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.
GAME #61 (Game One)
Saturday, July 5, 1890
WASHINGTON PARK
Rain Makeup: 5/15/1890 (site changed from Pittsburgh)
Bridegrooms Rout Alleghenys in Return to Washington Park
The Bridegrooms were back on their own grounds, and starter Tom Lovett appeared back in form. His mates promptly staked him to a three-run lead in the first inning, then added two in the fifth and another in the sixth for a six-run lead. Much to the merriment of the over 2,000 fans present at Washington Park, the Bridegrooms erupted for eight more runs in the eighth inning. Meanwhile, Tom Lovett held the Alleghenys scoreless after the first inning over the subsequent seven frames. Pittsburgh mustered three inconsequential runs in the ninth, but it was too little too late to save them from a third straight defeat at the hands of the Bridegrooms. Lovett allowed six hits and one walks with five strikeouts for the win. The hot-hitting George Pinkney and Adonis Terry wielded two hits and scored twice. Brooklyn continues playing minus the services of Pop Corkhill and Darby O'Brien in the meantime.
- FINAL: PITT 3; BKN 14
GAME #62 (Game Two)
Saturday, July 5, 1890
WASHINGTON PARK
(site changed from Pittsburgh)
Bridegrooms Win Fourth Consecutive Game Against Pittsburgh; Climb Back Into Second Place
With the crowd now swelled to upwards of 4,000 by game two, the Bridegrooms countered Pittsburgh's opening tally with two in the home first, one in the second, a pair in the third, and three more runs in the fourth. After a quiet fifth, the teams exchanged a pair of runs in the sixth, giving the Bridegrooms a seemingly insurmountable 10-3 advantage. But as baseball will do, Brooklyn found themselves on the receiving end. The Alleghenys not only stormed back to tie the game but seized a one-run lead with eight runs. Alas, their lead was brief. The Bridegrooms tallied in the home eighth, tying the game at eleven. Starter Adonis Terry retired Pittsburgh in the visitor's ninth. His mates pushed across the winning run in the home half to complete the twin bill sweep. Regular first baseman Dave Foutz
continued patrolling center field to adjust for injuries and finished with two hits and four runs scored. With the victory, the Bridegrooms complete a four-game sweep against the Alleghenys - two games at Pittsburgh and two at Washington Park.
- FINAL: PITT 11; BKN 12
- RECORD: 38-24 (.613); 2nd place, 3.5 GB of Cincinnati Reds
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