By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-It seems that the San Francisco Giants have found their groove, and they just love feasting on teams from the American League Central.

Michael Morse hit a bases clearing double in the bottom of the fifth inning that broke open what was a close game, as the Giants defeated the Minnesota Twins 8-1 before a crowd of 42,590, the 271st consecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

It was a huge day for Morse at the plate, as he doubled three times in four at-bats and added a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning.

The Giants are now a perfect 6-0 versus the American League Central this season, after sweeping the Twins this weekend and having swept the Cleveland Indians from April 25-27.

Not to be out done, but Madison Bumgarner was absolutely solid against the Twins, as he went seven innings, allowing just one run, on only three hits, walking zero and striking out 10 and improves to 6-3 on the season.

By striking out 10 Twins on the afternoon, it was the 15th time in Bumgarner’s career that he topped the double figure plateau in strikeouts and the second time during the 2014 season.

Bumgarner also struck out 10 against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 5, a game that the Giants won by the final score of 7-2 at Dodger Stadium.

Pablo Sandoval got the Giants their first run of the game in first inning the bottom of the first inning, as he singled in Hunter Pence.

Morse then followed Sandoval with a hard hit sacrifice fly to left field that scored Buster Posey, who singled with one out.

Brian Dozier drove in the only Twins run of the afternoon in the top of the second inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Eduardo Escobar.

Hunter Pence gave the Giants a three-run in the bottom of the third inning, as he supplanted a Ricky Nolasco offering into the left field bleachers for his sixth home run of the season.

Tyler Colvin drove in the eighth and final run of the afternoon in the bottom of the eighth inning on a great play by Joe Mauer.

Other than great play at first base by Mauer, this is a day that he will probably by the time the Twins get on the plane and head back to Minneapolis that he would love to forget.

Mauer struck out three times versus Bumgarner, just the fifth time in his major league career that Mauer struck out three times in the same game.

In the series, Mauer went 4-for-13 with a double, a run scored and a RBI, the fourth hit of the series for Mauer came in the top of the ninth inning, as he singled off of George Kontos.

The other pitchers to turn the feat were C.C. Sabathia on two different occasions, John Lackey and Ryan Dempster

It was not a good day for Nolasco, as he went 4.2 innings, allowing seven runs on nine hits, walked one and struck out three and saw his record fall to 2-5.