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.

With the trade deadline under two months away, the Twins have no shortage of needs. The odds of the team addressing them, however, are very low.

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

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.

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

Twins pitcher Bailey Ober said he received death threats on social media after his poor start in a blowout loss against the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon, according to The Athletic's Dan Hayes and Twins.TV sideline reporter Audra Martin.

It’s as if all this is scripted. The moment the Twins’ pitching rotation is diluted by shoulder injuries, they’re facing their former righthander who would really look good in a Twins uniform right now.

Staten Island FerryHawks right-handed pitcher and closer Tanner Andrews had his contract purchased by the Minnesota Twins organization.

J.P. Crawford and the Seattle Mariners will try to knock off Trevor Larnach and the Minnesota Twins when the teams meet on Monday, June 23 at 7:40 p.m. ET (on Fox Sports 1 and MNNT and ROOT Sports NW).

Because of recent injuries to Pablo López and Zebby Matthews, the Minnesota Twins find themselves in a pitching pickle. The Los Angeles Dodgers just