(Best E Casino) - The Bay Bridge Series has been a one-sided affair as of late. The San Francisco Giants hope to reverse that trend when they take on the Oakland Athletics in the opener of a three-game set from McAfee Coliseum.

Oakland has won the last six meetings with San Francisco and nine of the 10 most recent clashes between the area rivals. That includes a three-game sweep of the Giants at AT&T Park earlier this month, with the Athletics outscoring San Francisco by a 14-4 margin during the series.

The A's are in the midst of a nine-game homestand against National League clubs and have gone 4-2 thus far on the residency. Oakland last faced off against NL East-leading Philadelphia and took two of three matchups with the Phillies, including a 5-0 triumph in Thursday's finale.

Rich Harden (5-0) led the way with a dominating effort on the mound for Oakland. The oft-injured righty struck out a career-best 11 batters and yielded just two singles and a walk over eight innings.

Carlos Gonzalez finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run to pace the Athletics offensively.

San Francisco has amassed a 3-3 record so far on a nine-game road trip and had won back-to-back contests in Cleveland on Tuesday and Wednesday, prior to the Indians' 4-1 victory over the Giants last night.

Cliff Lee prevented a San Francisco sweep by allowing just one run and four hits while fanning a career-high 11 over eight innings in Thursday's tilt.

Giants starter Matt Cain (4-6) gave up four runs on eight hits through five frames to receive the loss. Rich Aurilia knocked in San Francisco's lone run with a fourth-inning single.

Tonight's opener features a rematch of a mound matchup on June 15, when A's lefty Dana Eveland outdueled Kevin Correia to help his team post a 5-3 decision.

Eveland limited the Giants to just one run and six hits over 6 2/3 innings in that game, then followed up with a solid effort in a no-decision against Florida on Saturday. Against the Marlins, he surrendered two runs on eight hits through 6 1/3 innings of work.

The 24-year-old, one of six players acquired by Oakland in the offseason trade that sent Dan Haren to the Arizona Diamondbacks, is 5-5 with a 3.51 earned run average over 15 starts in his first year with the Athletics. Most impressively, he has given up only three home runs in 89 2/3 innings pitched.

Correia was tagged for five runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings during that June 15 meeting, and has lost both his starts since returning from the disabled list a few weeks ago. The right-handed swingman hasn't registered a victory since tossing 7 2/3 shutout innings to beat St. Louis on April 10.

In his last start, Correia gave up three runs and walked four over five frames in Saturday's 5-3 loss at Kansas City.

Correia has made three relief appearances against the A's in addition to his one previous start, and is 0-1 with a 5.19 ERA in 8 2/3 career innings versus Oakland.