KWWR Sports Report 4/18/22

The Blues clinched their spot on Saturday with a 6-5 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild.

Currently the Blues are in sole possession of second place in the Central Division, which provides home-ice advantage for the first-round of the playoffs, which start in May.

The Blues will be appearing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and 10th time in 11 seasons.

The new Missouri Tigers basketball coach Dennis Gates continues to overhaul the roster, as he is bringing a second player from his former team Cleveland State with him to the Tigers.

Last week, Gates picked up a transfer from Tre Gomillion, a guard out of Cleveland State.

On Saturday night, the Tigers picked up a second transfer commitment from Cleveland State.

This time, it comes from D’Moi Hodge who shared the news on Twitter.

The St. Louis Cardinals split four games with the Milwaukee Brewers, losing 6-5 yesterday (Sunday).

The Redbirds managed to get just five hits in the game.

Albert Pujols hit a three-run homer.

The Cardinals have the day off today, before starting a series against the Miami Marlins in Miami tomorrow (Tuesday).

For the second time in the past week, the Kansas City Royals had their game washed out by rain.

Yesterday’s (Sunday’s) series finale against the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman was postponed and is now scheduled to be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Monday, July 11th in Kansas City.

The St. Louis Blues recorded their ninth straight win as they defeated the Nashville Predators 8-3 on the road yesterday (Sunday).

Jordan Kyrou and Brayden Schenn each scored twice, and Jordan Binnington made 33 saves for the Blues who are 11-0-1 in their past 12 games.