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| Season Summary | 72-90, Final Rank:4, GB: 20.0 | |
| Days in First | 11 | last on Saturday, Apr 17, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 19 | last on Apr 17, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | last on Thursday, Apr 8, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 21 | last on Sunday, Sep 26, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 4 | last on Saturday, Apr 24 |
| Most Games under .500 | 18 | last on Sunday, Oct 3 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Thursday, Jun 24 to Wednesday, Jun 30 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Friday, Jun 18 to Wednesday, Jun 23, Thursday, Jul 1 to Monday, Jul 5 and Tuesday, Sep 21 to Sunday, Sep 26 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 26 | Thursday, Sep 9 |
| Most Runs Scored | 17 | Friday, Apr 23 and Thursday, May 27 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 15 | Tuesday, May 11 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 5 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 9 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Johnson | Halladay | 2:48 | 47,817 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 3 | 2-0 | 1 | Tied | Maroth | Batista | Robertson | 2:36 | 21,003 | ++ | |
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 3 | 3-0 | 1 | up 1.0 | Bonderman | Hentgen | 2:14 | 13,100 | +++ | ||
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 10 | 6 | 4-0 | 1 | up 2.0 | Cornejo | Fultz | 2:41 | 42,121 | ++++ | |||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 10 | 4-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Radke | Johnson | 3:21 | 23,409 | - | |||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Colyer | Roa | 3:24 | 12,138 | + | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 5 | 7 | 5-2 | 1 | up 1.0 | Adams | Patterson | Speier | 2:51 | 8,804 | - | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 3 | 6-2 | 1 | up 1.0 | Robertson | Lilly | Patterson | 2:41 | 15,129 | + | ||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 0 | 11 | 6-3 | 1 | Tied | Halladay | Johnson | 2:37 | 17,572 | - | |||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 10 | 6-4 | 1 | Tied | Sabathia | Cornejo | 2:46 | 18,507 | -- | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 7-4 | 1 | Tied | Maroth | Davis | 2:54 | 18,955 | + | ||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 7 | 9 | 7-5 | 3 | 1.0 | Lee | Bonderman | Riske | 3:01 | 19,240 | - | |
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 10 | 4 | 8-5 | 3 | 0.5 | Levine | Betancourt | 2:53 | 13,650 | + | ||
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 6 | 8-6 | 3 | 1.5 | Silva | Johnson | Nathan | 2:52 | 15,079 | - | |
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 11 | 8 | 9-6 | 2 | 0.5 | Levine | Radke | Urbina | 2:46 | 15,158 | + | |
| 16 | 16 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 9-7 | 3 | 1.5 | Santana | Maroth | Nathan | 2:42 | 14,857 | - | |
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 17 | 3 | 10-7 | 3 | 1.5 | Bonderman | Davis | Yan | 3:08 | 22,008 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 11-7 | 2 | 0.5 | Urbina | Stewart | 3:00 | 20,913 | ++ | |||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 11-8 | 3 | 1.5 | Westbrook | Johnson | 2:21 | 17,253 | - | |||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 4 | 10 | 11-9 | 3 | 2.0 | Lackey | Cornejo | Shields | 2:53 | 18,208 | -- | ||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | ANA | W | 10 | 2 | 12-9 | 3 | 2.0 | Maroth | Colon | 2:42 | 17,175 | + | |||
| 22 | 22 | Thursday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 3 | 12 | 12-10 | 3 | 2.5 | Washburn | Robertson | 2:37 | 20,678 | - | |||
| 23 | 23 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12-11 | 3 | 3.5 | Myers | Levine | Guardado | 3:08 | 19,989 | -- | |
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 13-11 | 3 | 2.5 | Bonderman | Franklin | Urbina | 2:14 | 16,407 | + | ||
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 12 | 13-12 | 3 | 2.5 | Meche | Cornejo | 2:45 | 13,720 | - | |||
| 26 | 26 | Monday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 9 | 11 | 13-13 | 3 | 3.5 | Gregg | Levine | Percival | 3:04 | 33,683 | -- | |
| 27 | 27 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 4 | 11 | 13-14 | 3 | 3.5 | Washburn | Robertson | 2:34 | 34,920 | --- | ||
| 28 | 28 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 3 | 6 | 13-15 | 3 | 4.5 | Escobar | Johnson | Percival | 2:49 | 39,827 | ---- | |
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 7 | 14-15 | 3 | 3.5 | Levine | Ramirez | Urbina | 3:02 | 41,095 | + | |
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 15 | 16 | 10 | 14-16 | 3 | 3.5 | Cordero | Urbina | 3:59 | 45,017 | - | |
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 15-16 | 3 | 2.5 | Robertson | Rogers | Urbina | 2:34 | 25,034 | + | |
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15-17 | 3 | 3.5 | Duchscherer | Patterson | Mecir | 4:38 | 15,859 | - | |
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 15-18 | 3 | 4.5 | Harden | Bonderman | Rhodes | 2:26 | 16,693 | -- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Thursday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 16-18 | 3 | 4.5 | Maroth | Redman | Urbina | 2:04 | 21,712 | + | ||
| 35 | 35 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 1 | 17-18 | 3 | 4.5 | Knotts | Benoit | Yan | 2:27 | 22,449 | ++ | ||
| 36 | 36 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 1 | 6 | 17-19 | 3 | 5.5 | Rogers | Robertson | 2:47 | 26,120 | - | |||
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 1 | 18-19 | 3 | 4.5 | Johnson | Drese | Urbina | 2:26 | 21,615 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 1 | 19-19 | 3 | 4.0 | Bonderman | Harden | 2:25 | 11,842 | ++ | ||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 6 | 19-20 | 3 | 5.0 | Redman | Maroth | 2:43 | 20,477 | - | ||
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 19-21 | 3 | 5.0 | Hudson | Walker | Rhodes | 2:49 | 20,808 | -- | |
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 0 | 20-21 | 3 | 4.0 | Robertson | Meche | 2:57 | 39,102 | + | ||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 4 | 21-21 | 3 | 4.0 | Johnson | Putz | 2:53 | 42,565 | ++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 21-22 | 3 | 4.0 | Garcia | Bonderman | Guardado | 2:41 | 44,850 | - | |
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 21-23 | 3 | 4.0 | Grimsley | Maroth | Affeldt | 2:23 | 14,297 | -- | |
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 21-24 | 3 | 5.0 | May | Knotts | Affeldt | 2:51 | 19,534 | --- | |
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 17 | 7 | 22-24 | 3 | 5.0 | Robertson | Anderson | 3:19 | 15,475 | + | ||
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 5 | 7 | 22-25 | 3 | 6.0 | DuBose | Johnson | Julio | 3:41 | 23,298 | - | ||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 4 | 8 | 22-26 | 3 | 6.0 | Cabrera | Bonderman | Parrish | 3:05 | 30,440 | -- | ||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 22-27 | 4 | 7.0 | Groom | Urbina | 3:12 | 25,337 | --- | |||
| 50 | 50 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 23-27 | 3 | 6.5 | Knotts | May | 2:39 | 12,982 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 23-28 | 3 | 6.5 | Grimsley | Yan | Affeldt | 3:07 | 12,685 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 2 | 0 | 24-28 | 3 | 5.5 | Johnson | Greinke | Urbina | 2:24 | 12,186 | + | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 6 | 9 | 24-29 | 3 | 6.0 | Reyes | Bonderman | Affeldt | 3:02 | 16,711 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 24-30 | 3 | 7.0 | Nathan | Walker | 2:34 | 15,391 | -- | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 0 | 25-30 | 3 | 6.0 | Knotts | Greisinger | 2:38 | 17,573 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 6 | 25-31 | 4 | 6.0 | Romero | Yan | Nathan | 2:29 | 20,378 | - | |
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | ATL | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 25-32 | 4 | 7.0 | Reitsma | Patterson | Smoltz | 2:38 | 19,062 | -- | |
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | ATL | W | 4 | 2 | 26-32 | 4 | 6.0 | Dingman | Thomson | Urbina | 2:35 | 20,577 | + | ||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | ATL | W | 7 | 4 | 27-32 | 3 | 6.0 | Maroth | Alfonseca | Urbina | 2:54 | 21,166 | ++ | ||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | FLA | W | 8 | 4 | 28-32 | 3 | 5.0 | Knotts | Phelps | 2:23 | 27,184 | +++ | |||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | FLA | W | 6 | 2 | 29-32 | 3 | 5.0 | Robertson | Penny | Urbina | 2:22 | 38,524 | ++++ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | FLA | L | 2 | 9 | 29-33 | 4 | 5.5 | Willis | Johnson | 2:44 | 27,334 | - | |||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHI | W | 10 | 3 | 30-33 | 4 | 5.5 | Bonderman | Powell | 2:39 | 39,555 | + | ||
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHI | L | 2 | 6 | 30-34 | 4 | 6.0 | Myers | Maroth | 2:31 | 44,551 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHI | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 31-34 | 4 | 6.0 | Urbina | Madson | Patterson | 3:45 | 39,674 | + |
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 3 | 31-35 | 4 | 6.0 | Looper | Patterson | 2:39 | 36,141 | - | ||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYM | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 31-36 | 4 | 6.0 | Looper | Dingman | 3:26 | 36,925 | -- | |
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYM | L | 1 | 6 | 31-37 | 4 | 7.0 | Trachsel | Bonderman | 3:00 | 39,446 | --- | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 8 | 31-38 | 4 | 7.0 | Gobble | Maroth | Field | 2:41 | 16,276 | ---- | |
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 31-39 | 4 | 8.0 | May | Knotts | 2:38 | 18,493 | ----- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 12 | 3 | 32-39 | 4 | 8.0 | Robertson | George | 2:52 | 18,172 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | ARI | W | 2 | 1 | 33-39 | 4 | 8.0 | Johnson | Webb | Urbina | 1:54 | 32,573 | ++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | ARI | W | 7 | 6 | 34-39 | 4 | 7.0 | Urbina | Villafuerte | 2:48 | 33,579 | +++ | |||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | ARI | W | 9 | 5 | 35-39 | 4 | 6.0 | Walker | Villafuerte | 2:39 | 32,751 | ++++ | |||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 9 | 7 | 11 | 36-39 | 4 | 5.0 | Dingman | Jimenez | 3:13 | 30,457 | +++++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 12 | 5 | 37-39 | 3 | 5.0 | Robertson | Davis | 2:52 | 27,665 | ++++++ | |||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 10 | 37-40 | 4 | 6.0 | Riske | Urbina | White | 3:21 | 25,159 | - | |
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | COL | L | 8 | 9 | 10 | 37-41 | 4 | 6.0 | Chacon | Walker | 3:24 | 47,585 | -- | |
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | COL | L | 6 | 11 | 37-42 | 4 | 6.0 | Jennings | Maroth | 3:00 | 48,131 | --- | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | COL | L | 8 | 10 | 37-43 | 4 | 6.0 | Bernero | Knotts | Chacon | 2:44 | 26,944 | ---- | |
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 10 | 37-44 | 4 | 7.0 | Lieber | Robertson | 2:57 | 52,608 | ----- | ||
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 9 | 1 | 38-44 | 4 | 7.0 | Johnson | Mussina | 2:49 | 41,772 | + | ||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 8 | 39-44 | 4 | 7.0 | Bonderman | Halsey | Urbina | 3:10 | 50,338 | ++ | |
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 7 | 39-45 | 4 | 8.0 | Balfour | Maroth | 2:26 | 14,087 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 3 | 40-45 | 4 | 7.0 | Knotts | Silva | Urbina | 2:39 | 22,678 | + | |
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 41-45 | 3 | 6.0 | Robertson | Radke | Urbina | 2:51 | 26,646 | ++ | |
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 2 | 0 | 42-45 | 3 | 5.5 | Johnson | Santana | 2:08 | 21,618 | +++ | ||
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 5 | 42-46 | 3 | 5.5 | Contreras | Bonderman | 2:29 | 38,902 | - | |||
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 0 | 43-46 | 3 | 4.5 | Maroth | Vazquez | 2:19 | 40,918 | + | |||
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 43-47 | 4 | 5.5 | Hernandez | Knotts | Rivera | 3:01 | 41,857 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 44-47 | 3 | 4.5 | Robertson | Lieber | Urbina | 2:15 | 40,132 | + | ||
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 3 | 44-48 | 4 | 5.5 | Mulholland | Johnson | Nathan | 2:29 | 21,369 | - | ||
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 44-49 | 4 | 6.0 | Balfour | Urbina | Nathan | 3:19 | 23,227 | -- | |
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 45-49 | 4 | 6.0 | Maroth | May | Walker | 2:15 | 17,607 | + | ||
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 7 | 13 | 45-50 | 4 | 7.0 | Gobble | Knotts | 3:13 | 24,746 | - | |||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 45-51 | 4 | 8.0 | Loaiza | Robertson | Takatsu | 2:16 | 32,930 | -- | |
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 7 | 45-52 | 4 | 8.5 | Marte | Urbina | 2:47 | 38,055 | --- | ||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 46-52 | 4 | 8.0 | Ledezma | Garland | 3:08 | 26,716 | + | ||
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 13 | 4 | 47-52 | 4 | 8.0 | Maroth | Lee | 3:00 | 18,359 | ++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 10 | 47-53 | 4 | 9.0 | Sabathia | Knotts | 3:04 | 19,090 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 47-54 | 4 | 10.0 | Elarton | Walker | Wickman | 2:32 | 23,213 | -- | |
| 102 | 102 | Thursday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 48-54 | 4 | 9.5 | Johnson | Schoeneweis | Urbina | 2:40 | 26,110 | + | ||
| 103 | 103 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 49-54 | 4 | 8.5 | Yan | Marte | Urbina | 2:26 | 34,732 | ++ | ||
| 104 | 104 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 50-54 | 4 | 8.5 | Urbina | Politte | 2:28 | 40,471 | +++ | ||
| 105 | 105 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 50-55 | 4 | 9.5 | Garcia | Bonderman | Takatsu | 2:33 | 34,279 | - | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 50-56 | 4 | 10.5 | Francisco | Robertson | Cordero | 2:50 | 19,894 | -- | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 0 | 8 | 50-57 | 4 | 11.5 | Bacsik | Johnson | 2:27 | 18,857 | --- | |||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 50-58 | 4 | 11.5 | Drese | Yan | Cordero | 2:17 | 25,710 | ---- | ||
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 51-58 | 4 | 10.5 | Novoa | Lowe | Urbina | 2:34 | 40,674 | + | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 7 | 51-59 | 4 | 11.5 | Martinez | Bonderman | 2:41 | 42,607 | - | |||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 9 | 11 | 51-60 | 4 | 11.5 | Wakefield | Robertson | Foulke | 2:50 | 40,098 | -- | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 51-61 | 4 | 11.0 | Zito | Johnson | Dotel | 2:43 | 20,315 | --- | |
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 11 | 3 | 52-61 | 4 | 10.0 | Ledezma | Redman | 2:54 | 25,781 | + | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 53-61 | 4 | 10.0 | Maroth | Duchscherer | Urbina | 2:39 | 17,963 | ++ | |
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | W | 5 | 3 | 54-61 | 4 | 9.0 | Yan | Percival | Urbina | 3:06 | 43,580 | +++ | |
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 8 | 11 | 54-62 | 4 | 9.0 | Gregg | Novoa | Rodriguez | 3:02 | 43,545 | - | |
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 2 | 3 | 54-63 | 4 | 10.0 | Shields | Johnson | Percival | 2:34 | 42,850 | -- | |
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 11 | 8 | 55-63 | 4 | 10.0 | Maroth | Garcia | Urbina | 3:00 | 19,856 | + | |
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 9 | 55-64 | 4 | 11.0 | Contreras | Bonderman | 2:39 | 21,381 | - | ||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 4 | 56-64 | 4 | 10.0 | Ledezma | Garland | Knotts | 2:34 | 24,554 | + | |
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 8 | 3 | 57-64 | 4 | 10.0 | Robertson | Villone | 2:28 | 32,791 | ++ | |||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 11 | 10 | 11 | 58-64 | 4 | 10.0 | Walker | Atchison | 4:03 | 36,817 | +++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 58-65 | 4 | 11.0 | Meche | Maroth | Putz | 2:50 | 33,652 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 59-65 | 4 | 11.0 | Bonderman | Contreras | 2:26 | 25,220 | + | |||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 9 | 59-66 | 4 | 11.0 | Garland | Ledezma | 2:36 | 24,584 | - | |||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 60-66 | 4 | 11.0 | Robertson | Buehrle | 2:29 | 23,254 | + | |||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 4 | 60-67 | 4 | 11.0 | Arroyo | Johnson | Foulke | 2:50 | 35,153 | - | |
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 60-68 | 4 | 11.0 | Lowe | Maroth | Leskanic | 2:47 | 35,018 | -- | |
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 60-69 | 4 | 12.0 | Martinez | Bonderman | 2:38 | 35,032 | --- | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 6 | 60-70 | 4 | 12.0 | Wakefield | Ledezma | 2:26 | 34,268 | ---- | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 1 | 61-70 | 4 | 11.5 | Robertson | Wood | 2:24 | 19,429 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 8 | 9 | 61-71 | 4 | 12.5 | Affeldt | Urbina | 3:11 | 19,471 | - | ||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 61-72 | 4 | 13.5 | Greinke | Maroth | Affeldt | 2:12 | 19,039 | -- | |
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | W | 4 | 2 | 62-72 | 4 | 14.0 | Bonderman | Kazmir | Yan | 2:34 | 11,631 | + | |
| 135 | 135 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 63-72 | 4 | 13.0 | Ledezma | Bautista | Knotts | 2:39 | 21,516 | ++ | ||
| 136 | 136 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 6 | 63-73 | 4 | 14.0 | Serrano | Robertson | 2:42 | 17,462 | - | |||
| 137 | 137 | Thursday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 5 | 26 | 63-74 | 4 | 14.5 | Greinke | Johnson | 3:11 | 0 | -- | |||
| 138 | 138 | Thursday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 0 | 64-74 | 4 | 14.5 | Bonderman | May | 2:18 | 20,442 | + | |||
| 139 | 139 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 4 | 64-75 | 4 | 15.5 | Silva | Maroth | Nathan | 2:41 | 27,391 | - | ||
| 140 | 140 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 64-76 | 4 | 16.5 | Crain | Levine | Nathan | 2:57 | 28,931 | -- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 8 | 64-77 | 4 | 17.5 | Mulholland | Robertson | Nathan | 2:42 | 23,208 | --- | ||
| 142 | 142 | Monday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 64-78 | 4 | 18.5 | Radke | Johnson | Nathan | 2:31 | 9,962 | ---- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 11 | 3 | 65-78 | 4 | 18.5 | Bonderman | Denney | 2:54 | 16,489 | + | ||
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 65-79 | 4 | 19.5 | Howry | Yan | Wickman | 2:58 | 15,411 | - | |
| 145 | 145 | Thursday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 66-79 | 4 | 19.5 | Walker | Sabathia | Yan | 3:02 | 15,943 | + | |
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 11 | 10 | 10 | 67-79 | 4 | 18.5 | Yan | Takatsu | Ennis | 3:21 | 23,132 | ++ |
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 8 | 9 | 12 | 67-80 | 4 | 18.5 | Marte | Levine | 4:05 | 23,533 | - | |
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 67-81 | 4 | 19.5 | Garcia | Bonderman | 2:44 | 19,269 | -- | ||
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 68-81 | 4 | 19.5 | Maroth | Elarton | Yan | 3:01 | 13,820 | + | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 7 | 8 | 68-82 | 4 | 19.5 | Howry | Yan | Wickman | 3:18 | 11,351 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 68-83 | 4 | 19.5 | Westbrook | Ledezma | 3:00 | 16,360 | -- | |||
| 152 | 152 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 7 | 68-84 | 4 | 20.0 | Parrish | Yan | 2:59 | 25,846 | --- | ||
| 153 | 153 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 3 | 68-85 | 4 | 20.0 | Riley | Bonderman | Ryan | 2:18 | 29,598 | ---- | |
| 154 | 154 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 5 | 68-86 | 4 | 21.0 | Lopez | Maroth | 2:11 | 41,178 | ----- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Monday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 69-86 | 4 | 20.5 | Knotts | Grilli | Yan | 2:04 | 12,495 | + | ||
| 156 | 156 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 70-86 | 4 | 20.0 | German | Cotts | Yan | 2:44 | 13,860 | ++ | ||
| 157 | 157 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 11 | 70-87 | 4 | 19.5 | Garcia | Johnson | 2:21 | 8,944 | - | |||
| 158 | 158 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | W | 8 | 0 | 71-87 | 4 | 19.0 | Bonderman | Brazelton | 2:28 | 0 | + | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | L | 4 | 6 | 71-88 | 4 | 19.0 | Harper | Dingman | Baez | 2:39 | 10,309 | - | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 1 | 4 | 71-89 | 4 | 20.0 | Bell | Maroth | 2:17 | 20,612 | -- | |||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 5 | 1 | 72-89 | 4 | 20.0 | Knotts | Kazmir | 2:19 | 20,029 | + | |||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 4 | 7 | 72-90 | 4 | 20.0 | Halama | Robertson | 2:36 | 22,471 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.