KXEO Sports Report For 5/22/19
The Missouri Tigers baseball team eliminated from the SEC tournament with a 2-1 loss to the Ole Miss Rebels yesterday (Tuesday).
An RBI double by Austin James provided Mizzou their only offense.
The Tigers will now wait and see if the make the NCAA Tournament, with the field of 64 being announced on Monday.
The St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals will play a split doubleheader today (Wednesday).
The Cardinals postponed the series opener last (Tuesday) night due to storms.
Game 1 today (Wednesday) is at 12:15.
Game 2 at 6:45.
The St. Louis Blues are in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1970 after defeating the San Jose Sharks 5-1 in game 6 of the Western Conference Final last (Tuesday) night.
Vladimir Tarasenko and Brayden Schenn each scored a power play goal, and Ryan O’Reilly had 3 assists.
Rookie Jordan Binnington made 25 saves.
The Blues won the final 3 games of the best of seven series and will play the Boston Bruins in Boston in game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Monday.
St. Louis and Boston have another championship meeting set as the St. Louis Blues advanced to the Stanley Cup, after defeating the San Jose Sharks 5-1 in the Western Conference Final last (Tuesday) night.
The Blues Stanley Cup Final opponent, the Boston Bruins.
The cities of St. Louis and Boston will square off for a championship for the 11th time.
Every one of the Big Four sports that includes basketball, baseball, football and hockey has featured at least one St. Louis-Boston match-up.
In the 1946 world series the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox four games to three.
In the 1957 NBA Finals the Boston Celtics came out on top of the St. Louis Hawks 4-3.
In the 1970 Stanley Cup Final The Boston Bruins defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-1.
In Super Bowl 36 the New England Patriots took out the St. Louis Rams 20-17.
Game 1 of the this years Stanley Cup Final is in Boston on Monday, May 27th.
