Sports – Monday, August 30th, 2021

It’s confirmed! The Salem Tigers first football game will be held Friday night against St. Clair at the High School Football Field starting at 7:00.

The Salem Lady Tiger Volleyball game with Winona tonight and the game with St. James Tuesday night have been postponed due to the team being quarantined with COVID.

The Salem Lady Tiger softball games with East Carter Saturday was postponed due to the team being quarantined from COVID.

Alex Reyes gave up a three-run homer in the bottom of the 9th inning to Yoshi Tsutsugo as Pittsburgh battled back to beat St. Louis Sunday, 4-3 and a split in the series at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Tommy Edman had hit a two-run homer to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead. The Cardinals begin a huge three-game series at Cincinnati tonight starting at 4:45 with the pre-game show on KSMO Radio.

Kansas City lost Sunday afternoon to Seattle, 4-3 after the Royals took the first three games of the series. The Royals will be off today before starting a three-game set at Cleveland Tuesday.

Shane Buechele and Patrick Mahomes each threw two touchdown passes as the Kansas City Chiefs finished their preseason schedule 3-0 with a 28-25 win over Minnesota Friday night. The Chiefs first regular season game will be on Sunday, September 12th against the Browns.