FC Dallas, with Santiago Moreno’s arrival this year adding to an already potent attack led by Petar Musa, will try to keep their early-season form going Saturday night when they continue a homestand against the Los Angeles Galaxy in Frisco, Texas.

Moreno enjoyed 4 1/2 good years in Portland, scoring 20 goals and adding 40 assists in 131 fixtures for the Timbers. But a high-profile transfer to Brazilian side Fluminense resulted in Moreno logging just 18 minutes total.

Fluminense loaned Moreno to Dallas for the season’s balance with an option to make it permanent at year’s end. He believes he can help Dallas (3-1-3, 12 points) become a contender in MLS’ Western Conference.

“The few times I’ve been able to train with the group, I’ve felt very good,” Moreno said. “They train a lot on the physical side and that is vital in a team, so I’m just waiting to adapt to keep competing.”

Moreno figures to slot in as a central playmaker for Dallas, providing service for Musa and Logan Farrington, who have combined for 11 of the team’s 15 goals.

FC Dallas are on a four-match unbeaten streak (2-0-2).

Meanwhile, the Galaxy (2-3-2, 8 points) aim to bounce back from a 3-0 loss to Toluca on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup in Carson, Calif. Needing to win by three goals to advance on aggregate, Los Angeles didn’t come close, falling 7-2 in the series overall.

“We’ve got to answer the bell here and we’ve got to respond,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said.

Los Angeles did at least win its latest MLS fixture, edging Austin FC 2-1 on April 11 for its first victory since a 3-0 rout of Charlotte FC on Feb. 28. The Galaxy have fired 51 shots on target, the top total in the league, but rank in the middle of the pack with 10 goals.

Captain Maya Yoshida was agitated when asked after the Wednesday loss if it was good that the team could now focus on its league schedule.

“We have to make it good,” he said. “We have no choice.”

–Field Level Media

Garrett Mitchell stroked a two-run double in the top of the 10th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the host Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.

Milwaukee, which has won three straight games, scored three times in the 10th against Calvin Faucher (1-2). Abner Uribe (1-0) earned the win with one scoreless inning. Trevor Megill handled the bottom of the 10th, yielding one run, for his fourth save.

The Marlins, who have lost three in a row, did not play a clean game, making two errors and getting three runners picked off or thrown out on the bases.

Brewers starter Coleman Crow made his major league debut, and he took a no-decision despite leaving the game with a lead.

Crow, 25, lasted 5 1/3 innings, allowing four hits, one walk and two runs. He fanned four. The right-hander was the Los Angeles Angels’ 28th-round pick in 2019 and had 34 supporters in the stands, including his wife and parents.

Miami’s Janson Junk avoided the loss. The former Brewers pitcher permitted four runs (three earned) on six hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out three.

Otto Lopez had a big night for Miami, banging a two-run homer and scoring after slugging a triple. He finished 3-for-5. Agustin Ramirez added a game-tying double in the eighth.

In the top of the 10th, Gary Sanchez walked and Jake Bauers singled to move automatic runner Brice Turang to third, loading the bases. The go-ahead run scored on a throwing error by Miami second baseman Xavier Edwards, and Mitchell followed with his two-run double.

The Marlins got a run back in the bottom of the frame on a wild pitch, but Lopez struck out to end the game with a runner on second.

Milwaukee opened the scoring in the fourth with three “small ball” runs. The Brewers loaded the bases with one out on a walk, single and hit by pitch. Mitchell got the first RBI on an infield single. Greg Jones added a run-scoring groundout when Lopez tried to turn two but threw high to first after stepping on second.

The final run of the inning came on an error by Ramirez, who threw high and into left field on a steal attempt.

Miami got on the board in the bottom of the fourth as Lopez hit an opposite-field triple to right-center and scored on Owen Caissie’s sacrifice fly to left-center. On the triple, center fielder Mitchell nearly caught it, but he slowed down a bit before he got to the wall, and the ball deflected off the tip of his glove.

Milwaukee extended its lead to 4-1 in the sixth as Bauers drew a one-out walk and scored from first on Luis Rengifo’s double.

Miami muscled up in the bottom of the sixth as Xavier Edwards hit a double of the wall in center, and Lopez followed three batters later with a 401-foot homer, making it 4-3.

The Marlins tied the score in the eighth against reliever Angel Zerpa. Edwards drew a one-out walk, and Ramirez bashed an 0-2 slider off the wall in left for an RBI double.

–Field Level Media

Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run double and Brandon Williamson pitched into the sixth inning to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.

Williamson (2-1), a Fairmont, Minn., native, earned the win in the opener of a three-game set. He threw 5 1/3 innings, allowed three hits, one run, four walks and struck out two in his homecoming start. Suarez had two of Cincinnati’s four hits.

Minnesota starter Joe Ryan (2-2) gave up three hits, two runs (one earned) and struck out six in a solid six-inning outing. Josh Bell was 2-for-4 for the Twins, who only had five hits.

Emilio Pagan tossed a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to register his sixth save for the Reds.

Elly De La Cruz got the Reds going in the fourth when he hammered a double to deep right field. Sal Stewart reached on an error and stole second. Suarez knocked them in with a double that landed in the left-center gap as the Reds took a 2-0 lead.

A bout of wildness from Williamson led to three straight walks as the Twins loaded the bases in the fifth with no outs. Austin Martin’s sacrifice fly was caught by a sliding Will Benson in right field as Minnesota pulled within 2-1. Williamson escaped a big inning by inducing Luke Keaschall to ground into a double play.

Through three innings, Ryan was cruising. The Reds only hit was a Stewart’s blooper to shallow right field in the second.

The first bases-loaded jam of the game challenged Williamson in the third. Matt Wallner led off with a hit by pitch that he took in the right elbow guard. After two flyouts, Byron Buxton lined a single to left field and Martin walked to load the bases. But Keaschall struck out looking to end the threat.

–Field Level Media