Sports – Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

Salem High School spring sports is right around the corner as the Salem Varsity Track Tigers will be at St. James on Tuesday, March 23rd starting at 3:00. The Salem Baseball Tigers will play in the Four Rivers Classic next week with their first game at Sikeston on Wednesday, March 24th at 4:30. The SHS Golf Team will be at Mountain View on Monday, March 29th starting at 4:00, while the Salem Tennis team will be at Richland that same afternoon at 4:00.

Nolan Arenado had two hits and three RBI as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Washington Monday afternoon, 4-2. Tyler O’Neal also had two hits for St. Louis. John Gant went 4 2/3rd innings and gave up a two-run homer to Ryan Zimmerman. The Red Birds are 5-5-3 on the spring. The Cardinals will have the day off.

The Kansas City Royals beat the LA Dodgers Sunday night, 8-4 as Bubba Starling blasted a first-inning grand slam. Bobby Witt, Jr. also homered for the Royals on Sunday. Then on Monday, Bubba Starling hit another 1st inning home run driving in two runs and Danny Duffy threw four innings of no-hit ball as the Royals beat San Francisco Monday, 6-1 for their fifth straight win. Salvador Perez had a double and two RBI for the Royals. Kansas City will play the Seattle Mariners tonight in the desert.

The St. Louis Blues game with the Los Angeles Kings Monday night was postponed as the Kings were unable to leave the airport in Denver Colorado due to the heavy snow they received. The game will be made up at a later date. The Blues will be in Los Angeles Wednesday night to face the Kings starting at 8:30 on KSMO Radio.