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Timbers hand Sounders club-record sixth straight loss
Aug 1, 2026; Portland, Oregon, USA; Portland Timbers midfielder David Da Costa (10) controls the ball during the first half against Seattle Sounders FC defender Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (85) at Providence Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Wayrynen-Imagn Images Brandon Bye scored in the 82nd minute as the Portland Timbers rallied for a 2-1 victory against the visiting Seattle Sounders in a Cascadia Cup clash Saturday night.
Kevin Kelsy scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season for the Timbers (7-8-3, 24 points), who improved to 3-0-1 under interim coach Jack Cassidy. Goalkeeper James Pantemis made two saves.
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi scored for Seattle (7-7-3, 24 points), which suffered its franchise-record sixth straight defeat. Goalkeeper Andrew Thomas was credited with three saves.
The go-ahead goal came after Portland’s Cole Bassett passed to David Da Costa at the top left corner of the 18-yard box. Da Costa spun and sent a pass across the top of the penalty area to Bye, whose right-footed shot from 20 yards eluded a pair of defenders and a diving Thomas on its way into the lower left corner of the net.
The Sounders opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Paul Rothrock’s cross from the left wing for Osaze De Rosario was headed away from the top of the 6-yard box by Timbers defender Kamal Miller. The ball fell to Kossa-Rienzi and his left-footed shot from 18 yards out found the lower right corner of the net.
The Timbers tied it in the 41st minute after working the ball down the left wing. Kristoffer Velde’s cross from the edge of the penalty area was slightly deflected by Sounders defender Stuart Hawkins before glancing off Kelsy’s left thigh and into the net from close range. A video review determined Kelsy was just onside on the play.
Rusnak had a chance in the dying seconds of the half, but his shot from the top right of the 6-yard box sliced into the side netting.
Seattle’s Paul Arriola, getting the start at right back, had to come off in the seventh minute because of an apparent lower right leg injury and was replaced by Kossa-Rienzi.
–Field Level Media
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St. Louis draws with Real Salt Lake to push unbeaten streak to 8
Jul 25, 2026; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis CITY SC midfield Marcel Hartel (17) controls the ball from the Colorado Rapids during the second half at Energizer Park. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-Imagn Images Marcel Hartel scored an equalizer in the 72nd minute Saturday night as St. Louis City SC tied visiting Real Salt Lake 1-1, extending their unbeaten streak to eight games.
Roman Burki made a pair of second-half saves for St. Louis (7-6-5, 26 points), who hasn’t lost since May 3. St. Louis outshot Salt Lake 18-7 in the draw.
Sergi Solans scored for Salt Lake (8-6-3, 27 points), who earned its first points since the World Cup break following back-to-back losses. Rafael Cabral recorded four saves as the club finished with one goal in its fourth straight game.
After St. Louis’ Conrad Wallem opened the second half with his second shot on goal — which were both saved by Cabral — Salt Lake finally recorded its first shot attempt of the match in the 54th minute. Stijn Spierings’ shot was blocked before Burki made his first save a minute later on Sam Junqua’s attempt to preserve the scoreless tie.
Salt Lake did push once across, though, when Saba Lobjanidze found Solans, who fired in a left-footed shot past the outstretched Burki to give the visitors a 1-0 edge. The tie-breaking goal was Solans’ seventh of the year.
St. Louis answered in the 72nd minute, when Hartel picked off Cabral’s pass and scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season.
Hartel had another opportunity in the 90th minute for a potential game-winner, but Cabral’s save on the last shot attempt of the night kept the game knotted at 1-1.
The closest either team got to scoring in the opening half was in the 18th minute, when Wallem’s left-footed shot from the right of the box was saved by Cabral.
St. Louis held possession for nearly 65% of the first half and recorded six total shots (just one on goal), while holding Salt Lake without a single attempt through 45-plus minutes.
–Field Level Media
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Diamondbacks use 7-run seventh to blast past Guardians
Aug 1, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Corbin Carroll (7) hits a three-run home run during the seventh inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Dermer-Imagn Images Geraldo Perdomo hit a go-ahead solo homer and Corbin Carroll belted a three-run shot in a seven-run seventh inning, powering the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 12-8 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night.
Perdomo smacked the first pitch thrown by reliever Hunter Gaddis (1-3) into the right field stands and Carroll went deep against Franco Aleman. James McCann added a two-run double and Ildemaro Vargas had an RBI single as Arizona seized a 9-2 advantage.
The Diamondbacks, who trailed 2-0 entering the fifth, won their fourth straight game to remain in the second wild-card spot in the National League. They are an NL-best 14-5 since July 9.
Gerardo Carrillo (2-0) tossed two scoreless innings for the victory. Gaddis, Aleman, Will Dion and Tim Herrin were torched for 10 runs in the final three frames.
Arizona extended its lead to 10-2 on a solo homer by Nolan Arenado in the eighth before Paul Sewald gave up five runs in the bottom of the inning without retiring a batter.
Perdomo finished with a career-high tying four hits along with three RBIs.
Steven Kwan had a two-run single and Chase DeLauter homered in the eighth for Cleveland, which fell to .500 for the first time since May 10 but remains tied for the third and final wild-card spot in the American League with the Minnesota Twins.
Arizona catcher Gabriel Moreno went 0-for-6, ending his on-base streak at 27 games. He also had safely reached in a franchise-record 46 consecutive starts.
The Diamondbacks tied the game at 2-2 in the fifth, scoring two runs (one earned) against All-Star Parker Messick. First baseman Rhys Hoskins made a diving stop of a grounder by Perdomo, but inexplicably threw the ball to no one at the bag.
Hoskins put the Guardians up 2-0 in the first with a two-run homer off Kohl Drake. The 424-foot blast to center scored DeLauter, giving Hoskins all three of Cleveland’s RBIs in the first 16 innings of the interleague series.
Messick labored throughout his 91-pitch outing, lasting a season-low 4 1/3 innings and remaining winless at home since May 13. The left-hander gave up six hits, two runs (one earned), walked one and struck out six.
Drake went four innings, allowing two runs on five hits with one walk and a career-high six strikeouts in his third appearance. The lefty made his major league debut on July 21 against the Athletics.
–Field Level Media
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Reports: Warriors bringing back key reserve Gary Payton II
Apr 7, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II (0) makes a layup past Sacramento Kings center Maxime Raynaud (42) in the third quarter at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images Gary Payton II is returning to the Golden State Warriors on a one-year contract for the veteran minimum of $3.9 million, according to multiple reports on Saturday.
Payton, 33, is a 6-foot-2 guard with the athleticism to play in the frontcourt. He’s coming off one of his best seasons after dealing with injuries in earlier seasons. Payton averaged a career-high 7.5 points along with 3.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 15.6 minutes in a career-best 73 games (one start) last season.
He averages 5.9 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.0 steals and 15.1 minutes in 343 regular-season games (52 starts) for the Milwaukee Bucks (2016-18), Los Angeles Lakers (2018), Washington Wizards (2019-20), Warriors (2020-22, 2023-present) and Portland Trail Blazers (2022-23).
He won the NBA championship with the Warriors in the 2021-22 season.
–Field Level Media
St. Louis draws with Real Salt Lake to push unbeaten streak to 8
Diamondbacks use 7-run seventh to blast past Guardians
