CC Sabathia, who helped lead the Brewers to the postseason in 2008, heads to the hill for the Yankees against his former club on Saturday at Miller Park.

Facing his former team for the first time since being shipped to Oakland three years ago, Tommy Milone looked his best yet in this young season. As a team, the A’s looked better than they have in a while in Friday night’s 8-0 win over the Nationals at O.co Coliseum.

Rangers outfielder Alex Rios willingly took the blame on a seventh-inning pop fly that fell into right field and cost Yu Darvish a chance at a perfect game. Rios was charged with an error even though second baseman Rougned Odor was closer to the ball.

Rangers ace right-hander Yu Darvish lost his bid for a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning of Friday night’s 8-0 win over the Red Sox when David Ortiz hit a clean single to right field through a shift. Darvish became the third pitcher in Major League history to lose two no-hitters with two outs in the ninth; the righty came within one out of a perfect game in his first start last year, against the Astros. In that outing, he gave up a two-out single to Marwin Gonzalez.

Masahiro Tanaka’s undefeated streak continued into Interleague Play on Friday, as the right-hander pitched into the seventh inning and helped pitch the Yankees past the Brewers, 5-3, in the opener of a three-game series at Miller Park.

Every once in a while, a guy turns out to be every bit as good as advertised. That’s the bottom line with Yu Darvish. Strip away everything else that happened Friday night in Arlington, and this simply was one of the most dominant pitchers at the top of his game.

Craig Kimbrel tarnished Julio Teheran’s spectacular eight-inning effort on Friday night at Turner Field. But after Kimbrel sustained his second blown save, Freddie Freeman produced a 10th inning walk-off single that gave the Braves a 3-2 win over the Cubs.

When Masahiro Tanaka arrived in New York, the initial question was whether he could perform at anything like the lofty level he had reached in Japan. In seven starts since then, the central question has changed to: “Is he ever going to lose?” In fact, Tanaka has not lost a regular-season start since Aug. 19, 2012. That was 41 starts ago.

After going hitless in the first three innings against Brandon McCarthy, White Sox hitters went 9-for-10 against the D-backs’ right-hander during a seven-run fourth inning, turning McCarthy’s early bid for perfection into an early exit during Chicago’s 9-3 victory on Friday night.

It did not lead to a victory, but Nolan Arenado’s at-bat in the top of the ninth inning of Friday night’s walk-off loss to the Reds said much about Arenado, who finished 0-for-3 with a strikeout and a walk.

A blown save cost Johnny Cueto the win, but Joey Votto emphatically put his slump to the wayside when his booming home run in the ninth gave the Reds a 4-3 walk-off victory Friday night over the Rockies.

Jonathan Schoop had the tie-breaking RBI single in the bottom of the seventh, and Nick Markakis followed with a run-scoring double for a key insurance run as the Orioles stretched their winning streak to four with a 4-3 victory over the Astros on Friday night at Oriole Park.

Giants first baseman Brandon Belt is expected to be sidelined for at least six weeks after suffering a broken left thumb during San Francisco’s 3-1 victory on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.

Balloting continues for Major League Baseball’s 85th All-Star Game on July 15 at Target Field in Minnesota, and fans can cast their votes using the 2014 All-Star Game Ballot Sponsored by Experian. Deciding who should get voted into the starting lineup can be challenging. Columnists Richard Justice and Phil Rogers discuss National League catchers.

On a Thursday night when the ball wasn’t carrying, Giancarlo Stanton delivered the decisive, two-run homer in the 11th inning that lifted Miami to a 3-1 win over the Padres at Petco Park.

Hisashi Iwakuma threw eight scoreless innings Thursday in his second start of the season as the surging Mariners topped the Royals, 1-0, in the opener of a seven-game homestand at Safeco Field.

Ryan Vogelsong’s gem paved the way for the Giants to earn their sixth win in their last seven games at Dodger Stadium in extra innings, where Hector Sanchez’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly snapped a 10th-inning tie and lifted the Giants to a 3-1 victory on Thursday night.