TODAY

MATT WISE (1-3, 4.34 ERA) vs. ATHLETICS’ CORY LIDLE (11-6, 3.61 ERA)

Network Associates Coliseum,

Oakland, 12:30 p.m.

Radio--KLAC (570), XPRS (1090).

Update--Though Oakland left-hander Barry Zito struggled with his control, walking four, he gave up only one run on four hits in six innings Wednesday night to improve to 15-8. Zito is 10-1 with a 1.04 earned-run average in his last 11 starts. Jason Giambi’s eighth-inning double Wednesday was his 42nd, breaking a club record for doubles that Giambi shared with Ben Grieve. Mark Bellhorn’s third-inning homer off Jarrod Washburn Wednesday was the Oakland reserve infielder’s first major league home run since Aug. 24, 1997.