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 Depart Chicago With Split Against Colts
The visiting Bridegrooms saved their best for last. But not before Chicago treated them to a display of power. To the delight of 2,650 fans, first baseman Cap Anson homered to left field in the second, and center fielder Walt Wilmot hit for the circuit in the fourth. The Colts tallied again in the fifth and one last time in the eighth inning. However, by then, it was too little too late for the Colts. In the sixth inning, second baseman Hub Collins doubled and scored the first Bridegroom run. With the bases loaded in the seventh, Hub Collins delivered home two runs with a single. With the bases again loaded in the eighth, Germany Smith singled, driving home two, and starter Bob Caruthers aided his own cause by driving home a third. Not yet done, Hub Collins ignited another two-run rally in the ninth as the Bridegrooms doubled up on the Colts by a final score of eight to four. Collins led all batters with three hits, and Caruthers allowed eight hits and just one walk for the win. With the victory, the Bridegrooms manage a series split against the Colts and will take the field next at Cincinnati on Monday.
- FINAL: BKN 8; CHI 4
- RECORD: 33-21 (.611); 3rd place, 4.0 GB of Cincinnati Reds
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