Sports – Friday, August 28th, 2020

The Salem Football Tigers open the season tonight at home against St. James. Game time is set for 7:00. Salem R-80 requests that you use social distancing if attending the game and they prefer you wear a mask. For those who choose not to attend the game, KSMO Radio will broadcast the game on AM 1340 and will also stream the game video live on ksmoradio.com via twitch.tv. To access the video stream, go to ksmoradio.com and click on the “Listen Live” button on the lower left side of the page, or you can go to the Salem R-80 website and click on the link they are providing for the video stream.

The Salem Lady Softball game with East carter scheduled for today has been postponed and will be played on Monday, October 12th.

The Pittsburgh Pirates swept a make-up doubleheader in St. Louis Thursday winning in eight innings, 4-3, then shutting out the Cardinals in the nightcap, 2-0. The Cards start a three game series with Cleveland tonight on delayed basis after Salem Football on KSMO at about 9:15. On Saturday, the game will start at 11:20 and on Sunday at 12:20 and both games can be heard on KSMO.

The Royals were off yesterday and they start a three game series with the Chicago White Sox in Chicago on the south side tonight.