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| Season Summary | 88-74, Final Rank:2, GB: 8.0 | |
| Days in First | 56 | last on Thursday, Aug 16, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 65 | last on Aug 16, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | last on Monday, Jul 23, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 8 | last on Sunday, Sep 30, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 21 | last on Monday, Jul 23 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Friday, Apr 6 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 8 | Sunday, Apr 29 to Tuesday, May 8 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Tuesday, Jul 31 to Sunday, Aug 5 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Sunday, May 13 and Friday, Aug 10 |
| Most Runs Scored | 16 | Monday, Aug 27 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Saturday, Jul 7 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 3 | |
| 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 2 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Frasor | Rodney | Ryan | 3:15 | 44,297 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 4 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 10 | 9 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.5 | Robertson | Burnett | Jones | 3:32 | 24,881 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 3 | 1-2 | 4 | 2.0 | de la Rosa | Mesa | Riske | 2:43 | 13,330 | - | |
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | 3 | 1.0 | Maroth | Meche | Jones | 2:41 | 13,899 | + | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 3-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Rodney | Riske | Jones | 3:00 | 13,109 | ++ | |
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 6 | 3-3 | 3 | 1.0 | Cabrera | Durbin | 2:28 | 48,159 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 1 | 4-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Robertson | Wright | Jones | 2:31 | 18,594 | + | |
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5-3 | 1 | Tied | Ledezma | Birkins | Jones | 3:42 | 13,288 | ++ |
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 6-3 | 1 | Tied | Maroth | Ohka | Zumaya | 2:58 | 20,416 | +++ | |
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6-4 | 1 | Tied | Halladay | Rodney | 2:14 | 26,268 | - | |
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 10 | 7 | 7-4 | 1 | Tied | Ledezma | Ryan | Jones | 3:28 | 28,203 | + | |
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 7-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Towers | Robertson | Marcum | 2:08 | 25,983 | - | |
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 12 | 5 | 8-5 | 1 | Tied | Verlander | Greinke | 3:27 | 21,832 | + | |||
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 7 | 6 | 9-5 | 1 | up 0.5 | Ledezma | Riske | Jones | 2:54 | 21,263 | ++ | ||
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9-6 | 2 | 0.5 | Soria | Rodney | 2:43 | 27,945 | - | ||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 9-7 | 2 | 1.0 | Masset | Grilli | Jenks | 2:59 | 40,685 | -- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9-8 | 3 | 2.0 | Aardsma | Rodney | Jenks | 3:09 | 39,618 | --- | |
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10-8 | 2 | 1.0 | Grilli | Masset | 3:27 | 38,379 | + | ||
| 19 | 19 | Monday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 9 | 5 | 11-8 | 1 | Tied | Grilli | Weaver | 3:22 | 40,563 | ++ | ||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11-9 | 3 | 0.5 | Moseley | Jones | 3:37 | 36,055 | - | |
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 12-9 | 2 | 0.5 | Durbin | Danks | Jones | 2:41 | 26,342 | + | |
| 22 | 22 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 12-10 | 4 | 2.0 | Crain | Zumaya | Nathan | 2:45 | 31,147 | - | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 11 | 12-11 | 4 | 2.0 | Silva | Verlander | 3:08 | 39,547 | -- | |||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 13-11 | 3 | 2.0 | Jones | Crain | 2:44 | 36,483 | + | |||
| 25 | 25 | Monday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 4 | 14-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Bonderman | Cabrera | Rodney | 3:21 | 24,914 | ++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 15-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Zumaya | Baez | Jones | 2:57 | 23,126 | +++ | ||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 16-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Robertson | Trachsel | Jones | 2:39 | 29,278 | ++++ | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 17-11 | 2 | 1.0 | Verlander | Bannister | Jones | 3:17 | 17,614 | +++++ | |
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 5 | 18-11 | 1 | Tied | Mesa | Duckworth | Jones | 3:16 | 26,070 | ++++++ | |
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 13 | 4 | 19-11 | 1 | Tied | Durbin | Greinke | 2:35 | 17,034 | +++++++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 9 | 7 | 20-11 | 2 | 0.5 | Bonderman | Ramirez | Jones | 2:53 | 30,171 | ++++++++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 9 | 20-12 | 2 | 0.5 | Baek | Robertson | 2:29 | 27,377 | - | |||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 21-12 | 1 | up 0.5 | Verlander | Weaver | 2:38 | 37,359 | + | |||
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 3 | 22-12 | 1 | up 1.5 | Maroth | Santana | 3:05 | 31,458 | ++ | ||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 2 | 23-12 | 1 | up 1.5 | Durbin | Ponson | Lopez | 2:29 | 32,176 | +++ | |
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 16 | 23-13 | 1 | up 1.5 | Bonser | Vasquez | 3:26 | 25,037 | - | ||
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 7 | 23-14 | 1 | up 1.0 | Matsuzaka | Robertson | 2:53 | 36,935 | -- | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 2 | 24-14 | 1 | up 1.0 | Verlander | Wakefield | 2:45 | 37,031 | + | ||
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 24-15 | 2 | 1.0 | Tavarez | Miner | Papelbon | 2:48 | 36,767 | - | |
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 4 | 24-16 | 2 | 1.0 | Donnelly | Ledezma | Okajima | 3:08 | 37,006 | -- | |
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | STL | W | 14 | 4 | 25-16 | 2 | 1.0 | Miller | Looper | 2:59 | 40,816 | + | |||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | STL | W | 8 | 7 | 26-16 | 1 | Tied | Robertson | Reyes | Jones | 3:07 | 42,625 | ++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | STL | W | 6 | 3 | 27-16 | 1 | Tied | Verlander | Thompson | Seay | 2:29 | 39,562 | +++ | ||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | LAA | L | 3 | 6 | 27-17 | 2 | 0.5 | Lackey | Maroth | Rodriguez | 2:47 | 28,678 | - | ||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 8 | 7 | 28-17 | 1 | up 0.5 | Durbin | Colon | Jones | 2:54 | 28,105 | + | ||
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 12 | 0 | 29-17 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bonderman | Santana | 2:28 | 36,048 | ++ | |||
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 29-18 | 2 | 0.5 | Byrd | Robertson | Borowski | 2:58 | 40,074 | - | ||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 29-19 | 2 | 1.5 | Sabathia | Grilli | Borowski | 3:04 | 40,375 | -- | ||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 29-20 | 2 | 2.5 | Carmona | Maroth | Borowski | 2:46 | 40,723 | --- | ||
| 50 | 50 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | L | 5 | 6 | 29-21 | 2 | 2.5 | Glover | Jones | 3:05 | 14,769 | ---- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | W | 14 | 2 | 30-21 | 2 | 1.5 | Bonderman | Fossum | 3:01 | 11,518 | + | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | L | 3 | 5 | 30-22 | 2 | 2.5 | Shields | Robertson | 2:36 | 12,435 | - | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 11 | 30-23 | 2 | 3.5 | Sabathia | Verlander | 3:11 | 30,038 | -- | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 11 | 12 | 30-24 | 2 | 4.5 | Hernandez | Jones | 3:32 | 41,365 | --- | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 5 | 31-24 | 2 | 3.5 | Durbin | Lee | 3:44 | 38,254 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 2 | 32-24 | 2 | 2.5 | Bonderman | Sowers | 3:27 | 30,268 | ++ | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 7 | 32-25 | 2 | 3.5 | Eyre | Robertson | Gagne | 3:25 | 32,003 | - | |
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 10 | 0 | 33-25 | 2 | 2.5 | Verlander | Millwood | 2:44 | 28,795 | + | ||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 11 | 4 | 34-25 | 2 | 2.5 | Maroth | Loe | 3:01 | 22,990 | ++ | ||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | NYM | L | 0 | 3 | 34-26 | 2 | 2.5 | Sosa | Durbin | Wagner | 2:14 | 42,007 | - | ||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | NYM | W | 8 | 7 | 35-26 | 2 | 2.5 | Bonderman | Perez | Jones | 3:29 | 42,364 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | NYM | W | 15 | 7 | 36-26 | 2 | 1.5 | Miller | Glavine | 3:28 | 40,914 | ++ | |||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 4 | 0 | 37-26 | 1 | Tied | Verlander | Suppan | 2:11 | 33,555 | +++ | |||
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 37-27 | 2 | 1.0 | Spurling | Rodney | Cordero | 2:55 | 37,593 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 5 | 6 | 37-28 | 2 | 2.0 | Sheets | Durbin | Cordero | 3:20 | 41,390 | -- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHI | W | 12 | 8 | 38-28 | 2 | 1.0 | Bonderman | Lieber | 3:24 | 42,719 | + | ||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHI | L | 3 | 6 | 38-29 | 2 | 1.0 | Moyer | Miller | 2:56 | 45,102 | - | ||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHI | W | 7 | 4 | 39-29 | 2 | 1.0 | Verlander | Geary | Jones | 3:33 | 45,537 | + | |
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSN | W | 9 | 8 | 40-29 | 2 | 1.0 | Maroth | Chico | 2:54 | 22,562 | ++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSN | W | 15 | 1 | 41-29 | 1 | Tied | Durbin | Simontacchi | 3:03 | 22,227 | +++ | ||
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSN | W | 8 | 4 | 42-29 | 1 | Tied | Bonderman | Rivera | 3:15 | 26,637 | ++++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | W | 5 | 0 | 43-29 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rogers | Smoltz | 2:37 | 44,034 | +++++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | W | 2 | 1 | 44-29 | 1 | up 1.0 | Verlander | Davies | Jones | 2:51 | 49,074 | ++++++ | |
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | W | 5 | 0 | 45-29 | 1 | up 2.0 | Miller | James | Durbin | 2:52 | 34,181 | +++++++ | |
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 3 | 8 | 45-30 | 1 | up 1.0 | Loe | Bonderman | 2:55 | 36,330 | - | |||
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 6 | 9 | 45-31 | 1 | Tied | Otsuka | Jones | Gagne | 3:16 | 39,709 | -- | ||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 5 | 2 | 46-31 | 1 | up 0.5 | Rogers | Millwood | Jones | 2:44 | 37,253 | + | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 11 | 46-32 | 2 | 0.5 | Santana | Verlander | 2:42 | 42,361 | - | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 8 | 46-33 | 2 | 1.5 | Slowey | Miller | Nathan | 3:03 | 41,588 | -- | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 1 | 0 | 47-33 | 2 | 1.5 | Bonderman | Baker | Jones | 2:07 | 41,078 | + | ||
| 81 | 81 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 47-34 | 2 | 3.0 | Mastny | Capellan | Borowski | 3:52 | 40,741 | - | |
| 82 | 82 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 48-34 | 2 | 2.0 | Rogers | Westbrook | Jones | 3:11 | 40,782 | + | ||
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 12 | 3 | 49-34 | 2 | 1.0 | Verlander | Sabathia | 2:50 | 40,923 | ++ | |||
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 9 | 2 | 50-34 | 1 | Tied | Miller | Tavarez | 2:41 | 43,839 | +++ | |||
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 13 | 51-34 | 1 | Tied | Grilli | Papelbon | 4:28 | 44,193 | ++++ | ||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 5 | 52-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Robertson | Matsuzaka | Jones | 3:12 | 41,943 | +++++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 52-35 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hernandez | Miller | Putz | 2:55 | 31,994 | - | |
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 3 | 53-35 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bonderman | Washburn | Jones | 2:42 | 37,393 | + | |
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 6 | 53-36 | 1 | up 0.5 | Batista | Rogers | Putz | 2:38 | 38,202 | - | |
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 11 | 7 | 54-36 | 1 | up 0.5 | Verlander | Weaver | 3:14 | 39,073 | + | ||
| 91 | 91 | Tuesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 1 | 0 | 55-36 | 1 | up 1.0 | Robertson | Garza | Jones | 2:39 | 30,939 | ++ | |
| 92 | 92 | Wednesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 3 | 2 | 56-36 | 1 | up 2.0 | Miller | Santana | Jones | 3:31 | 38,070 | +++ | |
| 93 | 93 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 57-36 | 1 | up 2.0 | Miner | Nathan | Jones | 3:31 | 36,551 | ++++ |
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 10 | 57-37 | 1 | up 1.0 | Meche | Rogers | 2:59 | 43,200 | - | |||
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 10 | 8 | 10 | 58-37 | 1 | up 2.0 | Durbin | Soria | 3:21 | 43,408 | + | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 58-38 | 1 | up 1.0 | Bannister | Robertson | 2:56 | 42,201 | - | |||
| 97 | 97 | Monday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 6 | 59-38 | 1 | up 2.0 | Grilli | Buehrle | Jones | 3:20 | 30,122 | + | |
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 59-39 | 1 | up 1.5 | Vazquez | Bonderman | Jenks | 2:20 | 30,569 | - | |
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 7 | 8 | 59-40 | 1 | up 1.5 | Thornton | Miner | Jenks | 3:30 | 29,042 | -- | |
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 13 | 9 | 60-40 | 1 | up 1.5 | Grilli | Contreras | Byrdak | 3:27 | 28,462 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 60-41 | 1 | up 1.5 | Jenks | Miner | 2:39 | 30,567 | - | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 6 | 11 | 60-42 | 1 | up 0.5 | Weaver | Robertson | 3:01 | 44,042 | -- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 10 | 60-43 | 1 | up 0.5 | Shields | Grilli | 3:30 | 43,122 | --- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 4 | 13 | 60-44 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bootcheck | Bonderman | 3:16 | 44,019 | ---- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 61-44 | 1 | up 1.0 | Tata | Blanton | Jones | 2:43 | 18,468 | + | |
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 7 | 61-45 | 1 | up 1.0 | Haren | Verlander | 2:53 | 21,305 | - | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 61-46 | 1 | up 1.0 | Brown | Robertson | Embree | 3:10 | 27,118 | -- | |
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 7 | 61-47 | 2 | 0.5 | Buehrle | Miller | 2:46 | 42,066 | --- | |||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 61-48 | 2 | 0.5 | Vazquez | Bonderman | Jenks | 3:01 | 42,907 | ---- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 61-49 | 2 | 0.5 | Floyd | Tata | Jenks | 2:40 | 39,778 | ----- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 6 | 4 | 62-49 | 2 | 0.5 | Miner | Glover | Jones | 3:00 | 39,289 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 9 | 6 | 63-49 | 2 | 0.5 | Byrdak | Wheeler | Jones | 2:53 | 35,288 | ++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 1 | 7 | 63-50 | 2 | 0.5 | Shields | Durbin | 2:58 | 37,777 | - | |||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 1 | 8 | 63-51 | 2 | 1.5 | Kazmir | Bonderman | 3:10 | 38,789 | -- | |||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 10 | 16 | 63-52 | 2 | 1.5 | Lugo | McBride | 3:19 | 40,922 | --- | |||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 64-52 | 2 | 0.5 | Verlander | Haren | Jones | 3:00 | 42,016 | + | ||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 11 | 6 | 65-52 | 1 | up 0.5 | Robertson | Braden | 3:06 | 39,960 | ++ | |||
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 2 | 7 | 65-53 | 1 | Tied | Gaudin | Durbin | 3:04 | 37,229 | - | |||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 10 | 66-53 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rodney | Borowski | 3:29 | 37,570 | + | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 66-54 | 1 | Tied | Carmona | Jurrjens | Borowski | 2:50 | 39,250 | - | |
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 5 | 67-54 | 1 | up 0.5 | Verlander | Mussina | 3:30 | 53,914 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 6 | 67-55 | 2 | 0.5 | Pettitte | Robertson | 2:47 | 54,290 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 5 | 67-56 | 2 | 1.5 | Clemens | Durbin | Rivera | 3:13 | 54,802 | -- | |
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 9 | 67-57 | 2 | 1.5 | Wang | Bonderman | Ramirez | 3:19 | 55,071 | --- | |
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 68-57 | 2 | 0.5 | Jurrjens | Carmona | Jones | 1:59 | 42,868 | + | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 8 | 11 | 68-58 | 2 | 1.5 | Byrd | Verlander | Borowski | 3:38 | 40,914 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 10 | 68-59 | 2 | 2.5 | Perez | Zumaya | Borowski | 3:00 | 40,946 | -- | |
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 9 | 6 | 11 | 69-59 | 2 | 1.5 | Durbin | Henn | 4:24 | 44,163 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 7 | 69-60 | 2 | 2.5 | Wang | Bonderman | 2:53 | 44,250 | - | |||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 70-60 | 2 | 2.5 | Seay | Hughes | Jones | 2:41 | 43,268 | + | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 16 | 0 | 71-60 | 2 | 2.5 | Verlander | Mussina | 3:06 | 42,428 | ++ | |||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 6 | 71-61 | 2 | 3.5 | Bannister | Robertson | 3:03 | 16,193 | - | ||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 5 | 71-62 | 2 | 4.5 | Braun | Miller | Riske | 2:56 | 11,628 | -- | |
| 134 | 134 | Thursday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 1 | 72-62 | 2 | 4.5 | Bonderman | Nunez | 2:38 | 11,196 | + | ||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 72-63 | 2 | 5.5 | Street | Zumaya | 3:01 | 27,250 | - | |
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 1 | 73-63 | 2 | 5.5 | Verlander | Haren | 3:07 | 21,336 | + | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 7 | 8 | 10 | 73-64 | 2 | 5.5 | Street | Bazardo | 3:25 | 23,195 | - | |
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 73-65 | 2 | 7.0 | Garland | Bonderman | Jenks | 3:04 | 32,505 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 11 | 74-65 | 2 | 7.0 | Seay | Phillips | 3:44 | 32,980 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 75-65 | 2 | 6.0 | Seay | Jenks | 2:42 | 35,977 | ++ | |||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 6 | 1 | 76-65 | 2 | 5.0 | Verlander | Batista | 2:13 | 39,750 | +++ | |||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 12 | 6 | 77-65 | 2 | 5.0 | Miner | Weaver | 3:01 | 42,184 | ++++ | |||
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 7 | 14 | 77-66 | 2 | 6.0 | Hernandez | Bonderman | 3:17 | 39,990 | - | |||
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 78-66 | 2 | 6.0 | Bazardo | Janssen | 2:57 | 35,689 | + | |||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 6 | 13 | 78-67 | 2 | 6.5 | Padilla | Durbin | 2:59 | 32,719 | - | |||
| 146 | 146 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 79-67 | 2 | 6.5 | Jurrjens | McCarthy | Jones | 2:33 | 33,840 | + | ||
| 147 | 147 | Wednesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 5 | 1 | 80-67 | 2 | 5.5 | Verlander | Volquez | 2:14 | 32,490 | ++ | |||
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 81-67 | 2 | 5.5 | Robertson | Garza | Jones | 2:48 | 22,282 | +++ | |
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 82-67 | 2 | 5.5 | Zumaya | Santana | Jones | 2:53 | 35,230 | ++++ | |
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 83-67 | 2 | 4.5 | Jurrjens | Baker | Jones | 3:06 | 21,771 | +++++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Monday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 11 | 83-68 | 2 | 5.5 | Betancourt | Miner | 3:38 | 28,825 | - | |
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 83-69 | 2 | 6.5 | Lewis | Verlander | Borowski | 3:00 | 41,103 | -- | |
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 83-70 | 2 | 7.5 | Sabathia | Robertson | Borowski | 2:45 | 32,511 | --- | |
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 84-70 | 2 | 7.5 | Byrdak | Nunez | Jones | 2:34 | 40,117 | + | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 7 | 84-71 | 2 | 7.5 | Davies | Rogers | 3:13 | 41,792 | - | |||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 7 | 2 | 85-71 | 2 | 7.5 | Verlander | de la Rosa | 2:42 | 40,068 | + | |||
| 157 | 157 | Monday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 2 | 85-72 | 2 | 8.0 | Silva | Robertson | Nathan | 2:41 | 32,716 | - | ||
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 0 | 86-72 | 2 | 8.0 | Bazardo | Garza | 2:31 | 31,394 | + | |||
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 9 | 4 | 6 | 87-72 | 2 | 7.5 | Byrdak | Blackburn | 1:47 | 35,375 | ++ | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 5 | 87-73 | 2 | 8.0 | Vazquez | Rogers | Jenks | 2:40 | 30,281 | - | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 87-74 | 2 | 8.0 | Wassermann | Rodney | 2:47 | 33,066 | -- | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 13 | 3 | 88-74 | 2 | 8.0 | Robertson | Contreras | 3:04 | 33,154 | + | ||
| 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.