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 the New York Giants second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last campaign as an AA member club. The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut where they remain to this day. Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.
Bridegrooms Trail Series; Fall Five Games Back in Standings
For a second consecutive game, Brooklyn batters were fit to be tied. First baseman Dave Foutz singled home the game's opening run in the first. But unbeknownst to the visitors, they would remain scoreless over the final eight frames. Only George Pinkney could solve Red starter Frank Foreman's offerings as the Bridegroom third baseman accounted for three of Brooklyn's seven hits. In a losing effort, the veteran Adonis Terry allowed six runs on eight hits and struck out three. Meanwhile, outfielder Darby O'Brien remains out of action for Brooklyn, and thus this much-anticipated showdown against the Reds is not going as well as Manager McGunnigle had hoped. With the loss, his men match a season-high five-game deficit out of first place.
- FINAL: BKN 1; CIN 6
- RECORD: 34-23 (.596); 3rd place, 5.0 GB of Cincinnati Reds
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