Sports – Tuesday, April 22nd 2025

Raven Gilliam’s 7th inning RBI game winning single gave the Salem Lady Softball Tigers a 14-13 win over the Mountain View-Liberty Lady Eagles Monday at the Salem City Park. Salem fell behind 9-3 early in the game, rallied to lead the game 11-9, then saw the Lady Eagles score four runs in the 7th inning to take the lead before Salem rallied in the 7th. Alaina Norris had three hits and three RBI for the Lady Tigers who improve to 9-7 on the year and 2-3 in the SCA Conference. They will host Mountain Grove Thursday afternoon.

The Salem Boys Baseball game with Thayer Monday was postponed due to wet grounds and no makeup date has yet been announced. Salem will be at St. Clair today at 4:30. The Tigers go into the game with a 7-4-1 record. The game can be heard on KSMO Radio and it will also be audio streamed on KSMO Media starting at 4:15 with Tiger Talk and Coach Tony Edwards.

The Salem Tennis Tigers beat the Mountain View-Liberty Eagles Monday in Salem, 9-0. They will be at the School of the Osage today at 4:00. Salem is 9-2 on the year. 

The Salem Golf Team will participate in the Houston Open this afternoon.  
The St. Louis Blues played their second post season game on the road versus the Winnipeg Jets and fell 2-1. Jimmy Snuggerud scored the lone goal for the Blues in the first period. Game three will be live on KSMO Radio Thursday night with coverage beginning at 8:00.

The St. Louis Cardinals began their series versus the Atlanta Braves yesterday and didn’t trail in the game until the bottom of the eighth when the Braves went on a five run spree. Going into the ninth, trailing by four, Willson Contreras homered out to left center bringing in Victor Scott II but it just wouldn’t be enough for the rally as the Cards lost the game 7-6. Their next game is tonight in Atlanta with first pitch at 6:15. KSMO Radio will join this game live following Salem Tiger Baseball.

The Kansas City Royals are back on the diamond tonight as they start a new three game series against the Colorado Rockies. First pitch tonight will be at 6:40.