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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San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller is on an otherworldly run himself, allowing just three earned runs in 32 innings.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
Gray yielded one earned run – a solo homer by third baseman Willi Castro in the bottom of the second – on six hits and walked three in seven innings.
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Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2026
Peralta allowed 10 hits and a career-worst 10 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings.
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CBS News,
21 June 2026
Peralta allowed 10 hits and a career-worst 10 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
Gray yielded one earned run – a solo homer by third baseman Willi Castro in the bottom of the second – on six hits and walked three in seven innings.
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Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2026
Peralta allowed 10 hits and a career-worst 10 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings.
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CBS News,
21 June 2026
Peralta allowed 10 hits and a career-worst 10 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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