BEFORE the BUMS 6/13/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Topple Mickey Welch 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, Saturday, June 13, 1890

GAME #41

Friday, June 13, 1890

New York Giants vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Bob Caruthers Outlasts Mickey Welch

New York Giant starter Mickey Welch and Brooklyn's Bob Caruthers traded zeroes through the first three innings.  Welch helped his cause with a run-scoring hit in the visitor's fourth.  In the bottom of the frame, the Bridegrooms built a lead they would not relinquish.  Third baseman George Pinkney and 

Darby O'Brien scored on an error by Jesse Burkett in right field.  Playing left field, Adonis Terry 

tripled home Oyster Burns giving the Bridegrooms a 3-1 lead.  The teams traded single runs in the seventh inning, and Brooklyn held on for a 4-2 victory, their second straight win against the Giants.  With 1,136 fans present, Caruthers allowed two earned runs on eight scattered hits and one walk with four strikeouts for the victory.  

• FINAL: NYG 2; BKN 4
• RECORD: 24-17 (.585); 3rd place, 4.0 GB of Philadelphia Phillies