MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Rafael Palmeiro wants to hit his 400th home run in Texas. And he doesn't plan to stop there.

Palmeiro hit homer No. 399 at the Metrodome Tuesday night and then left the game in the sixth inning as the Minnesota Twins cruised to a 15-7 win over the Rangers.

``He won't play tomorrow,'' Texas manager Johnny Oates said of Palmeiro. ``He'll play this weekend in Texas.''

``That's the plan,'' said Palmeiro.

After Wednesday night's game at the Metrodome, the Rangers will travel home to face Anaheim on Friday.

Palmeiro hit his 38th homer of the season, moving into a tie with Al Kaline for 32nd on the career list.

``It's nice to accomplish something like that,'' Palmeiro said as he closes in on homer No. 400. ``But I want to keep it going and reach 500.''

Jacque Jones hit a three-run homer _ his 19th _ and a two-run single for Minnesota, which has won three straight for the first time since July 24-27.

``It's just a number,'' Jones said of the 20-homer mark. ``You can't get caught up in those.''

Jones, who has 73 RBIs, had nine homers and 44 RBIs as a rookie last season.

Cristian Guzman was 4-for-5 with three RBIs and rookie Luis Rivas was 4-for-6 with two RBIs as the Twins set season highs for runs and hits (20).

Matt Kinney (2-2) allowed four runs and four hits in 5 2-3 innings to beat Ryan Glynn (5-5), who gave up nine runs _ seven earned _ and 12 hits in three-plus innings.

``I struggled, but the team picked me up big,'' Kinney said. ``I tried to do too much.''

Texas made four errors that led to four unearned runs.

Minnesota took a 3-0 lead in the first. Guzman, Luis Rivas and Matt Lawton hit consecutive singles and Jones hit a two-out, two-run single.

Palmeiro's three-run homer in the third followed a pair of walks, but Jones hit a three-run homer and Guzman had an RBI single in the bottom half of the inning for a 7-3 lead, with an error by second baseman Luis Alicea hurting the Rangers.

``Jacque ended up hitting one real good to get us that lead back,'' Twins manager Tom Kelly said.

John Barnes, A.J. Pierzynski and Cristian Guzman each drove in a run in the fourth to make it 10-3.

Scott Sheldon homered off Danny Mota in the ninth.

Notes: The Twins' 15 runs was the most by the team since April 24, 1996, when they scored 24 at Detroit. ... Minnesota is 8-3 against Texas this season after going 0-12 last year. ... Jones had four RBIs on Aug. 31 last year at Toronto. ... Minnesota rookie Casey Blake entered in the seventh and got a double in his first at-bat for the Twins. He was 17th rookie to play for Minnesota this season, tying the club record set last year. ... Palmeiro's homer gave him 1,341 RBIs and moved him ahead of former Twin Gary Gaetti for 55th on the career list. ... Glynn allowed seven runs and seven hits in 3 1-3 innings last Wednesday. ... Texas' Mike Lamb committed his 30th error of the season, setting a club record for a third baseman.