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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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team
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