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Runners on second and third, one out. Fly out to right fielder, runner tags up, throw to home is wild, lead runner scores and trailing runner goes to third.
The game scored it this way: fly out on the batter, error on the right fielder, unearned run.
In reality this would be scored as follows: sacrifice fly for the batter, error on the right fielder, earned run.
Plays where a runner tries to score from third are considered a difficult play and an outfielder will never be penalized for failing to throw someone out at home, even if he airmails the throw. Here the error is appropriate because it allowed the other runner to advance a base. However, if the runner on third was the only man on, there could never be an error on such a play. Similarly, that runner scoring from third will be an earned run (and the batter will be credited with a sacrifice fly) regardless of what happens with the throw from the outfield.
I've said this for several versions of OOTP now, and I'll say it again: there needs to be someone on the beta team who is an expert on scoring games. These sorts of errors are all too common in the game, and they have been for a long, long time. I may keep mentioning some of them from time to time, but trust me - for every one of these I mention, I notice and don't mention maybe 50 of them.
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