Boyd Checks Into Hospital for Evaluation

Suspended Boston pitcher Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd admitted himself Thursday to a hospital for what the Red Sox said was a comprehensive evaluation, including drug testing.

The Red Sox said Boyd went to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester one day after the Red Sox extended his suspension. The team said the hospitalization was “mutually agreed upon.”

Details of the evaluation were not released, and the Red Sox said no medical information will be disclosed without Boyd’s permission.

General Manager Lou Gorman said the team decided to extend Boyd’s suspension, which began last Friday, before the pitcher was stopped and searched by narcotics officers outside his Chelsea, Mass., home Tuesday night. Police said they found no drugs but that complaints of assault and battery and disorderly conduct will be sought against Boyd.

The incident that prompted the suspension occurred last Thursday, when Boyd stormed out of the Red Sox clubhouse after learning he was left off the American League All-Star team.

Red Sox owner Haywood Sullivan was in Houston for Tuesday’s All-Star game but returned to Boston before it began “to discuss the situation” with Boyd, his wife Karen, Gorman and club physician Arthur Pappas, the team said.