Sports – Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

The Salem Lady Softball Tigers lost to Belle Tuesday, 8-4 to drop to 3-2 on the season. They will host the Cuba Lady Wildcats Thursday at 4:30 at the Salem City Park Field. KSMO Radio will broadcast the game and KSMO Media’s Facebook KSMO Stream and YouTube page will video stream the game live. The game will NOT be carried on the KSMO Twitch stream.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers lost to the Potosi Lady Trojans Tuesday in three straight games, 17-25, 21-25 and 17-25 to fall to 1-2 on the season. They will play Licking Thursday night starting with a 9th grade game at 4:45, JV match at 5:30 with the varsity game to follow. KSMO Radio will also air that broadcast and you can video stream the varsity match on ksmoradio.com which is the KSMO Twitch stream.

Andrew Knizner’s two-run single in the 11th inning proved to be the difference as the St. Louis Cardinals held on and beat the New York Mets Tuesday, 7-6. Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run homer and finished with three RBI in the game. The Cardinals go for the sweep tonight starting at 5:15 on KSMO Radio.

After falling behind 6-0 after three innings, the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Oakland A’s 10-7. Kansas City had 14 hits in the win with Witt Merrifield and Nicky Lopez each having three hits and Salvador Perez had a three-run homer. The Royals and the A’s will play again tonight at Kaufmann Stadium.