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 #45
Wednesday, June 18, 1890
WASHINGTON PARK
Bridegrooms Take Second Straight From Phillies
Before 1,158 fans present at Washington Park, the Bridegrooms rallied late for a two-run margin of victory over Philadelphia and claimed their season-high sixth straight win. Four errors by the Phillies combined with hits from George Pinkney and Dave Foutz in the first inning cleared the way for a 3-1 Brooklyn lead. Philadelphia tied the game with single runs in the third and fourth innings. Afterwhich, starter Bob Caruthers settled in and kept the Phillies scoreless over the final five frames. The Bridegrooms tied the game in the fifth and posted an insurance run in the eighth for a 5-3 triumph. Dave Foutz wielded three hits, and in his return to the lineup, catcher Tom Daly singled and doubled. Bob Caruthers limited the Phillies to six hits for the win. The Bridegrooms failed to gain ground on the first-place Reds, who this day won their twelfth straight game and were the first in the circuit to achieve thirty victories. Cincinnati has won 21 of their last 23 games while the Phillies have fallen to third place.
- FINAL: PHI 3; BKN 5
- RECORD: 28-17 (.622); 2nd place, 4.0 GB of Cincinnati Reds
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