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 #121
Friday, September 19, 1890
WEST SIDE PARK
Adonis Terry Gets Pounded; Bridegrooms Lose Sixth Out of Last Eight Games
The Bridegrooms arrived at a chilly reception in Chicago. On a cold day at West Side Park, Anson's Colts sprinted to a 7-0 lead against Adonis Terry by the fourth. They tallied another in the sixth and twice more in the eighth. Despite seven strikeouts, Chicago pounded Terry for five earned runs on fourteen hits and scored five other times because of seven Brooklyn errors led by second baseman Hub Collins and shortstop Germany Smith responsible for four. After being held scoreless through the fourth, the Bridegrooms mustered four runs on three hits in the fifth, and Colts' rookie pitcher Pat Luby would yield one more in the eighth. Third baseman George Pinkney and Bob Caruthers accounted for themselves with two hits each. The game was suspended after the eighth inning due to darkness. Brooklyn's circuit lead over idle Boston is reduced to five with eight games left to play.
- FINAL: CHI 10; BKN 5
- RECORD: 79-42 (.653); 1st place, 5.0 GA of Boston Beaneaters
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