The Texas Rangers poured on the runs against the Minnesota Twins, but acquiring bat at the trade deadline is still an urgent need.

Josh Smith, Jake Burger and Wyatt Langford went deep in the first two innings and the Texas Rangers hit a season-high six home runs in a 16-3 romp over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.

After struggling again in his latest start, Minnesota Twins pitcher Bailey Ober says he received death threats on social

More proof toward that assessment is the fact that the Rangers outscored Minnesota 34-13 in this series. Indeed, after the 16-run outbreak on Tuesday, the two runs scored in last night’s loss became the aberrant total for this series as today Texas piled 16 more runs on the Twins.

Byron Buxton launched a 479-foot home run, the second-longest in the majors this season, to power the Minnesota Twins past the Texas Rangers 6-2.

Corbin, a 35-year-old left-handed starter, let Minnesota’s seven-through-nine hitters reach on two singles and a walk to load the bases and lead off the bottom of the second inning. The Rangers scored five runs in the top half of that inning to take a 6-1 lead but were suddenly in danger of wasting that gained momentum.

Once again, Texas Rangers outfielder Evan Carter is on the shelf. But manager Bruce Bochy is hoping it will be a short stay.

This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.

The busted balk: Rangers center fielder Evan Carter reached base on a full-count walk with one out in the top of the fourth inning and took a lead. Twins right-hander David Festa spun to first base and caught Carter in a rundown for the inning’s second out.