SAN FRANCISCO — Rafael Devers made one point abundantly clear ahead of the Giants’ three-game series against his former team: He was not interested in talking about the past. Did Devers want to leave the Boston Red Sox? “ That’s in the past. Those are not decisions that I control.”

In his first at-bat, after a standing ovation from both Giants and Red Sox fans, Devers aggressively swung at the first pitch and (ironically) grounded out to first. Abraham Toro briefly bobbled it before recovering to flip it to Hunter Dobbins for the out.

San Francisco Giants star Rafael Devers went hitless Friday in his first game against his old team, the Boston Red Sox. Devers was, of course, traded just last Sunday from the Red Sox to the Giants as part of a five-player swap that included pitchers Kyle Harrison and Jordan Hicks and outfield prospect James Tibbs.