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Appropriate for the Double-A team for what is currently tied for the 12th-worst major league team in baseball history, the Birmingham Barons lost on Sunday, 5-4 — but through a gift from the gods still clinched the Southern League North.
Crazier still, both teams playing in Montgomery today clinched the playoffs. The Biscuits, courtesy of their defeat of the Barons, leaped past first-place Pensacola in the standings and won the Southern League South.