Sports – Monday, March 29th, 2021

The Salem Tigers pushed across a run in the bottom of the 7th inning Saturday afternoon to beat the St. James Tigers, 4-3 for their first win of the year. Garrett Connell got the win in relief. Earlier in the day, Salem dropped a 5-0 decision to Hermann. Salem is 1-3 on the year and they will be at Owensville at their new field at the Owensville High School complex today starting at 4:30. You can hear the game on KSMO starting with Tiger Talk and Coach Phillip Karr at 4:15.

The SHS Golf Team match scheduled for today at Mountain View has been cancelled due to some work being done on their golf course. They Salem Tigers will begin the season Tuesday at the Salem Open which will begin at 4:00.

The Salem Tennis team match with Richland today has also been cancelled. The first tennis match will be held tomorrow at Houston starting at 4:00.

On Sunday, Cardinal pitching coughed up eight runs in the bottom of the 8th as the Washington National beat St. Louis, 11-3. St. Louis will play the New York Mets in their final pre-season game. The next Cardinal game on KSMO Radio will be Opening Day from Cincinnati on Thursday.

The Kansas City Royals beat the Rockies Sunday 6-3 after tying Milwaukee Saturday, 6-6. Kansas City will play Cleveland today in their final pre-season game.

Josh Manson scored in overtime as the Anaheim Ducks beat St. Louis Sunday, 3-2 in overtime. They swept the weekend series as the beat the Blues Friday, 4-1. The Blues have lost four straight games and will be off until Friday night.