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The Twins defeated the White Sox 20-1 on their home turf on Thursday afternoon.  It matched the most lopsided loss in White Sox history – the White Sox lost 19-0 against the Angels in Anaheim back in 2002.

Bartolo Colon took the loss for the White Sox – lasting only 2 innigs.  He gave up 8 runs, although to his defense, the 7 runs in the 2nd inning were all unearned after a Wilson Betemit error kept the inning alive.  The White Sox bullpen did not do much better.  Lance Broadway pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up 5 earned runs on 7 hits.  Jason Gobble lasted only 1 inning giving up 6 earned runs on 5 hits.

The Twins teed off and put up some amazing numbers.  The Twins scored in every inning except for the 5th, 8th and 9th innings.  The Twins had a 7-run 2nd inning, a 6-run 6th inning and a 4-run 7th inning.  The Twins pounded out 20 hits.  Michael Cuddyer had 4 hits for the Twins – he was 4 for 6 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored.  4 other Twins had 3 hits each.  Some other notables:  Joe Mauer went 3 fo4 with 6 RBI’s and 2 runs scored including a grand slam.  Former White Sox 3rd baseman Joe Crede went 1 for 6 but had a 2-run home run against his former club.