BEFORE the BUMS 5/28/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Complete Series Sweep of Cleveland Spiders

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.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thursday, May 29, 1890

GAME #26

Wednesday, May 28, 1890

Cleveland Spiders vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Bridegrooms Win Season High Fourth in a Row; Sweep Spiders at Washington Park

Looking to salvage the series finale, Cleveland, in the first inning, jumped out to an abrupt 3-0 lead, all runs unearned through the fault of infield errors by Hub Collins and Dave Foutz at first.  Brooklyn recovered in the third, wielding three hits and benefitting from a fielding error to seize a 4-3 lead.  The Spiders rallied for two runs on three hits in the fifth, but their one-run advantage was brief.  The Bridegrooms posted three runs in the bottom half of the frame for a 7-5 lead they would not relinquish.  In fact, they were only getting started.  The National League's top-scoring team tallied four times in the sixth, three times in the seventh, and one last time in the eighth for a lopsided 15-5 final margin of victory and series sweep of the Cleveland Spiders.  With 509 fans in attendance, Brooklyn totaled 17 hits and 21 total bases.  Foutz made up for two misplays in the field with three hits and three runs batted in.  Right fielder Oyster Burns also delivered home three runs, and Tom Daly and George Pinkney plated two each.  Brooklyn starter Adonis Terry held Cleveland scoreless over the final four frames.  He allowed nine hits, just one walk, with four strikeouts for the win. 

• FINAL: CLE 5; BKN 15
• RECORD: 16-10 (.615); 2nd place, 1.5 GB of Philadelphia Phillies