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.

Leadoff hitter Josh Smith greeted Twins starter Bailey Ober with a home run and the Rangers never really stopped hitting as Texas beat Minnesota, 16-3, in front of an announced crowd of 23,995 at Target Field to win two in a three-game series.

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.

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.

Kyle Higashioka had a season-high five RBIs, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford hit home runs and the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 16-4 on Tuesday night.

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

The Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins wrap up a 3-game series Thursday afternoon at Target Field in Minneapolis.

Preview the June 12 matchup between the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

The series is even at one game apiece following the Twins’ 6-2 win last night. Byron Buxton went 3-3 including his eleventh home run of the season (a 479-foot blast!) and Minnesota improved to five games over .500 for the season. Marcus Semien tallied his seventh home run of the season in the loss.

The Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins will battle for a series win in the rubber match of their three-game set from Target Field in Minneapolis. While there have been some offensive fireworks in this series, our Rangers vs. Twins predictions and MLB picks have these lower-scoring clubs working their way Under the total on Thursday, June 12.

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.