Sports – Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

The Salem Volleyball Lady Tigers lost three straight games to the Potosi Lady Trojans Tuesday night: 17-25, 10-25, and 11-25. Salem is now 1-7-1 on the year. The Lady Tigers will host Licking Thursday with the freshman contest starting at 5:00 with one set, followed by the JV and varsity matches. You can hear the varsity match on KSMO Radio AM 1340 and FM 95.7, and watch on the video streams of KSMO Media beginning around 6:30 to 6:45.

Adam Wainwright earned his 199th career win going five innings and giving up two runs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday night, 5-2. Richie Palacios hit two homers for St. Louis and Paul Goldschmidt also homered in the win. The Cards and Orioles play again today at 4:40 on KSMO.

The Chicago White Sox scored five runs in the 1st inning in the first game of the day Tuesday and went on to beat the Kansas City Royals, 6-2. Bobby Witt, Jr. had three hits for the Royals and scored both runs. Brady Singer took the loss for Kansas City. In the second game, Kansas City led 9-0 after three innings, but the White Sox tied the game with an 8-run 6th inning, but Bobby Witt, Jr’s sacrifice fly in the 9th inning proved to be difference in a Royals 11-10 win. The Royals and White Sox wrap up their series tonight in Chicago.