Willie Calhoun attributes his surge at the plate with Triple-A Round Rock to a visit from a member of the Texas Rangers' minor league coaching staff.

Base-running coordinator Damon Mashore joined the club for the start of a series at Salt Lake on June 5. Mashore's younger brother Justin is in his third season as the Rangers' assistant hitting coach.

As Los Angeles Dodgers minor league hitting coordinator, Damon Mashore worked with Calhoun in 2015 and has maintained a relationship with him.

Calhoun, hitting .258 with a .373 slugging percentage, asked Mashore for help. Mashore responded with "some pretty good pointers," Calhoun told milb.com.

Calhoun is hitting .424 with a .758 slugging percentage for 33 at-bats since the evaluation from Mashore. On Wednesday, Calhoun had his second consecutive three-hit game.

Calhoun's average (.280) and slugging percentage (.424) are at season highs. He also seemingly has overcome the disappointment of not making the major league club out of spring training. Calhoun was the key piece in last year's trade that sent right-hander Yu Darvish to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

On April 17, Calhoun told milb.com that he was "really mad" to be in the Pacific Coast League for a second consecutive season.

"I try not worry about it anymore," Calhoun said. "It's totally out of my control. It's in the Rangers' control, so I try not to look in to that stuff at all. I just focus every day on what I need to do at Round Rock, and just let the rest take care of itself."