BEFORE the BUMS 8/20/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Rout Philadelphia Phillies in Twin Bill Sweep

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. 

 

The Brooklyn Citizen, Thursday, August 21, 1890

GAME #97

Wednesday, August 20, 1890 (GAME ONE)

Philadelphia Phillies vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Slugging Bridegrooms Pound Phillies

Byrne's sluggers provided Philadelphia no quarter.  The Bridegrooms jumped out to a 6-0 lead with a run in the first and five runs in the second.  When Brooklyn posted another six runs in the home half of the fifth, manager McGunnigle made starter Adonis Terry and first baseman Dave Foutz switch positions.  Terry allowed no runs through five, and Foutz yielded a pair in the eighth inning but together limited the Phillies to six hits and no bases on balls.  Brooklyn tallied one last time in the seventh.  Third baseman George Pinkney led the batting order with four hits, while Darby O'Brien and Oyster Burns wielded three each.  Phillies catcher Jack Clements was knocked out of the game in the fifth inning upon sustaining a Darby O'Brien spike to his shin on a play at home.

• FINAL: PHI 2; BKN 13

GAME #98

Wednesday, August 20, 1890 (GAME TWO)

Philadelphia Phillies vs. BROOKLYN BRIDEGROOMS

WASHINGTON PARK

Bridegrooms Complete Sweep; Extend National League Lead to Three

A crowd of 3,335 fanatics watched as their men of Gowanus completed a two-game sweep of the Phillies at Washington Park.  The Bridegrooms were off and running with two runs in the first and five in the third.  Adonis Terry again climbed the mound for game two.  In the top of the fourth, the Phillies mounted a five-run rally to pull within one.  But Terry would settle down, yielding just one more run on eleven total hits and three walks with six strikeouts for his 17th victory.  The hit parade continued at the plate with Adonis Terry and Dave Foutz each wielding a double and triple, and second baseman Hub Collins also doubled among his three hits.  Brooklyn tallied again in the home fourth, struck three more in the fifth, and added one last run in the eighth for a 12-7 margin of victory.  Two losses sent the Phillies into fourth place, six games behind Brooklyn, who took the series three games to one.

• FINAL: PHI 7; BKN 12
• RECORD: 65-33 (.663); 1st place, 3.0 GA of Boston Beaneaters