BEFORE THE BUMS 5/3/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Defeat New York Giants at Washington Park

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, Sunday, May 4, 1890

GAME #9

Saturday, May 3, 1890

New York Giants vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Bridegrooms and Giants Meet Again

The first regular-season battle between Jim Mutrie's Giants against the City of Churches is now a matter of record.  In October of last year, these teams last faced each other as the New Yorkers won their second straight World Series title against the American Association.  But here comes Brooklyn in its first season in the National League, and today were the victors.  Brooklyn-born Mickey Welch climbed the hill for the Giants at Washington Park and was opposed by Bob Caruthers for the Bridegrooms.  The crowd of 3,774 was brought to their feet when Oyster Burns delivered home two runs with a deep drive to left, then scored on a hit by Adonis Terry for a prompt 3-0 first-inning lead.  New York picked up an unearned run in the second.  But after a scoreless third, Brooklyn struck for another trio of runs.  A pair of Giant errors and a hit-by-pitch set the table for Caruthers and first baseman Dave Foutz, whose respective hits gave the Bridegrooms a 6-1 lead.  Second baseman Charlie Bassett tripled and scored as part of a two-run seventh for the Giants.  Dave Foutz then closed out the scoring with a home run in the home eighth for a 7-3 margin of victory.  Starter Bob Caruthers allowed three runs on eight hits and no walks with four strikeouts for the win.  His counterpart Mickey Welch in a losing effort, surrendered eleven hits and four walks and unleashed one wild pitch.

• FINAL: NYG 3; BKN 7
• RECORD: 5-4 (.555); 4th place, 1.0 GB of Philadelphia Phillies