ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Ryan Glynn was promoted from Triple-A specifically to make a spot start for the Texas Rangers. What he made was a pretty good impression.

Glynn pitched eight shutout innings, allowing just two hits and striking out six, and won a duel against $105 million pitcher Kevin Brown as the Rangers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 Monday night.

	Some spot start for Ryan Glynn: He pitched two-hit shutout ball over eight innings to beat none other than Kevin Brown.

"Very impressive and it could not have happened on a better night," Rangers manager Johnny Oates said. "That's the best stuff I've seen on the opposing mound probably since Randy Johnson with his A-game. Ryan certainly matched him zero-for-zero and made a lot of quality pitches when he had to."

Brown (4-2), whose career started with the Texas Rangers, allowed five hits in his second complete game. He walked none and struck out a season-high nine.

Glynn was promoted from Oklahoma earlier Monday to start in place of Darren Oliver. He carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning when he gave up consecutive singles and a walk without allowing a run.

"I knew it was going to be a tough game," Glynn said. "It kind of worked to my advantage with the quick innings. I was able to keep my rhythm."

John Wetteland came on in the ninth for his 16th save in 19 opportunities, extending his team record with his 13th straight converted save.

Glynn started slowly, giving up consecutive walks with two outs in the first. He then struck out Eric Karros, starting a stretch in which he retired 13 of his next 14 -- the only runner reaching on Mike Lamb's error at third base.

He had a no-hitter until F.P. Santangelo, a .141 hitter, led off the sixth inning with a single to center only to be thrown out trying to steal second base.

"I tried to tune it out, but it's kind of tough," Glynn said of his no-hit bid. "When I gave up the hit, I got back to normal. It would be pretty impressive to throw a no-hitter in the majors. I gave up two hits, and that's fine with me."

Mark Grudzielanek then hit another single back up the middle and Shawn Green walked with two outs in the sixth before Karros ended another threat by striking out. Glynn retired the last seven batters he faced.

"When you see something like that, you want to see more of it. That's pretty good stuff you saw tonight," Oates said. "That's enough to want a manager to see it again real soon."

But Oates then conceded that Glynn likely would go back to Triple-A. He said Oliver (2-3 in 11 starts), skipping a start after complaining of a tired arm in two straight outings, will make his next scheduled start Sunday at Colorado.

Dodgers manager Davey Johnson said his team had a scouting report on Glynn, but that it didn't indicate anything spectacular.

"We didn't think the fastball was very good, but it was pretty good against us," Johnson said.

Texas went ahead in the sixth when Lamb singled and scored on Jason McDonald's broken-bat double with two outs. Rusty Greer doubled leading off the seventh and scored on David Segui's sacrifice fly.

Brown had faced the minimum 15 batters in the first five innings and didn't allow a ball out of the infield.

"Losing is frustrating. I don't care how you lose," Brown said. "I really didn't make that many bad pitches. Tonight, I had to have been perfect, either that or have a horseshoe, which I have neither right now."

When Brown took the mound for the first inning, the song "Money" blared over the stadium speakers. Brown signed a record $105 million, seven-year contract with the Dodgers, his fourth team since leaving the Rangers after the 1994 season.

Game notes
Brown has 68 complete games in his career. ... AL MVP Ivan Rodriguez took most of the night off after manager Johnny Oates gave him the option of taking Monday or Wednesday off. Bill Haselman got his eighth start in 56 games this season, but was replaced in the ninth after being lifted for a pinch runner. ... Glynn had to step off the mound momentarily with two outs in the fifth when the crowd erupted in cheers. The Dallas Stars hockey team had just scored a goal in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals.