Ranger Pitcher Suffers Blackout

Texas Ranger starter Ryan Glynn briefly lost consciousness in the dugout and was taken to a hospital a few minutes after he had been removed from Friday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox at the Ballpark of Arlington.

Play was suspended for 10 minutes while medical personnel attended to Glynn.

Glynn had been removed from the game with two outs in the fifth inning after the Red Sox scored four runs in the inning to stretch their lead to 7-1. The temperature at game time was 98 degrees and Glynn had thrown 95 pitches.

Glynn was hospitalized overnight for observation and tests. Boston won, 7-3.

In the middle of the fifth, Texas Manager Johnny Oates called for a paramedics cart to come to the dugout, where Glynn was lying on the ground.

The rookie right-hander was down for about five minutes, then regained consciousness as he was wheeled from the dugout strapped to a gurney and taken to an ambulance.

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Hall of Famer Ted Williams has a mild case of shingles that will keep him from taking part in today’s festivities at Tropicana Field celebrating the 100th season of American League baseball.

Williams, who turns 82 later this month, was scheduled to give the ceremonial first pitch ball to former Boston Red Sox teammate Dom DiMaggio before the Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ home game against the Chicago White Sox. Williams, who resides in Hernando County, Fla., has attended several events over the last couple years at Tropicana Field.

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The Kansas City Royals acquired infielder Wilson Delgado from the New York Yankees for minor league shortstop Nick Ortiz.

Delgado, 25, appeared in 31 games for the Yankees before being designated for assignment on Aug. 4. He batted .244 with one home run and four RBIs.

The Royals also purchased the contract of left-handed pitcher Paul Spoljaric from triple-A Omaha and optioned pitcher Tim Byrdak to double-A Wichita.

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Montreal Expo catcher Lenny Webster is scheduled to appear in a Cornwall, Canada, court on Monday on a weapons charge. Webster, 35, is charged with illegally importing a prohibited weapon, a 9mm Lugar handgun, into Canada on April 7. . . . Right-hander Francisco Cordova and left-hander Chris Peters of the Pittsburgh Pirates were put on the 15-day disabled list. Both have sore pitching elbows. . . . Seattle utility player Stan Javier came out of the game for a pinch-hitter in the second inning after spraining his left shoulder on a play at first base against Cleveland. Playing first base in place of John Olerud for the second time this season, Javier was injured when he fielded a wide throw from third baseman David Bell and tagged out Wil Cordero. . . . Third baseman Dave Hollins, a 10-year veteran released last month by Baltimore, signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians.