Sports – Thursday, September 19th, 2019

The Salem Lady Softball Tigers will host the Cuba Lady Wildcats this afternoon at 4:30 at the Salem City Park. Salem enters the game with a 5-2 record. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio and online at ksmoradio.com starting with Tiger Talk and Coach Phillip Karr at 4:15.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will host Licking tonight starting with the JV contest at 6:00 with the varsity match to follow. The Lady Tigers are 0-5 on the year.

The Salem Cross Country Team will participate in the Steelville Cross Country Tournament today starting at 4:00.

Tommy Edman and Matt Wieters each homered and drove in two runs while Adam Wainwright was solid going seven innings giving up eight hits and an unearned run as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Washington Wednesday, 5-1. The Cardinals and Chicago Cubs open a four game series tonight in Chicago starting 6:15 or right after Lady Tiger Softball on KSMO Radio.

Mark Canha’s RBI double in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Oakland A’s a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The Royals will travel to Minnesota to start a four game series with the Twins tonight.

Nickolas Backstrom scored the game winner with 7 seconds left in the game on a bad hop as Washington beat St. Louis Wednesday, 3-2. The Blues face Winnipeg Friday night with a delayed broadcast after Salem Tiger Football.