Sports – Monday, March 25th, 2019

The Ava Bears shut-out the Salem Tigers in a lop-sided affair Thursday in five innings, 14-0. Salem had three hits and six errors in the game. The Tigers are 1-2 and are scheduled to be at Owensville this afternoon at 4:30. That game can be heard on KSMO Radio starting at 4:15.

The Salem Tennis Tigers start their season this afternoon at Richland starting at 4:00 while the Salem Golf Team will be at Mountain View-Liberty also starting at 4:00 for their first match.

Robert Thomas, Alexander Steen and Vladimir Tarasenko scored goals in a 1:15 span in the first period and Jordan Binnington made 39 saves as the St. Louis Blues beat Tampa Bay Saturday night, 4-3. Brayden Schenn scored the game winner for the Blues in the 2nd period for St. Louis who will host the Las Vegas Golden Knights tonight starting at 6:30 or right after Salem Baseball on KSMO.

Evan Mendoza singled in Justin Toerner to give the Cardinals a 2-1 walk-off win in the 9th inning against Miami Sunday. The Cardinals will be in Memphis to take on the Red Birds tonight in their final exhibition game.

The St. Louis Cardinals Saturday signed six-time National League All-Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt to a five-year (2020-24) contract extension. Goldschmidt was acquired by the Cardinals on December 5th, 2018 in a four-player trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Kort Peterson and Cam Gallagher homered as the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers tied, 3-3 on Sunday in the final exhibition game for the Royals. The Royals ended up with an 18-12 spring training record.