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JMoff1,000+ posts

Great question...

The rule says (and I'm quoting from memory not a direct rule), "recreate the inning as if no error occured, always giving the benefit of the doubt to the pitcher in determining how many bases a runner would've advanced in determining earned runs".

So, the question would be to you; apply that logic and decide if a runner would've scored from first without any doubt on the double. I would ask myself, "was the hitter a Clidesdale (sp?) and any other hitter in the lineup would've had a triple?" If answer to that question is "no", then I score unearned.

Just me...

Bottom line, scoring a run unearned helps the pitcher and doesn't hurt the offense, which is why the rule is phrased the way it is.

3/29/119:47 PM

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