Host San Diego FC’s Marcus Ingvartsen and FC Cincinnati’s Tom Barlow both scored twice, and a helter-skelter finish culminated in a 3-3 draw Saturday night.

Saturday night was the clubs’ first-ever meeting, and it did not disappoint.

Ingvartsen gave San Diego a 3-2 lead in the sixth minute of stoppage time, and a raucous crowd could sense a second straight win. But on Cincinnati’s final push, Barlow connected on a right-footed shot from the center of the box to tie the match and ensure Cincinnati would fly back across the country with a point in the standings.

It didn’t take long for FC Cincinnati (4-5-5, 17 points) to draw first blood. In the 11th minute, Evander threaded a pass right through San Diego’s defensive back line, which found Kenji Mboma who did the rest by connecting on a wide-open left-footed shot from the center of the box.

San Diego FC (4-5-5, 17 points) responded 21 minutes later when Ingvarsten booted in a left-footed shot into the lower-left corner of the net for his 11h goal of the season.

Evander earned a corner kick in the 50th minute after having a free kick deflected over the net, and he took advantage by hooking the ball into Barlow who booted in a goal in traffic to give Cincinnati a 2-1 lead.

But just like they couldn’t do in the first half, FC Cincinnati couldn’t hold the lead. Sixteen minutes later, San Diego FC’s Amahl Pellegrino found himself 1-on-1 outside the box with Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano. Pellegrino rifled a right-footed shot past a diving Celentano to tie the game 2-2.

Celentano made two saves, while San Diego goalkeeper Duran Ferree had three saves.

Both teams played fast and aggressive throughout the night. There were a combined four yellow cards and 17 fouls. San Diego made 718 total passes and held possession for 58.6% of the time. It outshot Cincinnati 17-8, but Cincinnati had six shots on goal to San Diego’s five.

–Field Level Media

Sergi Solans scored the go-ahead goal on a header in the 68th minute as Real Salt Lake claimed a 2-1 win over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday in Sandy, Utah.

Zavier Gozo also scored, and Solans and Juan Manuel Sanabria recorded assists for Real Salt Lake (8-4-1, 25 points) in the first leg of the Rocky Mountain Cup.

Wayne Frederick scored for Colorado (5-8-1, 16 points) in his second match back after a two-week absence due to a leg injury.

Salt Lake took a 2-1 lead when Sanabria’s pass from outside the box connected with Solans, who rose above a line of defenders and headed home the goal.

Colorado opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Connor Ronan drove a corner kick to the back post, where Paxten Aaronson settled it, shook a defender and slid a pass to Frederick, who popped a shot over RSL goalkeeper Rafael Cabral for a 1-0 advantage.

A Rapids turnover set up RSL’s equalizer in the 36th minute. Colorado defender Jackson Travis’ backward pass was intercepted by Solans, whose patient cross set up Gozo’s sliding goal.

Earlier in the match, Salt Lake’s attack began to build in the 29th minute, as Gozo’s shot from the corner of the box was covered up by Rapids goalie Nico Hansen.

Connor Ronan’s stretch pass from midfield connected with Rafael Navarro in stride in the 52nd minute. Cabral deflected Navarro’s shot from 10 yards out, then quickly turned toward the goal to secure the ball before it crossed the line.

The pace increased in the 72nd minute as Gozo forced Hansen to gather a shot ticketed for the lower-right corner. In quick transition at the other end, Georgi Minoungou’s pass found Navarro, whose header missed high and wide.

In the 84th minute, Solans had another chance with a header but couldn’t cleanly connect with Sanabria’s corner kick.

Real Salt Lake was active in its attacking third, as eight of its 17 shots were on frame, while Colorado placed four of its eight shots on target. Hansen finished with six saves, while Cabral had three.

–Field Level Media

Veteran Astros infielder Jose Altuve is set to undergo imaging Sunday morning after exiting Houston’s 4-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday with a left side injury.

Altuve left the game in the eighth inning after sustaining the injury on a swing. He hit the ball, grounding it to third but did not run out the play, instead grimacing in pain and walking back toward the dugout.

“It’s not good he couldn’t even get out of the box and run,” Astros manager Joe Espada said.

Altuve went directly to the clubhouse after he was evaluated outside the dugout by Espada and a Houston athletic trainer. He declined comment postgame, saying he would wait until he gets his MRI before speaking about the injury.

Altuve, 36, entered Saturday hitting .245 with three homers and 11 RBIs in 41 games this season for the Astros. He’s played his entire 16-year career with Houston, posting a career .302 average with 258 homers and 900 RBIs.

Should Altuve need to go on the injured list, it would add to the Astros’ serious infield injury woes. Third baseman Carlos Correa is out after undergoing season-ending ankle surgery, and shortstop Jeremy Pena remains on the IL with a hamstring strain.

–Field Level Media