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 #102
Monday, August 25, 1890
WASHINGTON PARK
Reds Even Series; Bridegrooms Suffer Major Injury
Monday's loss against the Reds proved costly to manager McGunnigle whose team ceded ground in the standings and lost their top slugger and right fielder to an arm injury. With Cincinnati taking a one-run lead, Oyster Burns hurt his shoulder in the first inning while throwing a ball back to the infield. He was replaced with Patsy Donovan, who accounted for half of Brooklyn's six hits, that all went for naught as the Bridegrooms left seven runners stranded on base. The Reds extended their lead with two runs in the third before Brooklyn spoiled the shutout when Donovan crossed home in the fifth. Afterwhich, right-hander Jesse Duryea held the Bridegrooms scoreless over the final five frames. Despite striking out seven Reds, Adonis Terry yielded ten hits in a losing effort. Up in Boston, the Beaneaters defeated the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, and the Phillies beat the Cleveland Spiders.
- FINAL: CIN 4; BKN 1
- RECORD: 67-35 (.657); 1st place, 2.5 GA of Boston Beaneaters
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