Sports – Thursday, May 17th, 2018

Dexter Fowler reached base four times and drove in two runs in his return to the lineup and the St. Louis Cardinals beat former starter Lance Lynn and the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on Wednesday. Matt Carpenter had three hits after being demoted to seventh in the batting order, and Tommy Pham added two hits, including his eighth homer of the year. Jordan Hicks (2-1) pitched a scoreless inning in relief for St. Louis. Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas left after 4 2/3 innings after allowing two runs on two hits and two walks. Bud Norris got his 9th save going 1 2/3rds innings. The Cardinals begin a four game series against the Philadelphia Phillies starting tonight at 6:15.You can hear the first game on KSMO beginning at 5:20 on KSMO Radio.

C.J. Cron homered and scored three runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Kansas City 5-3 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep of the woeful Royals. Kansas City has lost five for its worst 43-game start since opening with a 10-33 record in 2006. The Royals are 6-16 at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals will have today off before starting a three game series with New York Yankees on Friday.

The 2018 Salem Tiger Boys Basketball Camp will be held next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the Salem High School Gym. The cost is $30 and that includes a camp T-Shirt. The camp for boys in the 5th through 8th grade will be held from 3:30 to 5:30, and the camp for those in 9th grade through the 12th grade will be from 1:00 until 3:00. Join the Salem High School coaching staff and work on improving your fundamentals of basketball. Registration forms are available from Coach Conrad Prugh. The form and money for the camp can be collected on the first day of camp, but to ensure that participants receive their T-Shirt, e-mail Coach Prugh by TOMORROW with the appropriate shirt size from youth medium, through XXL. You can e-mail Coach Prugh at conradprugh@gmail.com.