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 #27
Thursday, May 29, 1890
WASHINGTON PARK
Bridegrooms Turn Triple Play; Take Series Opener From Chicago Colts
The Bridegrooms welcomed Cap Anson's Chicago Colts to Washington Park. A crowd of 1,663 watched on as the teams traded a pair of runs in the second inning. Center fielder Pop Corkhill tripled home a run and scored for Brooklyn. After a scoreless third, the Bridegrooms added an unearned run in the fourth. In the top of the fifth, with two runners on and no outs, Chicago catcher Malachi Kittridge grounded to shortstop Germany Smith who threw to Hub Collins at second, who then threw to first baseman Dave Foutz to complete the double-play. However, the lead runner rounded third base and headed home. Foutz threw flawlessly to catcher Tom Daly who applied the tag to Tom Burns for a triple play, Brooklyn's second of the season. The Bridegrooms scored twice in the bottom half of the frame, then added a single run in the sixth and two more in the eighth. The Colts would score twice in the sixth, but no more. Starter Tom Lovett limited the Colts to just four hits but walked five batters in a winning effort. Left fielder Darby O'Brien wielded three hits and delivered home three runs. Cap Anson accounted for one of Chicago's four hits and drove in one run. The victory is Brooklyn's fifth in a row, their longest streak this season.
- FINAL: CHI 4; BKN 8
- RECORD: 17-10 (.630); 2nd place, 1.5 GB of Philadelphia Phillies
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