earned run
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- noun
- /ˈɜrnd rʌn/
- Specialized
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- Matt Guerrier took the loss as he allowed two earned runs, and Pat Neshek allowed three earned runs.
- earned run average
Examples
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In all, he gave up seven earned runs in just 4 1/3 innings.
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Max Scherzer worked 6 1/3 innings, giving up all three earned runs, and struck out eight.
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Zimmermann had taken the loss on Monday after giving up five earned runs in just three innings of work.
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4 and 2/3 innings, 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts.
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Through his first 14 2/3 innings, he gave up just four earned runs and had eight saves with two blown saves.
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Combine it with his last start and you're looking at 15 innings, two earned runs, 17 strikeouts.
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In 74 2/3 innings, Rodney allowed just five earned runs and 43 hits.
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Right-hander Brad Penny gave up three hits and two earned runs in an appearance at Triple-A on Wednesday.
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In that outing on August 29, Harvey tossed 6.1 innings, allowing just 2 earned runs.
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In his last game, he gave up three earned runs in seven innings of work.
Antonyms
- Jargon
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A run scored because a defensive player made a mistake, not from the batter's play
How Earned
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'earned' conveys a sense of something legitimately gained, so a learner who knows both words could infer this refers to a run that was legitimately scored rather than mistakenly awarded. However, the exact, rule-based meaning (a run not resulting from a fielding error or passed ball) is a sport-specific technical sense that is not fully deducible from the constituents alone, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Earned run is a baseball scoring term. The idea is that the pitcher earned the run by allowing hits or walks rather than by a fielder's mistake, so a run that scores because of a fielding error is not 'earned' by the pitcher. That's why it means a run scored without a fielding error.