MINNEAPOLIS -- Ray Durham was sipping some soup at a table Saturday when Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf walked into the visitors' clubhouse at the Metrodome.

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"Ray, you scared the heck out of us last night," Reinsdorf said.

Durham collapsed on the Metrodome turf Friday night, was taken to a hospital where tests revealed he had than bruised ribs, the result of a home plate collision in the top of the third inning.

Durham was still sore Saturday and out of the White Sox's starting lineup as they tried wrap up the AL Central Division title.

"Everything checked out OK. It's just that the right side of my body from the waist up is real sore right now," Durham said Saturday.

But initially it looked much worse. Durham lay dazed and disoriented while team trainer Herm Schneider and a Twins team doctor attended to him and worried teammates watched.

Durham was down for several minutes before he was able to sit up. Then he was carted off and transported to the hospital where X-rays and a CT scan were normal.

Durham, the White Sox's leadoff hitter and an All-Star, was warming up for the bottom of the third and had just taken a step toward the first base dugout to signal he didn't feel well when he collapsed face first.

"I was all right when I ran out and I threw a ball and almost threw it in the stands," Durham said.

"Jose (Valentin) asked me if I was all right. I turned around to throw it to him and when I stopped I went, 'Whoa.' That's when I gave the signal to come and get me."

Durham is expected to miss at least one more game.

"Jerry (Manuel) told me to take my time, there's no rush. He wants to make sure I'm OK before I go back out there," Durham said, adding he still plans to be part of any celebration when it should arrive.

"If I can't be out there, then the first guy who comes through the door will get a champagne bath," he said.