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 #21
Thursday, May 22, 1890
WASHINGTON PARK
Bridegrooms Win Third Straight; One Game Out of First Place
The Bridegrooms won their second straight against old foe Cincinnati. In the first inning, runs batted in by George Pinkney and Pop Corkhill gave Brooklyn a prompt 2-0 lead. Cincinnati recovered one run in the top half of the second, but Hub Collins delivered home two more runs extending Brooklyn's lead by three. After a scoreless third, both teams exchanged a pair of runs in the fourth; Oyster Burns knocked
in both runs for Brooklyn. In the eighth inning, the Reds picked up an unearned run, but the Brooks held on for a 6-4 victory. Two-time 40 game-winner Bob Caruthers allowed two earned runs on eleven hits and one walk for the win. Cincinnati's right-handed rookie Billy Rhines took the loss. The series concludes on Friday.
- FINAL: CIN 4; BKN 6
- RECORD: 12-9 (.571); 2nd place, 1.0 GB of Philadelphia Phillies
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