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I have the scoring below for our top of 5th. The way I see it is that the pitcher should have 3 or the 4 runs allowed be earned run. The first runner to reach base was on a throwing error 4-3. He comes around to score on a triple, and I get that he is not earned. However, after 1 strike out, then a walk, then another strike out the wheels come off. Between walks, HBP and base hits, the other team scores 3 more, which should be earned in my opinion.

I think that IScore somehow considers that the first batter should have been out without the error and as such anything that happened after the second strike out 'would' not have happened.

Is this the correct way to score it?


Top of inning 5
#14 C Miconi D Medel replaces L Marshall as Pitcher, L Marshall replaces J Bieniasz as Catcher, J Bieniasz replaces C Caufman as First Baseman, J Bauman replaces A Brown as Second Baseman, S Wilson replaces M Marsden as Third Baseman, K Kavc replaces J Bauman as Shortstop, A Brown replaces S Wilson as Left Fielder, M Marsden replaces D Medel as Center Fielder, C Caufman replaces K Kavc as Right Fielder, Reach on Error, [C Miconi advances to First on error by Second Baseman J Bauman] 1 9
#24 C Kitchen Ball, [J Strezelecki comes in as Courtesy Runner for C Miconi], Triple, [J Strezelecki Scores] 2 9
#9 W Cronberger Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strikeout Swinging 2 9
#26 N Cruz Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Walk 2 9
#1 A Regan Strike (looking), [N Cruz steals Second], Strike (looking), Strikeout Looking 2 9
#10 J Buchanan Ball, Ball, Single, [C Kitchen Scores], [N Cruz advances to Third] 3 9
#42 T Trbovich [J Buchanan steals Second], Ball, Strike (looking), Hit by Pitch 3 9
#34 N Hatzigeorgiou [A Regan comes in as Courtesy Runner for T Trbovich], Ball, Ball, Ball, Walk, [N Cruz Scores], [J Buchanan advances to Third], [A Regan advances to Second] 4 9
#7 C Fracker Ball, Ball, Ball, Walk, [J Buchanan Scores], [A Regan advances to Third], [N Hatzigeorgiou advances to Second] 5 9
#2 J Strezelecki [W Cronberger comes in as Courtesy Runner for C Fracker], Strike (looking), Reached on Fielder Choice, [N Hatzigeorgiou Forced Out at Third] 5 9

That is correct. Everything after the second strikeout would be unearned because it should have been the third out.

I will echo support but with some added commentary

The official scorers practice in determining earned/unearned runs incolves a virtual 'recreate the inning' assuming errorless play. That is the standard rule, and also subject to human error particularly when an inning involves multiple pitchers.

But Iscore , the program, does a pretty darn good job and is consistent . ( scenrio as desctibed below, would appear iscore treated correctly).

There are some unigue scenerios that iscore cant catch and have to be manually over written if you need a 'perfect book', but they are not frequent and for most of us iscore defailt rules work well ( and are consistently applied,).