These two Rangers stars are key to sustaining recent offensive success

The Ranger bats have come to life, scoring 25 runs in the last three games against the Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals, capped by a 16-4 bludgeoning in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

Unfortunately, it feels like a bit of fool's gold given that, while the rest of the team seems to be clicking, they are not getting much production from arguably their two best hitters in Corey Seager and Wyatt Langford.

Corey Seager and Wyatt Langford have to hit more consistently to sustain this Rangers' offense

We're not trying to rain on the recent hit parade because everyone will admit this season has been brutal offensively. Still, if the Rangers are going to score consistently moving forward, they are going to have to get more production from Seager and Langford.

Hitting in the two and three holes at the top of the lineup, they are both slumping badly right now, and had very little to do with the mini-explosion that has seen the Rangers tattoo 35 hits during the three-game winning streak.

Langford got a hold of a fastball up in the zone and laced a homer to left late last night, but aside from that, he is just 26 for his last 141 (.184) since April 30, and his average has dropped from .296 to .230.

Before two singles last night against the Twins, Seager was enduring a 0-25 slump, and his station-to-station, cautious running on that injured hamstring almost cost the Rangers a run.

These two Ranger hitters are too talented to not come around

We'll see if Seager's hamstring issue will be a year-long problem for him on the base paths, but it isn't affecting his approach at the plate. Langford, who is ostensibly just starting his second big leagues season, is still hitting for power but also striking out more.

Fans are obviously still bullish on what the two sluggers will contribute the rest of the way. Moreover, Bruce Bochy will be the first to tell you that slumps like these happen throughout the year, and he's right.

Nevertheless, without the one-two punch that they typically provide, any success the Rangers experience offensively will be ephemeral at best.