OK, so I am rarely stumped by a scoring situation, but I'm not sure about this one. All runners who scored marked with (R).
B1 - Walk
B2 - Walk (R - Scored on B6 walk)
B3 - Strike out
B4 - Comebacker to pitcher. Good throw to first, muffed by F3. Ball trickles away. B1 comes around third and is sent home. F3 throws to F2, out at home. (R - Scored on B7 Double)
B5 - Walk (R - Scored on B7 Double)
B6 - Walk
B7 - Double (The pitcher would probably say it was an error on the CF, but the official scorer is calling it a hit)
B8 - Walk
B9 - Strike out
So, first, let's ignore the control issues for a moment.
Here's where I'm stuck: The second out of the inning should have been the routine 1-3 play. But because F3 committed the error, that runner was safe (so her run is definitely unearned). Normally, that would be the end of unearned runs for the inning because of the strike out, missed out on the error, and then the out at home. BUT, the runner only tried for home because of the error. If that error doesn't get made, the runner on third never tries for home.
Logically, those two plays "cancel out." There is no way to think the defense could have gotten two outs on that play. The out at home happened only because the out at first did not happen.
So, do we have 2 earned runs (B2 and B5) or do we have 0 earned runs (because we count the strike out, the F3 error, and then the out at home, thus making subsequent runs as unearned)?
B1 - Walk
B2 - Walk (R - Scored on B6 walk)
B3 - Strike out
B4 - Comebacker to pitcher. Good throw to first, muffed by F3. Ball trickles away. B1 comes around third and is sent home. F3 throws to F2, out at home. (R - Scored on B7 Double)
B5 - Walk (R - Scored on B7 Double)
B6 - Walk
B7 - Double (The pitcher would probably say it was an error on the CF, but the official scorer is calling it a hit)
B8 - Walk
B9 - Strike out
So, first, let's ignore the control issues for a moment.
Here's where I'm stuck: The second out of the inning should have been the routine 1-3 play. But because F3 committed the error, that runner was safe (so her run is definitely unearned). Normally, that would be the end of unearned runs for the inning because of the strike out, missed out on the error, and then the out at home. BUT, the runner only tried for home because of the error. If that error doesn't get made, the runner on third never tries for home.
Logically, those two plays "cancel out." There is no way to think the defense could have gotten two outs on that play. The out at home happened only because the out at first did not happen.
So, do we have 2 earned runs (B2 and B5) or do we have 0 earned runs (because we count the strike out, the F3 error, and then the out at home, thus making subsequent runs as unearned)?