Sports – Friday, March 5th, 2021

Houston scored five runs in the 1st and 6th innings en route to a 14-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday. The Cards had only three hits in the game. The Cardinals will play Houston today and the Washington Nationals this afternoon at 5:00 today. The later game will be on KSMO. The Red Birds will be off Saturday before they play Houston again Sunday afternoon at noon in a game that can be heard on KSMO.

Kansas City came back from a 3-2 deficit to score 1 run in the 7th inning and two more in the 8th inning to beat Cincinnati Thursday night, 5-3. The Royals will play the LA Angels this afternoon in pre-season action. They will also be in action this weekend as they will play San Francisco Saturday afternoon and San Diego on Sunday afternoon.

The St. Louis Blues won their third straight game beating the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday night, 3-2. The Blues had power play goals from Oskar Sunqvist, Zach Sanford and Brayden Schenn. The Blues will be at Los Angeles tonight and Saturday night starting at 8:00. You can hear both games on KSMO Radio.

Dru Smith scored 17 points to lead the Missouri Tigers past the Florida Gators Wednesday night, 72-70. Xavier Pinson and Mitchell Smith each added 14 points for Missouri who finished with five players in double figures. Missouri is 16-7 on the year and are 8-7 in the SEC Conference. Missouri will play LSU Saturday at 1:30 in a makeup game and you can hear it on KSMO Radio. The SEC Conference Tournament will be held next week.