My question applies to high school.
But I thought the rules to determine ERA are the same for MLB, high school, ASA, etc.
Example 1:
B1 - Out
B2 - Out
Pitching Change
B3 - Reached on Error
B4 - Home Run
Example 2:
B1 - Out
B2 - Out
B3 - Reached on Error
Pitching Change
B4 - Home Run
What is correct for the number of earned runs for the relief pitcher in Example 1 and Example 2?
Example 1: Relief Pitcher - 0 earned runs since B3 should have been the 3rd out of the inning.
Example 2: Relief Pitcher - 1 earned run for B4 since the error occured before she entered the game.
I have seen Example 1 scored as 1 earned run in several examples on the internet.
I guess this is based on the statement:
"A relief pitcher does not receive benefit of previous chances for outs when
reconstructing the inning in determining earned or unearned runs she put on, while
the original pitcher does."
I always assumed that meant previous chances for outs that occured before she entered the game.
Can someone give a reference to an official rule intepretation that clarifies this point either way?