On MLB Central, Mark DeRosa dives into the Rangers' offensive outburst against the Twins and if this could spark the team going forward

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.

The Texas Rangers return home from a nine-game road trip to three cities after putting a hurting on the Minnesota Twins.

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.

Rangers launch five homers, Bailey Ober implodes, and Jonah Bride pitches for the third time in eight days, as Twins suffer another embarrassing blowout.

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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.