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 #28
Friday, May 30, 1890 (GAME ONE)
WASHINGTON PARK
Chicago Colts Win First-Ever Game at Washington Park
The morning game featured Connecticut-born right-hander Bill Hutchison for the Colts versus Adonis Terry for Brooklyn. Chicago opened the scoring in a tightly contested affair with two runs in the second inning and two runs in the third. The Bridegrooms answered with three runs in the second and one run in the third. Afterwhich, the score remained unchanged through the seventh. Chicago grabbed the lead with two unearned runs in the eighth and came away with a 6-4 victory. Hutchison limited the home team to four hits, all in the second and third innings. The Colts' 38-year-old manager and first baseman Cap Anson finished 2 for 4 with a run batted in and one run scored.
- FINAL: CHI 6; BKN 4
GAME #29
Chicago Colts Complete Twin Bill Sweep
Bill Hutchison returned to the mound and again defeated the Bridegrooms. Facing Bob Caruthers, the Colts opened with four runs in the first and three more in the second. Five of the seven runs were earned, knocking Caruthers out of the box. Native New Yorker Mickey Hughes entered in relief of Caruthers. After three scoreless frames, the Colts caught up to Hughes for three runs in the sixth and a final run in the ninth. Brooklyn owes their four runs in the first inning to four Chicago errors and two hits. Otherwise, Hutchison yielded a run in the second and single runs in the seventh and eighth innings. But only one of Brooklyn's seven runs was earned. Cap Anson finished 2 for 5 with a triple and three runs batted in, and center fielder Walt Wilmot homered. Brooklyn's Pop Corkhill sat out the second game with a foot injury. In his place, Adonis Terry brought the crowd to its feet with a brilliant running catch of a deep fly off the bat of Cap Anson.
- FINAL: CHI 11; BKN 7
- RECORD: 17-12 (.586); 2nd place, 1.5 GB of Philadelphia Phillies
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