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.

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.

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

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

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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.