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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Pivetta has allowed one earned runs or less in eight of his last 10 starts (1.73 ERA), going 6-2 personally over that stretch.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Kimbrel has 440 saves, 56 wins, and a 2.59 earned run average.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
He’s allowed two earned runs or fewer in 17 of his 24 starts.
—Jim Bowden, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
Heading into Saturday’s game, Cubs starting pitchers had allowed just 46 earned runs in 144 innings — a 2.88 ERA — in the last 27 games.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Kimbrel has 440 saves, 56 wins, and a 2.59 earned run average.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
He’s allowed two earned runs or fewer in 17 of his 24 starts.
—Jim Bowden, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
Heading into Saturday’s game, Cubs starting pitchers had allowed just 46 earned runs in 144 innings — a 2.88 ERA — in the last 27 games.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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