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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A run scored when no errors have been made to allow runners to get on base or advance to home plate, charged as the responsibility of the pitcher.

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  • noun baseball A run that was recorded without the benefit of an error.

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  • noun a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team

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