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 #52
Thursday, June 26, 1890
WEST SIDE PARK
Anson's Colts Hand Bridegrooms Second Straight Defeat
Chicago won their second straight decision from the Bridegrooms, who were defeated rather handily on Thursday. With Tom Lovett starting for Brooklyn, the Colts immediately posted four runs in the first inning. However, the Bridegrooms matched them in the second and even took a 5-4 lead in the third. But that was the last they would tally against the rookie Pat Luby, who finished with six scoreless frames. Chicago reclaimed the lead with two runs in the fourth, then erupted for five runs in the seventh inning for an 11-5 margin of victory. Back playing center field, Pop Corkhill accounted for three of Brooklyn's nine hits, and Tom Lovett wielded two. With the loss, Brooklyn falls a season-high five games out of first place.
- FINAL: BKN 5; CHI 11
- RECORD: 31-21 (.596); 3rd place, 5.0 GB of Cincinnati
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