Sports – Monday, March 24th 2025
The Salem Boys Baseball Tigers opened their 2025 spring season with a win and tie in the opening doubleheader held Saturday at the SHS Baseball Field Complex. In the first game with Vienna, Salem scored in every inning but the third and came away with an 8-4 win. Bryar Bobbit had two hits and two RBI, and Sylis Dubois also had two hits for Salem. Kash Howard had two RBI for Salem. In the second game, Salem scored two runs in the bottom of the 5th inning and finished with a 2-2 tie with Father Tolton. Salem had only two hits, one by Dubois and the other was an RBI hit by Howard. Salem will be at Steelville today to play the Cardinals starting with Tiger Talk and Coach Tony Edwards around 4:15 on KSMO Radio and audio streamed on KSMO Media.
The Salem Lady Softball Tigers Saturday played in the East Carter Round Robin Tournament and lost both games to the opposing teams in their final at bat. In the first game, Salem had a 9-6 lead going into the last inning, but Portageville scored four times to beat Salem, 10-9. Reagan Dubois had two hits and two RBI to lead Salem followed by Mackenzie Radford with two hits. Alaina Norris finished with a double and four RBI for the Lady Tigers. In the second game with East Carter, Salem scored five runs in the top of the last inning to take the lead, only to have the Lady Redbirds score five runs in the bottom of the inning for a 13-11 win over Salem. Dubois had two hits including a homer and drove in five runs to lead the Lady Tigers. Salem will host Ellington Tuesday at the Salem City Park, and you can hear the game on KSMO Radio or video stream the game on KSMO Media starting at 4:15 with Tiger Talk and Coach Cody Woody.
Alexey Toropchenko and Nathan Walker each had a goal and an assist for the St. Louis Blues, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks at Enterprise Center, 4-1. Robert Thomas and Zack Bolduc also scored for the Blues on the night. Then on Sunday, Dalibor Dvorsky had his NHL debut as the Blues faced off with the Nashville Predators. Jordan Kyrou, Alexandre Texier, Justin Faulk, and Brayden Schenn each scored a goal to defeat the Nashville Predators, 4-1. The Blues are on a season-high six game winning streak.
The St. Louis Cardinals had a pair of split squad losses on Friday, losing to the Astros, 5-3, and the Mets, 3-2. On Saturday they defeated the Marlins 8-2, and in their final game of spring training on Sunday they lost late in the 9th to the Washington Nationals, 2-1. The Cardinals will open the regular season hosting the Minnesota Twins this Thursday afternoon at 3:15, you can listen to this game live on KSMO Radio with coverage beginning at 1:35.
The Kansas City Royals picked up wins in two of their last three games, losing to the Athletics 10-1 and defeating the Mariners 8-7 in a split squad game on Friday. They defeated the Rangers yesterday, 9-5. The Royals will play the Rangers again this evening at 7:05.