I have watched baseball for 60 years and have never seen this.

[kairos12]

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34680821/miami-marlins-richard-bleier-ties-mlb-record-3-balks-inning-gets-tossed-vs-mets

3 Balks brings runner around to score from first.

What the balk!!

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Unbelievable!

[kairos12]

2. I laugh because my son was a left-handed pitcher who had

a great move to first that was so good neither the umpire or the 1st baseman would ever pay attention. Or a balk always got called.

Runner advanced.

[Zambero]

3. Anything to get into the record books

Would that three-part escapade be considered an "earned run"?

[kairos12]

4. I would rip out the page from my scorers book and frame it.

[WestMichRad]

5. That's a good question!

I did some digging and couldn’t find a direct answer, but did find:
A balk (in record keeping for the game) is treated the same way as a (successful) stolen base; and
In the box score for last night’s Mets-Marlins game, all the runs were earned runs.

So apparently, a balk that allows a run to score is an earned run.

Cool beans!