My curiousity was aroused and I was just wondering who was right!

Top of inning:

Lead-off pops out.......out 1
Next batter BB ......... runner on first 1 out.
Next batter flyball to CF and dropped, error. runners on 1st and 2nd.....still 1 out
Wild pitch runners move up to 2nd and 3rd.
next batter grounds out to SS, run scores 2 outs
PB/WP next run scores.
Ground out for third out.

2 earned or unearned?

Both unearned. If the fly to center had been caught, then the grounder to SS would have ended the inning with no runs scoring.

There's one area that has been a question of mine too. On the fly ball to center, would you ever consider the runner could have advanced? If you give him the advancement, the he's an earned run.

Nope. Even if he'd made it to 2nd on the F-8, that's out # 2. WP to 3rd, then third out on 6-3, inning over, no runs.

I miss read the outs, my bad. Just for a discussion, remove the first out, that makes the first batter reach first on a walk, second batter has the fly error to center, WP, then 6-4 and run scores, earned or not?

At this point in the inning, I'd say you couldn't declare it earned or unearned yet (since there's only one out). If the next two batters strike out, then I'd say it's unearned. If the next two get hits, then it becomes earned.

In response to your question, I have trouble envisioning a scenario where you could assume that the runner on first would have advanced had F8 not committed the error.


Just my thoughts.

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At this point in the inning, I'd say you couldn't declare it earned or unearned yet (since there's only one out). If the next two batters strike out, then I'd say it's unearned. If the next two get hits, then it becomes earned.

In response to your question, I have trouble envisioning a scenario where you could assume that the runner on first would have advanced had F8 not committed the error.Just my thoughts.

Totally agree, Unearned. Now if there were no outs, with the lead off walk, and a fly to deep center, that was dropped, the runner might have advanced on a sac fly, this is all hypothetical, the runner would have to be tagging, the of would have to be going back etc.....