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.

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

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.

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

Josh Smith fouled off the first pitch of the game, a 91.5 mph four-seamer from Twins starting pitcher Bailey Ober. He took a split second before stepping back into the box. Then, the Rangers' utility

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.

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.