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Cincinnati, Red Bulls enter clash off matching 4-4 ties
Apr 22, 2026; New York, New York, USA; FC Cincinnati midfielder Gerardo Valenzuela (22) celebrates a goal with FC Cincinnati forward Kévin Denkey (9) against New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Smith-Imagn Images The New York Red Bulls and FC Cincinnati spent Wednesday scoring four goals in their respective matches.
Most times, that’s enough to register a win, but neither team could clamp down defensively, each settling for one point.
Two teams coming off differing types of draws and trying to gain ground in the Eastern Conference standings get together Saturday night when the Red Bulls visit Cincinnati.
New York (3-3-3, 12 points) is 1-3-3 in its past seven matches since starting this season with one-goal wins over Orlando and New England. The Red Bulls have allowed 22 goals over that stretch, including eight in the past two.
On Wednesday, New York settled for a 4-4 tie against visiting D.C. United after blowing a two-goal lead by allowing three goals after the 54th minute. Jorge Ruvalcaba scored twice after Julian Hall and Ronald Donkor tallied in the first half.
“At the moment, we’re giving away too much,” New York coach Michael Bradley said. “The chances and goals we give away in certain moments are broken plays where a little bit of chaos — if we don’t take care of the chaos, then they’re going to start running guys through and our ability to deal with that wasn’t what was needed.”
Cincinnati (2-4-3, 9 points) is winless its past four games (0-1-3) and scored four goals for the second time this season when it rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final minutes for a 4-4 tie at New York City FC.
Kevin Denkey scored his second goal of the contest in the 65th minute, and Cincinnati added on twice in stoppage time when Andrei Chirila and Evander scored in a span of three minutes. Denkey leads the team with four goals and Evander notched his second of the campaign.
The comeback occurred after Cincinnati overcame a two-goal deficit and earned a 3-3 draw with the Chicago Fire last Saturday.
“He’s certainly confident in himself and what he’s capable of,” Cincinnati coach Pat Noonan said of Evander. “Production-wise, didn’t start the season the way I’m sure he would have liked, or maybe what we would have expected. But we needed him to step up and Kevin to step up on a night where you need your biggest players to carry the team.”
–Field Level Media
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Mariners place INF Will Wilson (thumb) on 10-day injured list
Apr 25, 2026; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Seattle Mariners third baseman Will Wilson (7) reacts after hitting a two home run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Seattle Mariners placed infielder Will Wilson on the 10-day injured list on Saturday because of a fractured left thumb.
The move was retroactive to Thursday. In a corresponding move, the Mariners recalled catcher Jhonny Pereda from Triple-A Tacoma.
Wilson, 27, played in two games and hit .200 (1-for-5) with a home run in his first at-bat for the Mariners in an 11-9 win on April 25 against the host St. Louis Cardinals. He may have been injured on Wednesday when he went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in his second game this season, a 5-3 road victory over the Minnesota Twins.
The Los Angeles Angels selected Wilson in the first round (15th overall) of the 2019 MLB Draft out of North Carolina State.
Wilson, a second and third baseman, made his major league debut in 2025 with the Cleveland Guardians and batted .192 (15-for-78) with two RBIs and four doubles in 34 games. He signed as a free agent with Seattle in January.
Pereda, 30, has a career batting average of .241 with eight RBIs in 48 games with the Miami Marlins (2024), Athletics (2025) and Minnesota Twins (2025).
In other moves on Saturday, Seattle optioned left-hander Josh Simpson, 28, to Tacoma and selected right-hander Nick Davila, 27, from Double-A Arkansas.
–Field Level Media
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Sean Burke stifles Padres, lifts White Sox to fifth straight win
May 2, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Sean Burke (59) throws a pitch during the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: David Frerker-Imagn Images Sean Burke tossed six scoreless innings Saturday night and the visiting Chicago White Sox stretched their winning streak to five with a 4-0 blanking of the San Diego Padres.
Burke (2-2) allowed only four hits and a walk while fanning eight, including Xander Bogaerts three times. Three relievers finished up, with Seranthony Dominguez getting the last two outs for his eighth save in 10 chances, as Chicago wrapped up its first series win over San Diego since 2022.
The Padres filled the bases with no outs in the ninth when Jackson Merrill beat out an infield single followed by walks to Manny Machado and Bogaerts. Grant Taylor slipped a called third strike past Gavin Sheets before Dominguez came in to retire Miguel Andujar on a shallow fly ball and strike out Luis Campusano.
Michael King (3-2) yielded seven hits and four runs over six-plus innings. King walked three and struck out five as the Padres dropped their fourth straight game.
Burke and King matched each other pitch-for-pitch through the first five innings. But the White Sox struck in the sixth when Tristan Peters drew a one-out walk and Andrew Benintendi legged out an infield single.
After Munetaka Murakami moved the runners up 90 feet with a groundout, Miguel Vargas looped a liner into short right field, scoring Peters and Benintendi for the only runs Chicago needed.
But the White Sox added on with two more runs in the seventh. Chase Meidroth singled and reached third on Sam Antonacci’s double, then scored on Edgar Quero’s single that knocked out King. Peters then capped the scoring with a safety squeeze bunt that plated Antonacci.
The Padres’ best scoring chances against Burke came in the second and fifth innings. Sheets walked and Andujar singled with one out in the second. But Burke stiffened, fanning Campusano and inducing a groundout from Jake Cronenworth.
In the fifth, Andujar led off with a single and Cronenworth singled with one out. However, Ramon Laureano flew out and Burke blew away Fernando Tatis Jr. on three pitches to quash the threat.
The Padres were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, stranding eight runners.
–Field Level Media
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Sporting KC snap losing streak with draw vs. Sounders
May 2, 2026; Kansas City, Kansas, USA; Sporting Kansas City forward Dejan Joveljic (9) celebrates toward fans after scoring against the Seattle Sounders FC during the first half of the match at Children’s Mercy Park. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images Dejan Joveljic scored his fifth goal of the season and Sporting Kansas City salvaged a 1-1 draw against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday afternoon to snap a six-match losing streak.
Joveljic’s 18th-minute tally halted a 351-minute scoreless stretch across all competitions for Sporting (1-7-2, 5 points), which has still won only twice in its last 23 MLS matches dating back to last July.
Paul Rothrock scored his fourth goal of the season early as Seattle (6-1-2, 20 points) saw its league win streak halted at three but extended its league unbeaten run to seven.
The visitors held 61% of the possession and outshot the hosts 27-11 but were punished for an uncharacteristic mistake by American World Cup hopeful Cristian Roldan.
Rothrock put the visitors in front two minutes into the match.
Alex Roldan got up the right and played an early diagonal ball from midfield toward Jesus Ferreira in the center channel.
Either Ferreira, his defender or both players deflected the ball, and Rothrock was first to the redirection on the left side of the penalty, where he guided a first-time finish across Stefan Cleveland’s body and inside the far-right post.
Joveljic leveled 16 minutes later.
As Seattle tried to play out of the back against Kansas City’s creeping pressure, Cristian Roldan badly mis-hit a backpass that appeared intended for his goalkeeper.
Joveljic reacted to reach it at the top of the penalty arc and drove a low, first-time finish through goalkeeper Andrew Thomas and over the line.
Both teams had chances to win it after halftime despite Seattle’s possession dominance.
Sounders striker Danny Musovski flashed a promising header over the goal in the 57th minute, and in the 65th, Seattle substitute Paul Arriola saw his strike from a dangerous position on the left blocked accidentally by teammate Albert Rusnak.
In the 70th minute, Cleveland recovered from his own bobble on the initial attempt to make a double save of Kalani Kossa-Rienzi and Musovski.
On the other end, Thomas thwarted Joveljic in the 82nd minute and Taylor Calheira on a difficult, spinning effort inside the box in the 85th.
–Field Level Media
