TORONTO -- The Texas Rangers rallied for two runs with two outs in the 14th inning to defeat the Blue Jays 6-4 in a marathon thriller Friday that left Toronto on the brink of elimination in their American League Division Series.

Jays nemesis Rougned Odor hit an outfield single off LaTroy Hawkins, the Jays' seventh pitcher, to start the two-out rally. Chris Gimenez then singled with Odor escaping a tag at second on the play after a video review.

Hanser Alberto's single up the middle scored Odor, with Gimenez moving to third and Alberto to second. Delino DeShields then beat out an infield single off Liam Hendriks to drive in Gimenez.

Russ Ohlendorf took care of the Jays in the bottom of the 14th, hitting Russell Martin with a pitch with two outs before striking out Kevin Pillar.

The best-of-five series now switches to Arlington on Sunday, with the Jays deep in a hole having lost the opener 5-3 Thursday.

"It won't be easy," said Jays manager John Gibbons. "They got a great team over there and they outplayed us both games. Today was a great ball game and they came out on top. They outlasted us."

Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson said the task is now "pretty simple."

"We have to win or we go home," he said. "That being said, I like our chances just for the fact of the team we have in here. We're going to come back in a couple of days and get after it just as hard if not harder."

Friday's game ranks as Toronto's longest post-season game by innings. The Jays have gone to 11 innings on three previous occasions.

The game was a baseball smorgasbord, with something for all tastes. Good pitching, great fielding, managerial moves and tactical hitting.

Not to mention drama.

The benches emptied with one out in the 13th after Donaldson hit a blast just foul to left-field with one out. Keone Kela, the fifth Rangers pitcher, took umbrage at Donaldson's salty post-pitch comments and had to be held back. Nothing came of the incident, however.

After Donaldson struck out and Jose Bautista walked, Edwin Encarnacion flied out to the warning track in centre field.

Donaldson, the Jays MVP candidate, had homered in the first inning just hours after going through a concussion check necessitated by a collision in Thursday's game.

Both bullpens refused to blink as the innings kept coming.

Jays closer Roberto Osuna pitched a 1-2-3 ninth and 10th. Rangers left-hander Jake Diekman, hitting 99 m.p.h. at times, matched him both innings.

Texas had the winning run on third with two outs in the 11th after a pair of Mark Lowe walks but left-hander Aaron Loup rescued the former Ranger by inducing Josh Hamilton to fly out.

Pinch-runner Dalton Pompey made it to third with two outs in the 12th after Chris Colabello opened the inning with a single, but Shawn Tollesen shut down the Jays' rally.

Texas' Will Venable got on with a broken bat single off Aaron Sanchez with two outs in the 13th but nothing more came of it.

Neither team seemed too happy with umpire Vic Carapazza's strike zone.

"There was complaining on both sides, but it's behind us," said Gibbons.

The game was a duel between Marcus Stroman and Rangers ace Cole Hamels for seven innings.

Stroman left with a 4-3 lead after yielding a leadoff single to DeShields in the eighth. But reliever Brett Cecil could not hold down the fort.

After a sacrifice bunt moved DeShields to second, Cecil struck out Prince Fielder. Pinch-hitter Mike Napoli singled to bring DeShields home and tie the game 4-4. Napoli was picked off to end the threat, with Cecil leaving the field gingerly. Gibbons said he suffered a calf tear.

Toronto tried to answer in the bottom of the inning. Ben Revere went to first on an infield single that handcuffed reliever Sam Dyson. One out later, Revere stole second. Bautista struck out and Encarnacion was intentionally walked.

The inning ended with Odor bare-handing Troy Tulowitzki's broken-bat infield hit.

A raucous crowd of 49,716 watched inside the Rogers Centre, with fans elsewhere doing their best to balance work and play with a lunchtime start that stretched into Happy Hour.

There were gutsy performances all-round in an entertaining game that started with a bit of everything before settling back to the expected showdown between Stroman and Hamels. Colabello also had a starring role, putting on a show at first base for the Jays.

The wild start saw the two teams tied 3-3 after two innings that featured six runs, six hits and two errors.

Donaldson, who took a knee to the head Thursday in breaking up a double play, was cleared to play after passing concussion protocols. He wasted little time proving his fitness by slamming a solo homer to centre field in the bottom of the first on a 3-2 delivery from Hamels.

For Stroman, it was another remarkable chapter in his comeback story from spring training knee surgery. He has yet to lose in five starts since returning in early September, posting four wins and Friday's no-decision.

The right-hander scattered five hits over seven innings, giving up three runs -- two earned -- with five strikeouts and two walks. He had retired 18 of his last 21 before giving way.

"It was a little rocky first inning, but Stro weatherd the storm," said Gibbons. "There was a couple of plays we didn't make, but he kept us in check and we ended up tying it later in the game, so that was big."

Hamels went seven innings, giving up four runs -- two earned -- on six hits with six strikeouts.

Stroman retired 14 straight before walking Mitch Moreland with two out in the sixth. He followed that with a Elvis Andrus strikeout, pounding his chest as he left the mound.

As Stroman found his groove, the Jays defence began to batten down the hatches with Tulowitzki and Bautista -- recovered from Thursday's hamstring cramp -- making dazzling fielding plays in the fifth and seventh innings, respectively.

Colabello, playing first base like Dominik Hasek, was a one-man wrecking crew for Toronto. He had an unassisted double play in the first inning, drove in a run in the second and hoovered up ground balls all day long.

Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre did not start after sustaining a lower back strain in Thursday's game.

The Jays trailed 2-0 after an eventful first inning that saw Stroman need 23 pitches to get his first out and Colabello to throw him a lifeline with a remarkable fielding display.

Bautista almost made a highlight-reel catch off DeShields, Texas' leadoff batter, in the first inning but he lost the ball when he crashed into the wall for a double.

Shin Soo-Choo singled through the middle after a fine nine-ball at-bat to drive in DeShields. A Fielder line shot deflected off Ryan Goins, leaving Texas with two men on.

Moreland grounded to Colabello, who fired the ball to Martin as the Jay caught Choo in a rundown. But the normally reliable catcher threw the ball past Donaldson, allowing the Ranger to score.

Colabello rescued the situation with an unassisted double play, fielding Hamilton's grounder and then sprinting over to third to tag out a stranded Fielder. It represented the fifth unassisted ground ball double play by a first baseman in post-season history, according to Baseball Reference.

After Donaldson's first post-season homer cut the lead to 2-1, Odor walked to open the second inning, beat a tag going to third on a groundout and then beat another tag on Alberto's sacrifice fly.

Odor homered and scored three runs in Thursday's 5-3 Rangers win.

An error by Alberto, Beltre's replacement, put Tulowitzki on with no outs. Colabello's ground-rule double sent him to third before Martin, atoning for his error, singled deep to right field to drive in a run. Colabello scored to tied it at 3-3 when Pillar grounded into a double play.

Toronto went ahead for the first time in the series in the fifth after Pillar doubled, moved to third on Goins' bunt and scored on Revere's single. Bautista had the crowd on its feet with a moonshot near the upper deck that was just foul.

The Roger Centre roof was closed for the second day in a row. It was 15 C outside at game time, with a 20 per cent change of precipitation. It was 20 degrees inside the dome.

It was a 12:45 p.m. local start, coming some 18 hours after the end of Game 1.

Stroman was ready, tapping his heart as he headed into the dugout from the bullpen prior to the game. When the 24-year-old took the mound for his warmup pitches, he sang along to "Headlines" by Drake.

A three-time all-star and 2008 World Series MVP, the 31-year-old Hamels made the playoffs five times with the Phillies and came into the game with a 7-4 post-season record.