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 #49
Monday, June 23, 1890
NATIONAL LEAGUE PARK
Bridegrooms Lose Second Game to Spiders
The Spiders took their second straight from the Bridegrooms. Cleveland's rookie right-hander Jack Wadsworth allowed a run in the second, then held Brooklyn scoreless through the seventh until yielding another run in the eighth. Wadsworth allowed nine scattered hits and two walks with three strikeouts for the win. Continuing to fill in for the injured Pop Corkhill, left fielder Adonis Terry dropped a fly ball that led to a pair of Cleveland runs in the home second. The Spiders scored again in the seventh and ninth innings to secure a 4-2 victory. Catcher Tom Daly drove home Brooklyn's second run in the eighth. Right-hander Bob Caruthers yielded four runs on nine hits and one walk in a losing effort.
- FINAL: BKN 2; CLE 4
- RECORD: 30-19 (.612); 2nd place, 4.0 GB of Cincinnati Reds
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