Sports – Monday, April 23rd, 2018

The Salem Baseball Tigers will host the Willow Springs Bears this afternoon at 4:30, weather permitting. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio and online at ksmoradio.com. (POSTPONED..NO MAKEUP DATE SET YET)

The Salem Golf Team will participate in the SCA Golf Tournament in Ava starting at 9:00 this morning, weather permitting.

Kolten Wong and Paul DeJong homered, Mike Mikolas tossed seven strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals completed their second sweep of the woeful Cincinnati Reds this season with a 9-2 victory on Sunday. The Cardinals have won eight of their last nine. Mikolas (3-0) gave up two runs, one earned, on five hits. The Cardinals will be off today before facing the New York Mets on Tuesday.

Mike Moustakas hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals outlasted the Detroit Tigers 8-5 on Sunday to earn a split of their four-game series. Abraham Almonte hit a grand slam for the Royals in the game. The Royals won for only the second time in 12 games. Kevin McCarthy (1-0) became the first Kansas City reliever credited with a win this season. The Royals will have today off before Milwaukee comes to town on Tuesday.