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.
Bridegrooms Win Series Finale, Salvage Split at Cleveland
Brooklyn's first National League venture into Cleveland ends in a draw. Or did it? The Bridegrooms scored double-digit runs in their two victories and remain the only team in the circuit to have scored over 300 runs to date. During Tuesday's series finale, they posted another twelve runs after scoring ten in last Friday's series opener. Through four games, Cleveland was outscored by a 29-17 margin. A crowd of 655 watched the Bridegrooms wield fifteen hits while starter Tom Lovett held the Spiders to just four scratch hits. Second baseman Hub Collins and Adonis Terry finished with three hits each, and first baseman Dave Foutz left the game with an injured finger. The Bridegrooms finally gained ground on first-place Cincinnati, who bowed this day to the Beaneaters. Next stop: Chicago.
- FINAL: BKN 12; CLE 3
- RECORD: 31-19 (.620); 2nd place, 3.0 GB of Cincinnati Reds
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