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.
1890
WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME SIX
Monday, October 27, 1890
vs.
FROM
Washington Park
Game One - Rain
GM1 - BKN 9; LOU 0
GM2 - BKN 5; LOU 3
GM3 - BKN 7; LOU 7*
GM4 - LOU 5; BKN 4
Game Five - Rain
Game Five - Rain
GM5 - BKN 7; LOU 2
On a bitterly cold day, the Bridegrooms and Colonels staged a hotly contested affair at Washington Park. However, even fewer cranks than Saturday's contest were present to witness and perhaps better off for it. The offerings of each starting pitcher, Adonis Terry, and Red Ehret, received their share of punishment wielded by the respective lineups. Despite Brooklyn opening the scoring in the first inning, Louisville mounted a 4-1 lead through the fifth. They added another in the visitor's sixth, but the Bridegrooms finally answered with four runs in the bottom of the frame to knot the game at five. Afterwhich, the Colonels would get the better of Terry in the later innings, tallying pairs of runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Brooklyn would score three in the home eighth but was held scoreless in the ninth. Adonis Terry yielded 13 hits and four walks in the loss. Third baseman George Pinkney returned to action with two hits, including a triple, and right fielder Patsy Donovan, who continues to excel off the bench, led the Grooms with three hits. Brooklyn now leads the series three games against two with one tie.
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