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Eraned run question.

2 outs runners on 1st and 2nd.  Passed ball advances runners to 2nd and 3rd.  Batter gets a hit and both runners score.  Next batter K.  Is this two earned runs or one?  I would think one since if not for the catcher missing the ball, the second runner would not have scored.

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10.18

 

(d) No run shall be earned when the runner's advance is aided by an error, a passed ball, or defensive interference or obstruction, if the scorer judges that the run would not have scored without the aid of such misplay

 

So, by rule - if the scorekeeper doesn't think the second runner would have scored - it's unearned. The "if" of course depends on the hit that followed I guess.

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