Sports – Monday, April 28th 2025
The Salem Lady Softball Tigers took 3rd Place in the Salem Softball Classic held on Saturday after Friday’s event was postponed. In the first game against Bourbon, Alaina Norris threw a one-hitter as Salem won, 6-1 in six innings. Tayler Fulton had two hits. and Bailey Mahurin had three RBI to lead the Tigers. In the second game, Ava had ten hits and were helped by seven Salem errors as the Lady Bears beat Salem, 11-1 in five innings. In the 3rd place game, Salem got two hits from Fulton, Norris and Reagan Dubois including a solo home run to beat Plato by the score of 6-4. The Lady Eagles stranded 12 girls and had several chances, but the Tigers defense held. Salem is now 11-9 on the year and the Lady Tigers will be at Stoutland on Tuesday at 4:30.
The Salem Boys Baseball game Friday with Plato was postponed due to rain. No makeup date was announced. Salem will host Mountain Grove in another key SCA matchup this afternoon against Mountain Grove starting at 4:30 at the SHS Baseball Field Complex. Salem is 8-5-1 on the year and 4-1 in the SCA Conference. The game will be on KSMO Radio, and video streamed on KSMO Media beginning about 4:15 with Tiger Talk and Coach Tony Edwards.
The Salem Tennis Tigers beat Potosi Saturday, 7-2, and will begin individual Class 1, District 5 play on Wednesday at Logan-Rogersville High School.
The Salem Tiger Golf Team will participate in the SCA Conference Golf Tournament today.
The Salem JV Track Team will be at the School of the Osage Open today starting at 4:00.
The St. Louis Blues hosted the Winnipeg Jets last night. The Jets scored first off a Kyle Connor backhand shot halfway through the first period. After that goal, Jake Neighbours would be the first of five Blues players to respond with of goal of their own, defeating the Jets in a 5-1 landslide. This evens up the series at two a piece. Both teams travel back to Winnipeg for game five at 8:30 this Wednesday evening.
The St. Louis Cardinals finished up their three game series against the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend, winning the first two games by a single run. Friday’s final was 3-2 and Saturday’s win was 6-5. Yesterday Lars Nootbaar scored on a Brendan Donovan double scoring the only run for the Cards as they fell 7-1. The Cardinals will start a new four game series against the Cincinnati Reds late this afternoon at 5:40. You can listen to this game live on KSMO Radio 1340 AM & 95.7 FM following the Salem Tigers Baseball game.
The Kansas City Royals shutout the Houston Astros on Friday and Saturday by a score of 2-0. However yesterday the Astros would win a game in the short series, 7-3. The Royals are off today.