earned run

earned run

 
noun Baseball.
a run yielded by a pitcher in which no error by the pitcher or the pitcher's teammates and no passed ball by the catcher was involved.
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism
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earned run

noun
a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team [ant: unearned run] 
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