Sports – Wednesday, May 1st, 2024

Salem Track had an awesome day at the SCA Conference Meet in Mt. Grove on Monday. The boys team came in 2nd with 152 points with Mt View wining the meet with 159 points and Ava in 3rd with 133 points. The girls team came in 5th with 63 points while Mt. Grove won the meet with 198 points, Willow Springs in 2nd with 110 and Houston in 3rd with 102 points. The individual results are posted on the KSMO Facebook Page.

The Ava Lady Bears scored 12 runs in the 2nd inning on two hits as they had five batters hit by a pitch and five walks en route to a 17-1 win over the Salem Tigers in three innings. The Lady Tigers finished the regular season with a 4-15 record and 0-6 in the SCA Conference. The Salem Lady Tigers will go on to begin district play vs West County in Potosi on Saturday afternoon at 2:00.

The Salem Baseball Tigers shutout Cuba Tuesday, 17-0 to improve to 14-2 on the year. They will play in their Tournament Thursday morning at 11:30 against Cuba.

Alec Burleson plated the game-tying run with a one-out single in the ninth and Pedro Pagés brought home the eventual game-winner one play later on a sacrifice fly as St. Louis topped Detroit, 2-1, in the series opener. In the second game, the Cards overcame a 4-0 deficit on a two-run homer by Brendan Donovan and a three-run homer by Alec Burleson, but the relief pitching gave the lead back as St. Louis lost to Detroit, 11-6. The Cardinals and Tigers play this afternoon at 12:10 on KSMO

Cole Ragans pitched 6 1/3rd four-hit ball as Kansas City beat Toronto for the second straight day, 4-1. The Royals and Blue Jays play this afternoon in Toronto as KS goes for the sweep.