Instant replay and observations from the Rangers' 1-0 win over Kansas City in 13 innings on Thursday at Globe Life Park in Arlington:

What you need to know: The Rangers opened a 10-game homestand with a much-needed win in dramatic fashion. For the first time in Globe Life Park history the game was scoreless through 12 innings. They finally received a boost from their bullpen. Six Rangers relievers combined for seven scoreless innings. Tony Barnette, Alex Claudio, Jeremy Jeffress, Matt Bush, Keone Kela and Dario Alvarez outperformed Cashner. They only allowed one hit -- an eighth-inning single -- and one walk while striking out 11 in keeping the Royals off the board. For the first time all season the Rangers won a game in which they scored fewer than seven runs. But it wasn't easy. It's the first time a Rangers home game was scoreless through 12 innings since Aug. 17, 1990, against the White Sox in Arlington Stadium.

Dude of the day: Left fielder Delino DeShields came through with the game-winning hit in the bottom of the 13th. Rangers third baseman Joey Gallo set up the go-ahead run with a one-out double into the right-field corner. DeShields followed with a 10-pitch at-bat that ended with him lining Travis Wood's pitch into left field to score Gallo from second and ignite the Rangers' celebration.

Rotation report: The Rangers received another quality outing by a starter. Andrew Cashner wasn't dominating or efficient against the Royals. He was, however, effective. In his second start since coming off the DL, Cashner pitched six scoreless innings, giving up three hits and walking four while striking out three. Cashner wasn't near as sharp with his sinking fastball as he had been in his first start at Seattle on Saturday, when he enticed 12 groundballs. Cashner retired seven Royals on fly balls and six on groundouts Thursday.

Did you know? The Rangers failed to hit a home run Thursday, ending a streak of 11 consecutive home games dating back to last year. That was one shy of matching their longest streak at Globe Life Park since the start of 2013.

OTHER STUFF

Situational hiccup: Before the game, Rangers manager Jeff Banister emphasized a player's "recognition of a situation."

"Situational hitting is one of the more pure forms of hitting," he added.

Rangers third baseman Joey Gallo failed to execute as a "situational" hitter in the fifth.

In a scoreless game, catcher Jonathan Lucroy led off the fifth with a double just inside the first-base bag. Gallo couldn't move Lucroy to third base however, striking out swinging. Two batters later, center fielder Carlos Gomez just missed getting all of a fastball left up in the zone. The fly ball to deep center would have easily scored Lucroy had Gallo been able to advance the runner.

Beltre improving: Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre "looked much better" Thursday in fielding practice before the game, manager Jeff Banister said, than he did in a recent similar workout. Beltre threw to Banister at first base after fielding several ground balls. When he went to his backhand early on, a few of his throws one-hopped Banister. But he quickly cleaned it up and finished with clean throws. Prior to fielding, Beltre also took some live batting practice against Rangers reliever Sam Dyson. He mostly took the pitches, but did have two ground balls and one swing and miss.