Your pitcher faced 10 batters. He walked 2, struck out 1, gave up 1 home run and allowed six balls in play. That's not 54.00 ERA bad, but it's bad. of the 6 balls in play, 2 possibly could have been caught for an out But they weren't. And that's why we don't credit or debit the pitcher for what happens on balls in play. It was a bad inning that got turned into an awful inning by bad luck, but let's not pretend it wasn't a bad inning. 30% of the batters he faced were either walked or homered. With average BABIP luck, he gives up two hits, so that puts 5 of the 10 men he faced on base.