Sports – Monday, April 9th, 2018
The Salem Tennis Tigers on Wednesday last week took 2nd place in the Salem Invitational as Mountain Grove took 1st place. The on Thursday, the Mountain View-Liberty match was postponed due to a scheduling conflict and was rescheduled for this Wednesday, April 11th. Today, the Salem Tiger Tennis Team will be in Rolla at 4:00.
The Salem Baseball Tigers are scheduled to be at Mountain Grove this afternoon at 4:30. Salem enters the game with a 2-2 record and 1-0 in the SCA. You can hear the game on KSMO and online at ksmoradio.com.
The St. James Invitational Track Meet Friday was postponed. The Salem Track Teams will host the Salem Invitational tomorrow at 2:30.
TODAY is the last day to signup your son or daughter, 14-years of age and under, to participate in the City of Salem Parks and Recreation Department Youth Baseball, T-Ball and Softball Leagues for $25 per child. You can sign up your child at the Salem Community Center@The Armory during regular business hours. If you sign your child up after today, the cost will be $35 per child. For more information, call Tye Lydon at 729-6290 or e-mail salemparks@salemmo.com.
The St. Louis Blues season came to an end Saturday night when they lost to the Colorado Avalanche to 5-2 that officially eliminated the Blues. St. Louis had gained the 8th and final spot in the Western Division on Friday with a 4-1 win at Chicago, but the Blues had to get a least one point in the game to get into the playoffs, but the Avalanche shut down the Blues offense and they captured the 8th and final spot in the playoffs. Colorado will be facing Nashville in the 1st round of the Stanly Cup Playoffs.
David Peralta hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Dominic Leone in the eighth, A.J. Pollock went deep later in the inning and Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 Sunday. St. Louis starter Luke Weaver allowed one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts. Kolton Wong drove in the only Cardinals run. With three losses in its last five games, St. Louis dropped to 4-5. The Red Birds host Milwaukee tonight.
Yan Gomes hit a tiebreaking two-run homer off Brandon Maurer in the ninth inning, lifting the Cleveland Indians to a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday in the coldest game in Progressive Field history. John Jay drove in the only Kansas City Run as Kansas City starter Jason Hammel pitched six innings of three-hit ball. Jakob Junis who won his first start by a shutout will take on Seattle tonight in the opener of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals are 2-5 to start the season.