Actual situation
1st batter - ground out
2nd batter - base hit
3rd batter - ground ball to ss, flip to 2nd for force. Ump signals out but 2nd baseman then drops the ball. Safe. Good call. Error on 2nd.
runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
4th batter - base hit, run scores, runners on 1st and 2nd.
5th batter - 4 -3 ground out, runners advance to 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs.
6th batter - base hit, 2 runs score. Runner at 1st, 2 outs
7th batter - ground out
In the inning, 3 runs scored.
Coach is using new software that awards 2 earned runs
If I re-construct the inning as directed in earlier posts the most earned runs that I can come up with is 1. That would assume that batter 3 would score from 1st on the hit by batter 4.
How many earned runs would you record?
The Atec guide says that a run is unearned if a runner's life is prolonged by an error. This does open it up to interpretation. For me to go to the coach and question his formula I need something more crystal clear. Does anyone know of any documentation such as this?