
As the Warthogs, they were the league champion in 2003. In addition to being alliterative, it also referred to the somewhat-celebrated acquisition of some warthogs at the North Carolina Zoo around that time. The winning entry, the Warthogs, became the official team name in 1995. After the 1994 season, the club decided to change its name and sponsored a contest through the local newspaper, the Winston-Salem Journal, to come up with a new name. The team initially retained the Spirits name after becoming the Cincinnati Reds A-level affiliate in 1993, winning the Carolina League championship in that same year. The logo of the Winston-Salem Warthogs, used from 1995 to 2008 In 1984, the team changed affiliates again, this time contracting with the Chicago Cubs, and changed its name to the Winston-Salem Spirits. It remained with the Red Sox for 22 years, and was known until 1983 as the Winston-Salem Red Sox. Īfter a brief period (1957–60) as the Winston-Salem Red Birds, the team switched affiliation in 1961 to the Boston Red Sox. The 1950 team was recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time. Louis Cardinals affiliate, it retained the Twins name until 1953, when it became the Winston-Salem Cardinals. The current franchise joined the Carolina League in 1945, and is the oldest continuously operating team in that circuit. The Twins played in the Virginia-North Carolina League in 1905, the Carolina Baseball Association from 1908 to 1917 and the Piedmont League from 1920 to 1933 and again from 1937 to 1942. Previous baseball clubs in Winston-Salem had typically been called the "Twins", in reference to the long-since-merged "Twin Cities" of Winston and Salem since 1905. The Dash began playing their home games at the Truist Stadium in 2010 after having Ernie Shore Field (now known as Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park) as their home from 1956 to 2009. They are a High-A team in the South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Chicago White Sox since 1997. from LP Frans Stadium.The Winston-Salem Dash are a Minor League Baseball team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Winston-Salem and Hickory meet for game two on Wednesday.

Turned doubled to lead off the inning and moved to third on a ground out before a sacrifice fly brought home Turner to make it, 4-3.įollowing the sixth, Dash pitching held strong while the offense threatened, but Winston-Salem could not find a big hit as it dropped game one to Hickory, 4-3.īaldwin finished the night with a pair of hits while Turner went 3-for-4 at the plate. In the sixth, Winston-Salem cut the deficit in half. Hickory added to its advantage in the fifth following a RBI double by Max Acosta, taking a 4-2 lead to the sixth. The Dash regained the lead in the top of the third on a sacrifice fly, but the lead was short lived as Abimelec Ortiz hit a two-run homer, putting the home side in front, 3-2. Daniel Mateo led off the frame doubling and came home to score on a throwing error knotting the game at one. The lead lasted until the second inning when Hickory (66-55) tied the game. Brooks Baldwin doubled with one out, and next batter, Michael Turner, drove him home on a single giving the Dash a 1-0 advantage.


Winston-Salem (60-62) jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first.
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HICKORY, NC (September 5th, 2023) - The Winston-Salem Dash dropped game one of a six-game series against the Hickory Crawdads, 4-3, Tuesday night at LP Frans Stadium.
