Odor, Barnette fuel Rangers’ extra-innings victory

Yu Darvish allowed one run in seven innings Friday night, but he was long gone by the time Tony Barnette and Rougned Odor provided some key late-innings magic as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 in 13 innings.

Odor broke a 1-1 tie in the 13th with a two-run homer, his first hit in six at-bats and only the Rangers’ seventh hit of the game. Delino DeShields started the inning with a walk.

Barnette worked a career-high three innings, starting in the ninth. His best pitching came in the 10th, which opened with a Jean Segura double, but Barnette didn’t allow him to go any further.

Matt Bush worked the 12th inning for his second win of the season, and Alex Claudio worked a scoreless 13th for his first career save.

How Rangers hitters fared: Not very well. Things started well, though, as Delino DeShields beat out an infield single and scored on a two-out double by Elvis Andrus that originally was ruled a foul ball before a replay showed it hitting the glove of right fielder Ben Gamel in fair territory. ... The Rangers had only three hits the next seven innings before Andrus singled to start the ninth and then stole second. But Carlos Gomez struck out, Joey Gallo popped out and Mike Napoli flied to center. ... Andrus had half of the Rangers’ six hits through 12 innings, and DeShields had two. Shin-Soo Choo had the other hit, a single with two outs in the seventh. ... Rougned Odor hadn’t hit a ball out of the infield in five at-bats before going deep in the 13th for a two-run homer after DeShields opened with a walk.　

How Rangers pitchers fared: Yu Darvish was effective again, allowing one run in seven innings. He allowed six hits and walked four, and struck out five. He throw 116 pitches. ... The only damage done against him was a solo homer by Robinson Cano to start the fourth. ... Darvish was forced to wiggle out of trouble in the sixth and seventh, but did so with perhaps his best pitching. ... Sam Dyson took over in the eighth and tossed a scoreless inning despite a one-out walk and single. All three outs were loud. ... Tony Barnette worked a perfect ninth to get the game to extra innings and then worked around a leadoff double in the 10th. He returned for the 11th and tossed another scoreless inning, with the benefit of the Rangers’ third successful challenge of the game. ... Closer Matt Bush (2-0) worked a scoreless inning and was the pitcher of record when the Rangers went ahead. ... Alex Claudio, who made his first career start Tuesday, earned his first career save with a scoreless 13th inning.

This story was originally published May 6, 2017 at 1:30 AM with the headline "Odor, Barnette fuel Rangers’ extra-innings victory."