MONTREAL (AP) — Diego Rossi and rookie Marino Hinestroza scored second-half goals to propel the Columbus Crew to a 3-1 victory over CF Montreal on Wednesday night.

The defending-champion Crew (4-2-6) began the night in eighth place in the Eastern Conference and had not earned a victory since beating the New York Red Bulls on March 16. They went 0-2-5 until righting the ship against Montreal (3-6-3).

Columbus took a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute on Max Arfsten’s second goal of the season and second in as many weeks. Arfsten took a pass from Christian Ramírez and sent a right-footed shot from the right side of the box to the high center of the net.

Montreal pulled even at halftime when Mathieu Choinière scored his first goal this season on a penalty kick in the second minute of stoppage time. Choinière was awarded the PK after a yellow card on Crew goalkeeper Patrick Schulte.