅔ major league innings, giving up one earned run with no walks and striking out seven.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
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.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
The 16th and ultimately final postseason performance of his career came in what turned out to be the longest game in World Series history; Porcello allowed one earned run over the first 4.2 innings of a Game 3 that went to the bottom of the 18th before the Dodgers won 3-2.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
The 27-year-old pitched a total of 7⅔ major league innings, giving up one earned run with no walks and striking out seven.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
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.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for earned run
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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