ARLINGTON -- Marcus Semien rounded first base after his home run banged off the left-field foul pole, pointing somewhere in the outfield before bringing a finger to his mouth and shushing the Rangers’ bullpen.

“Those guys say I don’t give them any love,” Semien joked.

It was the first of back-to-back homers in the seventh inning for Texas on Wednesday night. The metal foul pole had barely stopped shaking by the time Corey Seager drove a first-pitch slider into the right-field stands to break open a game that was tied at 1-1 heading into the frame.

The middle-infield duo’s home runs broke the stalemate, powering the Rangers to a 6-3 win over the Angels at Globe Life Field, halting Texas' three-game losing streak. It was just the second time Semien and Seager have hit back-to-back homers -- and first this season -- in their two years as teammates, primarily batting No. 1 and No. 2 in the lineup.

“When we’re going well, they’re going well,” said Rangers manager Bruce Bochy. “That's obvious with what we’ve seen when we were going really well. Those two are such good hitters. They’re such a big part of this offense.”

Seager is experiencing the best stretch of his Rangers career by far. The shortstop is slashing .429/.491/.796 with a 1.287 OPS through 12 games this month, and he has eight homers, 10 doubles and 32 RBIs in just 25 games since returning from the injured list on May 17.

Semien called Seager a “machine” at the plate, while acknowledging how much of an honor it is to play up the middle with him.

“He's one of the elite hitters in the game,” Bochy added of Seager. “He’s just got a knack of putting the barrel on the ball consistently -- lefties, righties, whoever. We're lucky to have him, I know that. I've seen some good hitters and have been able to manage some good hitters, but he's right up there. That's how good I think he is.”

Seager, despite being in the midst of one of the hottest streaks of his career, shrugged off the praise, and he pointed to Semien as the catalyst who sparked the offense on Wednesday and throughout the season.

After the win, Semien is slashing .286/.351/.477, having played every game this season.

“I feel like Marcus definitely [broke it open] more than me,” Seager said. “He got the big hit when we needed him to. We struggled with that the last few days, especially late in the game, so it was nice for him to kind of finally break through. ... When your leadoff guy is swinging the bat well and gets on the base, everything kind of rolls from there. There's always traffic, he steals bases, he kind of does everything. When he's out there, we're a good team.”

Despite a great year, Semien was in an 0-for-15 skid over the past three games through his first two at-bats. He snapped it with a leadoff single in the sixth before his homer in the seventh.

“I hadn't had a hit until today in the series,” Semien said. “I've been swinging the bat well the first couple of months, so those days [without hits] were kind of few and far between. That's part of playing every single day, especially when you have success. The rest of the league kind of pitches more carefully, and it's my job to hone back in on pitchers that I can do damage on instead of swinging at everything. The first base hit was good to see that one drop, and then of course, the home run that put us ahead is great.”

Before his mini-slump started last week in St. Petersburg, Semien was riding a 25-game hitting streak and was, as Seager said, the driving force behind the Rangers’ offensive success. As he slumped, it seemed like the rest of the offense followed as Texas lost three in a row and four of its past five games to Anaheim and Tampa Bay.

But after Semien and Seager broke the stalemate in the seventh, the Rangers proceeded to tack on two runs in the bottom of the eighth to extend the lead and keep the Angels out of striking distance even with their two-run top of the ninth.

“Those are the things we have to do moving forward,” Semien said. “We had a lot of chances off [Angels starter Reid Detmers] early and he got out of some jams. Eventually, we just finally got to those guys. It's been a frustrating series up until that seventh-inning really, so hopefully that boosts us into tomorrow.”