Sports – Wednesday, August 17th, 2022

The Salem Football Tigers Blue-White Scrimmage Tuesday was postponed due to weather. They will participate in a jamboree this Friday night at Sullivan. Salem opens the regular season this year in St. James on Friday, August 26th at 7:00.

Tyler O’Neill was hit a by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th to drive in the winning run as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Colorado Tuesday, 5-4. Paul Goldschmidt hit his 100th homer as a Cardinal and drove in three runs while Tommy Edman hit a home run as well. The Cardinals will Colorado again tonight at 6:45 starting with the pre-game show on KSMO Radio at 5:50.

Zach Greinke pitched six solid innings giving up just one earned run before the bullpen imploded giving up six runs in three innings, but the Royals offense was non-existent as the Minnesota Twins shut out Kansas City, 9-0. The two teams will match up tonight at Target Field.