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Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function
#56385	12/05/2017 2:28:36 pm	Sep 1st, 2034	Ignore
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1269 Corvallis Ravens II.1	Dunbar is showing two unearned runs in this game. MLB states: "An unearned run can never take place without the occurrence of an error or a passed ball." I don't see anything in either the E or PB columns. However, Dunbar shows two wild pitches. All indications show that in MLB, scored runs on wild pitches should be counted as earned runs. They seem to have been counted as unearned in this case. Is this an error in the system or intentional, meaning something specific to Broken Bat?
#56455	12/08/2017 6:39:13 am	Sep 12th, 2034	Ignore
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1269 Corvallis Ravens II.1	Bump?
#56458	12/08/2017 7:01:16 am	Sep 12th, 2034	Ignore
wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1002 Deadwood Perambulators II.1	My understanding is that in MLB rules, if I pitcher throws a wild pitch and a run scores on it, it's an unearned run. I recall this because I remember conversations on MLB Network where they argued about how it doesn't make sense... meaning, if a pitcher threw the wild pitch that caused the run, surely the pitcher should have earned that run due to their own actions... but apparently that's how MLB rules say that it works. Updated Friday, December 8 2017 @ 7:02:02 am PST
#56463	12/08/2017 7:21:38 am	Sep 12th, 2034	Ignore
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1269 Corvallis Ravens II.1	I guess I need to dig up the current rule book. However, MLB's online pages seem to indicate a run scored on a wild pitch should be earned. http://m.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/unearned-run http://m.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/earned-run http://m.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/passed-ball
#56464	12/08/2017 7:25:24 am	Sep 12th, 2034	Ignore
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1130 Deerfield Beach Rats V.7	From Rule 9.16(a): “A wild pitch is solely the pitcher’s fault and shall contribute to an earned run just as a base on balls or a balk.”
#56467	12/08/2017 7:37:01 am	Sep 12th, 2034	Ignore
wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1002 Deadwood Perambulators II.1	I stand corrected. I could have sword I'd heard a discussion on TV/radio about how wild pitches were unearned. Maybe I misremembered. Jeff
#56504	12/09/2017 6:15:33 pm	Sep 18th, 2034
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Okay...I will look into this. Thanks, Steve

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