Sports – Monday, June 5th, 2023

Healthy Dent County is hosting a round robin Pickleball Tournament this Saturday morning at at 9:00 in the Salem Community Center@The Armory. The tournament will feature an open doubles format. The cost is $30 per team. Registration forms are due TODAY. If you have any questions, call Carlos at 729-8163 or e-mail carlos@salemcommunitycenter.org.

Salem Lady Tigers Basketball Coach Cody Woody will be holding a Youth Lady Tiger Basketball Camp June 19th through the 23rd at the Salem High School Gym. Two camps will be held: one for girls in kidergarten through the 2nd grade, and the other camp is for girls from the 3rd through the 5th grade. The camp for the youngest girls will be held from 8:30 until 9:30 in the morning while the camp for the girls in the 3rd through 5th grade will follow from 10:00 until 11:00 in the morning. The cost of the camp is $30 which includes a camp shirt. Girls can register the day of the camp. Contact Coach Woody with any questions by e-mail at Cody.woody@salemr80.org. Contact Coach Woody to get a registration form.

The St. Louis Cardinals were swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates this past weekend, losing Sunday afternoon by a score of 2-1. Andrew Knizner’s solo homer run was the only Red Bird tally. Luken Baker and Tommy Edman each had two hits for St. Louis who had only five hits on the day. The Cardinals travel to Arlington to face Texas starting tonight at 6:10 on KSMO.

Brady Singer pitched a solid 5 2/3rds innings and combined with three other pitchers to shutout the Colorado Rockies, 2-0 Sunday to avoid the sweep. Maikel Garcia hit his first homer of the year for the Royals needed Sunday. The Royals will be in Seattle to face the Marlins to start a three game series tonight.