ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — The Minnesota Twins erupted for 17 hits and a 12-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night at Globe Life Park, snapping a brief two-game skid and handing the Rangers their second consecutive loss.

Kody Clemens led the offensive onslaught with a home run and three RBIs, going 2 for 4 and sparking a decisive early burst. Right-hander Zebby Matthews pitched seven strong innings, allowing eight hits and two earned runs while striking out four to earn his third win against four losses.

The Twins jumped ahead in the first inning. Trevor Larnach launched a leadoff homer to right field, his fourth of the season, and Josh Bell later singled home Byron Buxton to make it 2-0. Minnesota extended its lead in the third inning after Larnach singled and Buxton walked. Clemens followed with a line-drive homer to right, his 11th, plating three runs for a 5-0 advantage.

The biggest inning came in the fourth. Alex Jackson doubled, Buxton reached on a fielding error by Rangers right fielder Brandon Nimmo, and the Rangers intentionally walked Clemens. Royce Lewis singled sharply to center scoring Jackson and Buxton, moving Clemens to third. Bell then doubled to right, scoring Clemens and Lewis, with Nimmo committing a second error on the play that allowed Bell to take third. Luke Keaschall singled home Bell to cap a five-run inning, making the score 10-0.

Texas got on the board in the bottom of the fourth. Wyatt Langford singled, Nimmo singled, and Ezequiel Duran grounded into a force out that scored Langford. In the fifth, Alejandro Osuna singled, and Elias Díaz doubled to center to drive in Osuna, cutting the deficit to 10-2.

Minnesota added two more runs in the ninth. Luke Keaschall doubled, Alex Jackson doubled to center to score Keaschall, and Kyler Fedko lifted a sacrifice fly to left to bring home Jackson, making the final 12-2.

Larnach finished 4 for 6 with a home run and an RBI, raising his average. Jackson went 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI. Bell contributed two hits and two RBIs. For Texas, Díaz went 1 for 3 with an RBI double.

Matthews improved to 3-4 with a 2.55 ERA in his past five starts. He worked around eight hits and did not issue a walk, striking out four. Travis Adams pitched a scoreless eighth with three strikeouts, and Cody Laweryson closed the ninth with a perfect inning and one strikeout.

Kumar Rocker took the loss, falling to 2-6. Rocker allowed five runs on five hits over two-plus innings, walking two and striking out three. Relievers Cal Quantrill, Joe Ross and Tyler Alexander combined to give up seven runs — five earned — over five innings. Ross tossed two scoreless frames with one hit and one strikeout. Alexander also worked two innings, surrendering three hits with a strikeout.

The Twins improved to 35-40 on the season, while the Rangers dropped to 35-38. Attendance was announced at 27,463. The game lasted 2 hours, 39 minutes.

Minnesota entered the night after a 4-2 win at Texas on Monday, but had lost two of three to St. Louis before that. The Twins have now won four of their past five games. Texas had taken three of four on a road trip to Boston and Kansas City before dropping consecutive home games.

The game’s pivotal sequence came in the top of the fourth, when the Twins sent 10 batters to the plate, capitalized on two errors by Nimmo and turned a 5-0 lead into a 10-0 cushion. The inning effectively put the game out of reach and helped Matthews settle into a rhythm against a Rangers lineup that managed only two runs over his seven innings.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Texas Rangers 5, Minnesota Twins 4. The ELO system gave Texas a 60.80 percent probability to win. The Rangers were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5 runs. The total of 14 runs went well under the over-under line of 8.5.