Hi, can anyone help me with this one.
My son came in as a relief pitcher with the bases loaded. He finished the job but walked the guy on 3rd. Does this count as an earned run against him? He did not load the bases but the one walk he gave up send a guy home.
Shaun
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When a relief pitcher is brought in with runners on base, the pitcher who let the runners reach base remains responsible for them if they score.
The run is charged to the pitcher who let the runner who scored reach base.
Whether it is earned depends on the other action in the inning.
ERA doesn't always reveal much about a relief pitcher's performance. A relief pitcher who often enters the game with one or two outs already recorded should have a lower ERA than a starter. The relief pitcher's effectiveness is judged less by how many runs he allows than by how well he prevents the inherited runners from scoring.
Thanks for the clarification. This will make my son much happier.
Kind regards,
Shaun Duncan
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Your son shouldn't be happier if you understand the explanation. He didn't do his job. While he didn't get charged with a run, he allowed an inherited run to score. That's how he's being evaluated as a relief pitcher. Will your son be happy with his earned run average given his coach who makes decisions on who pitches will be dissatisfied with his performance?
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Your son shouldn't be happier if you understand the explanation. He didn't do his job. While he didn't get charged with a run, he allowed an inherited run to score. That's how he's being evaluated as a relief pitcher. Will your son be happy with his earned run average given his coach who makes decisions on who pitches will be dissatisfied with his performance?
I recommend you remove your phone number from the post. Posting a phone number on a discussion board is about as safe as posting it on the wall of a public bathroom.
The OP didn't give enough information about the specific game situation for anyone to say that he didn't do his job. In one situation, he could have won the game. In another, he could have lost it. At the very least one would need to know how many outs there were. A reliever who enters a game with bases loaded and nobody out has usually had a decent outcome if only one run scores.
The impression I got from the poster is he's happy the run was charged to the other pitcher and not his son. It's the wrong take on the game. It's a selfish, personal stats oriented view versus a team view. There's a chance his son was seen as failing in this circumstance despite not being charged with a run,
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Mate, don't worry about it. I don't..
The reliever is not charged with the run, but depending on the level
of play and stat keeping, will be charged with an inherited runner scored.
my son came into a bases loaded, no out D-1 Baseball game with a 2-0 count on the batter, got a double play and a pop up on two pitches and got chewed out for not getting a strike out then dp because an inherited run scored. Expect more, achieve more.
