Sports – Monday, May 16th, 2022
Kaiden DuBois went 3-3 and drove in three runs, plus pitched five innings of three-hit ball as Salem Tigers won the first round of district play in Owensville Saturday against St. James, 10-0 in five innings. Trethan Rictor, Garrett Connell and Jimmy Barton each had two hits for Salem in the game. The Tigers will face Sullivan in the Semi-finials of District play today in Owensville with an expected start time around 6:00. Due to St. Louis Cardinals baseball game tonight, you can only hear the Salem game audio streamed on ksmoradio.com, and the game will be video streamed on MSHSAA.TV. There is a charge to watch the game of $10 plus a service fee. There is a $5.00 admission fee at the field.
NOTE: Due to the St. Louis Cardinal/New York Mets rainout this evening, the Salem District Baseball game WILL BE carried LIVE on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) as well as audio streamed live on ksmoradio.com. The game will video streamed on MSHSAA.TV due to MSHSAA rules for all district games and after being broadcast that way. The Cards and Mets will play a double header tomorrow starting at 1:15 Tuesday afternoon.
The Salem Tigers Boys Track Team finished 2nd in Districts held Saturday. These athletes have qualified for sectionals with their place at districts! Savannah Manthey took 1st place in Pole Vault and Javelin, 2nd place in Discus; Bella Jadwin took 4th place in the 100 Meter run; Nathan Pyle took 1st place for Shot Put and Discus; Kaden Coffman captured 1st place in the 100 Meter run and, 200 Meter run; Garrett Connell took 1st place in the High Jump; Travis Fulton captured 2nd place in Shot Put; Braden Atkinson came in 4th place in the 800 Meter run; and Josh Owen took 4th place in Pole Vault. Also, the Boys 4X100 Team took 3rd place and the team is made up of Kaden Coffman, Wyatt Campbell, Luke Campbell, and Nathan Pyle. Congratulations Tigers!!!
The St. Louis Cardinals banged out 17 hits and beat the San Francisco Giants Sunday night, 15-6 to win the series, 2 games to 1. Yadier Molina had two hits and 4 RBI while Paul Goldschmidt had three hits and three RBI. Adam Wainwright got the win to go to 4-3 on the year. The Cards take on the Mets tonight at 5:15 in New York. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio.
Salvador Perez hit a two-run single in the top of the 9th inning to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-7 win over Colorado as the Royals took two of three from the Rockies. The Royals will be in Chicago to face the White Sox’s tonight.
The St. Louis Blues will face the Colorado Avalanche in the next series. The first two game will be held Tuesday and Thursday starting at 8:30 each evening.