Carolina League Debuts! Triplets Top Twins in Opener
The first pitch of the first-ever Carolina League game came at 1:05 p.m. on April 26, 1945. It was thrown by Winston-Salem Twins hurler
Brian Singleton and it went into the mitt of battery mate
Jason Sumter. Leaksville-Draper-Spray shortstop
Tim Blokzyl (pictured above) watched it sail by for a strike.
Blokzyl eventually got aboard on that at-bat with a double. He finished the day 4-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI, helping the Triplets beat the Twins 7-3 (three is better than two, right?). The contest featured 28 hits in all. Baseball was back in the Old North State! And with a flurry of offense!
Later that day:
Greensboro clipped Charlotte 9-7
Burlington edged Asheville 5-4
Durham outlasted Raleigh 5-3 in 11 innings.
This is going to be fun!