Sports – Friday, August 25th, 2017

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers defeated the Bunker Lady Eagles in two straight games Thursday, 25-20 and 25-18; and the JV also won in two straight: 25-17 and 25-16. Salem will host West Plains Monday night.

The Salem Football Tigers will be at Sumner High School Saturday afternoon in St. Louis to face the Bulldogs. Game time is 1:30 and you can hear the game on KSMO starting with Tiger Talk and Coach Brian McNamee. Salem is 0-1 on the year.

On Saturday, the Salem Lady Softball Tigers will play Bakersfield at 9:00 in the morning and then face Mansfield at 11:00 in the Houston Invitational Tournament. The winner of each pool plays in the championship at 5:00. Salem enters the tournament with a 1-1 record.

The San Diego Padres scored two runs in the 9th inning and held on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3 Thursday. The Cards will host the Tampa Bay Rays tonight at 6:20 on KSMO.

Pat Valaika homered in the eighth inning as the Colorado Rockies came from behind to down the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Thursday afternoon. The Royals will be at Cleveland for a three game series starting tonight.