From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS
In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born. While this marked New York's second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last as an AA member club. The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut. Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.
GAME #5
Monday, April 28, 1890
WASHINGTON PARK
Bridegrooms Rout Phillies in Washington Park Opener
After three consecutive postponements, the Bridegrooms were finally able to host Harry Wright's Philadelphia Phillies and play for the first time this season before their home crowd at finely decorated Washington Park. With renowned veteran Lip Pike filling in as base umpire, the Bridegrooms offered the visiting pitcher Tom Vickery no quarter, compiling ten runs on eleven hits. First baseman Dave Foutz's base hit to right field delivered home Brooklyn's first two runs in the first inning. Right fielder
Oyster Burns doubled home two more runs in the second. Burns and Foutz again drove in runs during the fourth inning. Bridegroom starter Bob Caruthers then aided his own cause with a hit in the fifth, delivering home Germany Smith, and Hub Collins knocked in another, giving Brooklyn an 8-0 lead. Not yet done, third baseman George Pinkney tripled home two more runs in the ninth, giving the Bridegrooms a 10-0 margin of victory. Bob Caruthers hurled a gem, allowing no runs on just four scattered hits and two walks with three strikeouts for the win.
- FINAL: PHI 0; BKN 10
- RECORD: 2-3 (.400); 6th place, 2 GB Boston Beaneaters
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