ARLINGTON -- Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor wasn¡¯t happy when Tigers starter Matthew Boyd hit him with a pitch in the sixth inning. Odor, who took a full-count fastball in the back, glared at Boyd, said something to him and had to be escorted to first base by home-plate umpire Eric Cooper.

¡°It¡¯s part of the game,¡± Odor said. ¡°It¡¯s over.¡±

Odor was able to get back at the Tigers in a much better way. Getting another full-count fastball, Odor smashed a two-out home run off Tigers reliever Nick Ramirez in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Rangers a 5-4 victory on Saturday night at Globe Life Park.

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It was the second walk-off home run by Odor in his career and the first by a Ranger since Shin-Soo Choo on May 26, 2018, against the Royals.

¡°I was just trying to hit the ball hard,¡± Odor said. ¡°I was trying to look for something in the middle. He was pitching me around the zone. I made good contact and I hit it out.¡±

While the Rangers were celebrating their fifth walk-off win of the season, the Tigers were furious in the other clubhouse. Detroit manager Ron Gardenhire was livid that Odor wasn¡¯t called out on a two-strike check swing that would have ended the inning.

¡°He swung at the ball,¡± Gardenhire said. ¡°His bat was all the way out in front of home plate. The home-plate umpire didn't call it. He checked, and obviously, it's a missed call. It's plain as day. It's just what it is. It's disappointing because we played really hard tonight. We battled our tails off.¡±

Rangers manager Chris Woodward was much more eager to discuss Odor¡¯s sustained resurgence at the plate. Over his past 28 games, Odor is hitting .291 with 10 home runs, 28 RBIs and a .680 slugging percentage.

¡°I¡¯ve said this many times, but the reason why we stuck with Rougy so long through so much adversity was that he brings that intensity every day, regardless of whether he¡¯s doing well or not,¡± Woodward said. ¡°I¡¯ve told him many times, that¡¯s the thing I admire most about him: the character of just showing up, competing.¡±

Woodward also loved the fact the home run was to left-center.

¡°That¡¯s what¡¯s made all the difference in the world,¡± Woodward said. ¡°He¡¯s not trying to pull the ball. He¡¯s staying to the middle of the field, left-center. He¡¯s got more power than anybody. You can see it on that one. I didn¡¯t even think he hit that [that hard]. Off the bat, I wasn¡¯t sure it was going to go. Just shows you he has power to all fields.¡±

Odor said that he just got away from thinking too much, worrying about not swinging at bad pitches. The simple approach has always worked best for him.

¡°Right now, I feel pretty good at the plate,¡± Odor said. ¡°I¡¯m just trying to not think too much. Just worrying about hitting the ball. That¡¯s what I¡¯ve been doing the last month and I¡¯ve been feeling pretty good at the plate. I don¡¯t care where I hit it. I just want to hit it in the middle of the field.¡±

Rangers starter Adrian Sampson allowed four runs in 4 2/3 innings but four relievers -- Taylor Guerrieri, Brett Martin, Jesse Chavez and Jose Leclerc -- combined for 5 1/3 scoreless behind him.

¡°I love putting, especially young guys, in spots like that to see what they¡¯re made of,¡± Woodward said. ¡°Those guys, it¡¯s an unbelievable job. We needed that. That was a big win for us to get a couple games over .500, give us some momentum.¡±