Sports – Monday, April 12th, 2021

The Salem Baseball Tigers will be at Thayer Monday afternoon at 4:30. You can hear the game starting at 4:15 on KSMO Radio and online at ksmoradio.com with Tiger Talk and Coach Phillip Karr. Salem enters the game with a 3-6 record and 1-0 in the SCA Conference. The Tigers have won their last two games.

The Salem Tiger Tennis Team will host the Rolla Bulldogs today starting at 4:00. Salem is 4-0 on the season. Salem will then travel to Willow Springs for SCA Conference play Tuesday at 4:00.

The Milwaukee Brewers scored nine runs and hit two homers on Saturday, then turned around and scored nine more runs on Sunday hitting three homers as they took two of the three games in the series at Busch Stadium from the Cardinals with a 9-5 Saturday and a 9-3 win on Sunday. St. Louis will host the Washington Nationals tonight starting on KSMO Radio right after Salem Baseball.

Tyler O” Neil suffered a tight groin muscle and has been put on the 10-day injured list and Lane Thomas was called up to replace O’Neill.

After the game Saturday with the Chicago White Sox was postponed due to bad weather, the Kansas City Royals tied the game in the 9th on a lead off homer by Carlos Santana, then won it in the 10th inning on an error, 4-3. Witt Merrifield had two hits and an RBI. Greg Holland (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. The Royals will host the LA Angels of Anaheim tomorrow night.

Ryan O’Reilly scored a hat trick Friday night and Jaden Schwartz added two goals as 15 different Blues’ players got a point in a 9-1 blasting of the Minnesota Wild. Other Blues scorers were Sammy Blais, Justin Faulk, Zach Sanford and Ivan Barbashev. On Saturday night, Ryan O’Reilly scored in overtime with two seconds left as the Blues came back and beat the Wild for a second straight night, 3-2. Mike Huffman scored two goals including the game tying goal with 46 seconds left. The Blues and Wild will tangle again tonight and you can hear the game on a delayed basis starting at 9:30 on KSMO Radio.