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Trying to find their way
The Chicks headed to Birmingham in order to face the Barons before returning home for a quick series against the Nashville Vols. The Chicks signed a 42 year old Cuban star, Martin Dihigo, to become the first black player in the Southern Association. They only allowed this because the Chicks were short of the minimum 20 players.
@ Birmingham (6/13-15)
6/13: BIR 6, MEM 2; W: Smith (6-5), L: Morris (1-2), HR: BIR- Guerra (1), Collins (6); A- 5,287
The Barons put it on Memphis at Rickwood, scoring 3 in the first two innings and holding on for a four-run victory.
6/14: BIR 9, MEM 1; W: McCahan (3-3), L: McNair (4-6); HR: BIR- Rosetti (1), Astbury (1); A- 6,591
The A's farmhand Bill McCahan dominated the Chicks, with a complete game on 93 pitches.
6/15: MEM 3, BIR 1; W: Dihigo (1-0), L: Stone (2-4), S: Hanski (2); HR: BIR- Collins (7), A- 5,281
Martin Dihigo, the 42 year old dominated the Barons on this Sunday, only allowing 7 hits and 1 run in 8 innings as Memphis ended a 6 game losing streak.
Nashville (6/16-18)
6/16: MEM 5, BNA 4; W: Hanski (1-5), L: Horton (1-3); HR: BNA- Byam (1); A- 1,112
A game winner for the Chickasaws by Vincent Plumbo, as Memphis came back from a 4-3 7th inning deficit to win in the bottom of the 9th on a double.
Martin Dihigo, after playing just two games in Memphis was signed by the Yankees organization, who assigned him to Kansas City AAA then quickly called him up to New York.
6/17: BNA 6, MEM 4; W: Woodward (4-6), L: Mulach (2-8), S: Reitz (13); HR: BNA- Block (1), Mills (5), Scire (6); A- 1,522
The Vols pulled out a victory in this one with 3 home runs and a dominating 9th.
6/18: MEM 10, BNA 8; W: Unknown (1-0); BS: Peterson (1), Reitz (8), H: Horton (6), L: Reitz (2-7); HR: BNA- Byam (2), Durrett (5); MEM: Bueschen (5, GW); A- 1,577
In one of the most exciting games of the season, Roy Bueschen ended the game in theatrics with a game winning 3 run home run in the 9th inning to turn a 1 run deficit into a 10-8 win. Memphis trailed the entire game until the clutch circuit clout.
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