Sports – Monday, March 15th, 2021

The Missouri Tigers lost to Arkansas Friday night in the second round of the SEC Tournament by the score of 70-64. Missouri was led in scoring by Xavier Pinson with 14 points followed by Dru Smith with 11. On Sunday, the Missouri Tigers were invited to the NCAA Tournament as the 9th seed in the West Division. They will face the #8 seeded Oklahoma Sooners in the 1st round game on March 20th. Missouri is 16-9 on the year.

The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the New York Mets Sunday, 7-5 as the Mets scored five runs in the 5th inning. On Saturday, the Cards beat Miami by the score of 6-4 by scoring three runs in the 9th inning. The Cardinals will play the Washington Nationals this afternoon at noon.

The Kansas City Royals blasted the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, 10-2 as Nick Pratto had two homers for KC as they improve to 10-3 on the spring. That is the best record in the Cactus League. The Royals will play San Francisco today.

The St. Louis Blues lost to the Vegas Golden Knights Friday night in overtime, 5-4 in their fourth straight overtime game. The Blues received goals from Ryan O’Reilly, David Perron, Vladimir Tarasenko and Zach Sanford in that contest. Then Saturday, the Blues lost 5-1 to the Golden Knights for their fourth straight loss. The Blues lone goal was scored by Sammy Blais. The Blues will be in Los Angeles tonight to face the Kings starting at 8:30 on KSMO Radio.