Sports – Thursday, September 8th, 2022

Tommy Edman’s two out two-run double culminated a five-run bottom of the 9th inning that gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals. Paul Goldschmidt homered in the game for the Cardinals and Jordan Montgomery pitched 6 2/3rds innings of three-hit ball giving up just one run. The Cards face Washington today starting at 11:20 on KSMO.

M.J. Melendez drove in the tying run with a single and the Salvador Perez hit the game-winning sacrifice fly as the Kansas City Royals scored two runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to beat Cleveland, 2-1. The Royals have the day off today.

The high school and middle school Cross Country teams will travel to Willow Springs for the Steve Waggoner Invitational this afternoon.

The Salem Tigers Middle School Football team will host Willow Springs at 5:30 tonight.