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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Mazur entered the game having allowed 27 hits and 14 earned runs in 20 innings pitched across four starts.
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Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Cameron allowed the two earned runs and recorded seven strikeouts.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
The New York Yankees endured a harsh loss to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday as the bullpen gave up 11 earned runs to blow the game.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Early, 23, is coming off back-to-back starts of at least five innings, and no more than three hits and one earned run.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Cameron allowed the two earned runs and recorded seven strikeouts.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
The New York Yankees endured a harsh loss to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday as the bullpen gave up 11 earned runs to blow the game.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Early, 23, is coming off back-to-back starts of at least five innings, and no more than three hits and one earned run.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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