Gabe Kapler will manage against the Oakland Athletics for the first time in his career when he is introduced to the Bay Bridge rivalry, as his San Francisco Giants host their neighbors to the east in a three-game interleague series on Friday night.
The clubs also will duel in September in Oakland.
Right-handers Frankie Montas (2-1, 1.57 ERA) of the A's and Johnny Cueto (1-0, 5.40) of the Giants are the scheduled starters in Friday's series opener.
The rivals battled to a 25-25 standoff in the decade of the 2010's, with the Giants drawing even last season by virtue of three wins in four meetings.