All the Twins do is beat the White Sox

May 21, 2009 is when it all began.

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was looking to jumpstart the offense during a series in Chicago. He shook up the lineup a little bit by inserting Joe Mauer in the No. 2 spot in the batting order.

The result was a 20-1 destruction of the Pale Hose.

The Twins scored a run in the first inning, then seven in the second, as Michael Cuddyer and Joe Crede hit home runs.

Mauer hit a grand slam during the six-run, sixth inning.

Matt Tolbert hit a three-run homer in the seventh.

Mauer was 3-for-4 with six RBI. Cuddyer was 4-for-6 with four runs scored. Tolbert was 3-for-6 with four RBI. Nick Blackburn got the win. Bartolo Colon took the loss.

Including that day, the Twins have won 28 of 35 games against their AL Central rivals, outscoring them 198-134. They need that trend to continue this week as they play four games at U.S. Cellular Field before the All-Star break.

Chicago just dropped two of three against Kansas City earlier this week. And here come the Twins, who have beaten the Sox through thick and thin since the middle of the 2009 season.

``I'm never surprised about the Twins because they always find somebody in a cave to go up there and play," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Some guys got hurt, and they come out and play better because they play Twins baseball."

This should be quite a week in Chicago. Based on twitter chatter last night and this morning, there will be a lot of Twins fans in town for the series. That always makes for a great atmosphere on the South Side.