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 #32
Tuesday, June 3, 1890
POLO GROUNDS
Bridegrooms Rout Giants at Polo Grounds
Those who believed the heavy-hitting Bridegrooms this season would be quelled by National League pitching are mistaken. Brooklyn is easily the highest-scoring team in the circuit and has now scored in double digits for the sixth time in 32 games. The Bridegrooms set a new season-high with twenty runs scored against the Giants on Tuesday. To the dismay of 528 fans present at the Polo Grounds, the City of Churches posted ten runs in the second inning, then tallied ten more over the remaining course of the contest. First baseman Dave Foutz wielded a double and triple, and Hub Collins stole three bases. Starter Tom Lovett threw up zeroes in seven of nine frames, walking six and striking out six for the win. Giant rookie southpaw Jesse Burkett was knocked out of the box early in a losing effort.
- FINAL: BKN 20; NYG 7
- RECORD: 19-13 (.594); 3rd place, 1.5 GB of Philadelphia Phillies
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