Nolan Ryan was disappointed with his Texas Rangers' debutThursday night.
He got a no decision after allowing seven hits and four runs infive innings as Texas beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Rafael Pal meiro's seventh-inning RBI single.
"It wasn't a real good performance," Ryan said. "If I don't shutsomebody out, I'm not happy. I didn't want to get off on the wrongfoot and embarrass myself."
Ryan, who signed as a free agent with the Rangers last Decemberfor a guaranteed $2 million over two years, struck out eight toincrease his all-time record to 4,783.
"My main concern was to win my first game but I'm pleased theway the team battled back," Ryan said.
Palmeiro delivered the game-winning run with an infield singleoff Frank Williams (0-1) to score Cecil Espy for a 5-4 lead.
Cecilio Guante was the winner and Jeff Russell pitched the last1 23 innings for the save. Jim Sundberg, another ex-Cub, hit abases-empty homer in the second for Texas.
Athletics 11, Mariners 3: Host Oakland pounded out 14 hits and11 runs for the second time in less than 24 hours for a sweep of thethree-game series.
Glenn Hubbard hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run third thatmade it 8-3.
"I've been trying for 11 years to go deep to right field,"Hubbard said. "It's the last thing I wanted to accomplish in baseballbefore I retire."
Mark McGwire, Dave Parker and Carney Lansford each drove in tworuns, and Parker and Terry Steinbach had three hits apiece.
Oakland's Storm Davis (1-0) allowed seven hits and three runs infive-plus innings. He left in the sixth with a right knee bruiseafter being hit by Scott Bradley's line drive. Todd Burns finishedfor the save.
Royals 3, Blue Jays 2: Toronto catcher Ernie Whitt's needlessthrow went into left field and allowed the winning run to score inthe eighth inning as host Kansas City posted the victory.
With the score tied 2-2, Willie Wilson walked off Duane Ward(0-1), Kevin Seitzer sacrificed and George Brett was walkedintentionally.
With a a 3-2 count on Danny Tartabull, Wilson broke for third.The pitch was ball four for a walk, but Whitt threw to third and theball went over Kelly Gruber's head into the outfield.
Twins 7, Yankees 1: Wally Backman and Kirby Puckett hitback-to-back triples to highlight a five-run sixth inning and ShaneRawley allowed three hits in six innings in his Minnesota debut asthe Twins beat New York in Minneapolis.
Both benches emptied in the ninth when Kent Hrbek charged themound after reliever Dave Righetti threw a pitch high and inside.Hrbek was stopped by several players and neither player was ejected.
Brewers 3, Indians 0: Chris Bosio pitched a three-hitter androokie Gary Sheffield hit a home run with two outs in the eighthinning to snap a scoreless tie as Milwaukee won at Cleveland.
Bosio got 14 Cleveland batters to hit into groundouts and retiredthe final 16 batters.
Orioles 6, Red Sox 4: Jose Bautista allowed six hits in eightinnings and Phil Bradley's single snapped a fourth-inning tie as hostBaltimore beat Boston.
Mickey Tettleton and Larry Sheets drove in two runs each forBaltimore, the only unbeaten team in the AL East.
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