Sports – Wednesday, April 23rd 2025

The 7th and 8th Grade Salem Middle School football teams are invited to the Bill Schuchardt Stadium for a photo opportunity this afternoon at 5:00. A banner for each team was recently purchased to commemorate their 2024 undefeated seasons. Organizers will be taking a team picture with the banners that were generously donated by The Thompson Family at Salem Farm Equipment and Nick Gover at Quality Drywall Services. The banners will then be proudly displayed in the Salem Middle School.

The Salem Boys Baseball game originally scheduled for yesterday afternoon in St. Clair was postponed to today at 4:30. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM and on a live audio stream on KSMOradio.com with Tiger Talk to begin at approximately 4:15.

The Salem Tiger Boys Tennis team was in Osage yesterday afternoon and lost in a close one, 4-5. The team continues their schedule on the road in West Plains today.

The St. Louis Cardinals were in Atlanta last night for game two of three against the Braves. Early in the third a Lars Nootbaar home run put the first two runs of the game on the board. Atlanta responded with four runs until a Masyn Winn single and Dylan Lee wild pitch tied up the game at four. The Cards then broke open the game scoring six unanswered runs to defeat Atlanta, 10-4. Tied up at a game a piece they’ll wrap up the series on KSMO Radio with coverage starting at 10:20 this morning.

The Kansas City Royals hosted the Colorado Rockies last night. The Royals scored first in the sixth and again in the eighth, carrying a two run advantage into the ninth when Colorado rallied batting in three runs. A Michael Massey sacrifice fly allowed Freddy Fermin to score, pushing the game into extra innings. The Royals would go on to defeat the Rockies in the eleventh inning, 4-3. Game two is tonight at 6:40.