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| Season Summary | 82-80, Final Rank:3, GB: 8.0 | |
| Days in First | 3 | last on Tuesday, Apr 23, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 3 | last on Apr 23, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 12.5 | last on Thursday, Aug 8, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 6 | last on Wednesday, Sep 25 |
| Most Games under .500 | 13 | last on Sunday, Jun 23 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Sunday, Jul 7 to Thursday, Jul 11 and Thursday, Aug 8 to Wednesday, Aug 14 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 4 | Sunday, Jun 16 to Wednesday, Jun 19 and Thursday, Sep 26 to Sunday, Sep 29 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 23 | Saturday, Apr 6 |
| Most Runs Scored | 12 | Saturday, Jul 20 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 15 | Tuesday, Sep 10 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 10 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 11 | |
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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 | Friday, Apr 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Campbell | McDaniel | 3:17 | 31,781 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 23 | 1-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Busby | Hands | 3:02 | 11,228 | - | ||
| 3 | 3 | Tuesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 2-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Blyleven | Wood | Campbell | 2:16 | 10,409 | + | ||
| 4 | 4 | Wednesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 3-1 | 1 | Tied | Corbin | Forster | Campbell | 2:47 | 2,837 | ++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Thursday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | T | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3-1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1:58 | 2,182 | ++ | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Dal Canton | Burgmeier | 3:12 | 3,381 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 0 | 4-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Blyleven | Splittorff | 2:09 | 2,778 | + | |||
| 8 | 8 | Monday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 8 | 4-3 | 2 | 2.0 | Singer | Hands | 2:23 | 12,968 | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Tuesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 0 | 5-3 | 2 | 1.0 | Decker | Ryan | Campbell | 2:20 | 9,529 | + | |
| 10 | 10 | Wednesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 5 | 5-4 | 2 | 2.0 | Sells | Woodson | 2:15 | 7,259 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Thursday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 6-4 | 2 | 1.0 | Corbin | Tanana | Campbell | 2:24 | 7,383 | + | |
| 12 | 12 | Friday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 10 | 6-5 | 4 | 1.0 | Jenkins | Hands | 2:22 | 22,799 | - | ||
| 13 | 13 | Saturday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 1 | 6-6 | 4 | 1.5 | Hargan | Blyleven | 2:30 | 12,915 | -- | ||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 2 | 7-6 | 4 | 1.0 | Decker | Bibby | Campbell | 2:48 | 14,494 | + | |
| 15 | 15 | Tuesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8-6 | 1 | Tied | Campbell | LaGrow | 2:16 | 5,422 | ++ | |
| 16 | 16 | Wednesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 8 | 8-7 | 3 | 1.0 | Coleman | Hands | Hiller | 2:26 | 6,804 | - | |
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 8-8 | 3 | 1.5 | Colborn | Blyleven | Murphy | 2:17 | 3,720 | -- | ||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 0 | 9 | 8-9 | 3 | 2.5 | Slaton | Decker | 2:05 | 7,528 | --- | |||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 6 | 5 | 9-9 | 3 | 2.0 | Woodson | Wright | Campbell | 2:07 | 5,954 | + | ||
| 20 | 20 | Monday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 9-10 | 3 | 2.5 | Kline | Campbell | 2:12 | 4,461 | - | |||
| 21 | 21 | Tuesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 8 | 9-11 | 4 | 3.5 | Peterson | Blyleven | 2:23 | 2,193 | -- | |||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 4 | 9-12 | 5 | 3.5 | Slayback | Decker | Hiller | 2:21 | 4,467 | --- | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 10 | 0 | 10-12 | 5 | 3.5 | Blyleven | Lolich | 2:09 | 4,540 | + | |||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 8 | 3 | 11-12 | 4 | 3.0 | Albury | Fryman | 2:23 | 18,673 | ++ | |||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 0 | 12-12 | 4 | 1.5 | Decker | Wright | 1:59 | 3,264 | +++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Friday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 4 | 12-13 | 4 | 1.5 | Hunter | Blyleven | Knowles | 2:01 | 4,755 | - | |
| 27 | 27 | Saturday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 12-14 | 5 | 1.5 | Holtzman | Albury | Fingers | 2:24 | 6,107 | -- | |
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 9 | 12-15 | 6 | 2.5 | Hamilton | Decker | 2:45 | 5,549 | --- | ||
| 29 | 29 | Monday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 5 | 13-15 | 6 | 2.0 | Goltz | Moran | Campbell | 3:16 | 5,138 | + | |
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 13-16 | 6 | 2.5 | Bahnsen | Blyleven | 1:58 | 6,604 | - | ||
| 31 | 31 | Friday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 14-16 | 4 | 2.0 | Decker | Tanana | Campbell | 2:19 | 4,695 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Saturday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 10 | 4 | 15-16 | 4 | 2.0 | Corbin | Singer | 3:02 | 4,380 | ++ | |||
| 33 | 33 | Sunday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 15-17 | 4 | 1.5 | Ryan | Blyleven | 2:50 | 0 | - | |||
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 4 | 2 | 16-17 | 4 | 1.5 | Albury | Stoneman | 2:31 | 6,714 | + | |||
| 35 | 35 | Monday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 16-18 | 5 | 2.5 | Holtzman | Butler | Knowles | 2:40 | 5,466 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 8 | 16-19 | 5 | 3.5 | Hamilton | Decker | 2:46 | 4,639 | -- | |||
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 7 | 16-20 | 6 | 4.5 | Lindblad | Campbell | 2:46 | 4,956 | --- | |||
| 38 | 38 | Friday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 9 | 0 | 17-20 | 6 | 3.5 | Blyleven | Clyde | 2:37 | 5,172 | + | |||
| 39 | 39 | Saturday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 17-21 | 6 | 3.5 | Brown | Albury | Foucault | 2:23 | 5,499 | - | ||
| 40 | 40 | Sunday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 1 | 18-21 | 6 | 3.5 | Decker | Jenkins | 2:18 | 7,352 | + | |||
| 41 | 41 | Monday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18-22 | 6 | 4.5 | Tiant | Burgmeier | 2:47 | 11,977 | - | |
| 42 | 42 | Tuesday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 9 | 18-23 | 6 | 4.5 | Cleveland | Blyleven | 2:34 | 10,811 | -- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Wednesday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19-23 | 5 | 4.5 | Burgmeier | Segui | 3:52 | 9,429 | + | |
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 20-23 | 5 | 4.5 | Decker | Tidrow | Campbell | 2:51 | 7,241 | ++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20-24 | 6 | 5.5 | Lyle | Campbell | Upshaw | 4:11 | 7,037 | - | |
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 11 | 20-25 | 6 | 6.5 | Stottlemyre | Albury | 2:33 | 20,073 | -- | |||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21-25 | 6 | 6.0 | Hands | Segui | 3:42 | 5,882 | + | ||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21-26 | 6 | 6.5 | Segui | Campbell | Moret | 3:45 | 5,147 | - | |
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 21-27 | 6 | 7.5 | Tiant | Goltz | 2:35 | 5,183 | -- | |||
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 22-27 | 5 | 6.5 | Blyleven | Stottlemyre | 2:33 | 12,514 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 22-28 | 5 | 6.5 | Dobson | Albury | 2:33 | 9,228 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 22-29 | 5 | 7.5 | Lyle | Campbell | 3:04 | 50,093 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Monday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 9 | 1 | 23-29 | 5 | 6.5 | Butler | McNally | Hands | 3:00 | 5,386 | + | ||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 23-30 | 5 | 6.5 | Palmer | Blyleven | Reynolds | 2:58 | 7,503 | - | ||
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 3 | 4 | 23-31 | 5 | 6.5 | Cuellar | Albury | 2:42 | 6,359 | -- | |||
| 56 | 56 | Friday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 2 | 24-31 | 5 | 5.5 | Decker | Johnson | 2:24 | 16,116 | + | ||
| 57 | 57 | Saturday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 5 | 24-32 | 5 | 6.5 | Kline | Blyleven | Beene | 2:22 | 5,552 | - | |
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 25-32 | 5 | 6.0 | Corbin | Perry | Butler | 2:46 | 0 | + | |
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 25-33 | 5 | 6.0 | Peterson | Goltz | 2:12 | 28,933 | - | ||
| 60 | 60 | Monday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 1 | 25-34 | 5 | 7.0 | Cuellar | Albury | 1:43 | 7,157 | -- | ||
| 61 | 61 | Tuesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 10 | 25-35 | 6 | 7.0 | Grimsley | Decker | 2:24 | 11,223 | --- | ||
| 62 | 62 | Wednesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 25-36 | 6 | 7.0 | McNally | Butler | Garland | 2:22 | 7,325 | ---- | |
| 63 | 63 | Thursday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 26-36 | 5 | 7.0 | Corbin | Wood | Campbell | 2:34 | 12,802 | + | ||
| 64 | 64 | Friday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 7 | 11 | 26-37 | 5 | 8.0 | Henderson | Goltz | 3:01 | 10,182 | - | |||
| 65 | 65 | Saturday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 10 | 26-38 | 5 | 9.0 | Kaat | Albury | 2:09 | 9,587 | -- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Sunday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 26-39 | 6 | 8.5 | Bahnsen | Decker | 2:39 | 0 | --- | |||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 27-39 | 6 | 8.5 | Butler | Pitlock | 2:39 | 18,672 | + | |||
| 68 | 68 | Monday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 4 | 28-39 | 5 | 8.5 | Blyleven | Clyde | Hands | 12,200 | ++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 7 | 28-40 | 5 | 9.5 | Jenkins | Goltz | 2:47 | 10,790 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 4 | 29-40 | 5 | 9.5 | Albury | Bibby | Hands | 2:55 | 13,356 | + | |
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 30-40 | 5 | 8.5 | Decker | Bahnsen | 2:43 | 12,841 | ++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 3 | 31-40 | 5 | 8.5 | Butler | Wood | Goltz | 2:42 | 22,479 | +++ | |
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 31-41 | 5 | 8.5 | Forster | Blyleven | 2:32 | 26,582 | - | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 8 | 31-42 | 5 | 8.0 | Kaat | Corbin | 2:33 | 0 | -- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 32-42 | 5 | 8.0 | Albury | Gossage | Campbell | 2:37 | 44,158 | + | |
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 6 | 32-43 | 5 | 9.0 | Brown | Decker | 2:58 | 9,068 | - | |||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 33-43 | 5 | 9.0 | Campbell | Foucault | 2:33 | 6,883 | + | |||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 1 | 7 | 33-44 | 5 | 10.0 | Jenkins | Butler | 2:27 | 7,590 | - | |||
| 79 | 79 | Thursday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 3 | 1 | 34-44 | 5 | 10.0 | Blyleven | Foucault | 2:24 | 21,008 | + | |||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 34-45 | 5 | 10.5 | Travers | Albury | Murphy | 2:23 | 0 | - | |
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 4 | 35-45 | 5 | 10.5 | Goltz | Slaton | 2:40 | 16,009 | + | ||
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 3 | 35-46 | 5 | 10.5 | Champion | Decker | Rodriguez | 2:24 | 11,550 | - | |
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 8 | 35-47 | 5 | 10.0 | Colborn | Corbin | 2:10 | 0 | -- | ||
| 84 | 84 | Sunday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 3 | 11 | 36-47 | 5 | 10.0 | Burgmeier | Murphy | 3:50 | 17,939 | + | |
| 85 | 85 | Monday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 2 | 37-47 | 5 | 10.0 | Blyleven | Fryman | 2:05 | 7,343 | ++ | |||
| 86 | 86 | Tuesday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 38-47 | 5 | 10.0 | Hands | Hiller | 2:47 | 6,525 | +++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Wednesday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 11 | 6 | 39-47 | 5 | 9.5 | Burgmeier | Ray | 3:03 | 6,884 | ++++ | |||
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 40-47 | 5 | 9.0 | Decker | Beene | 2:17 | 6,275 | +++++ | |||
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 5 | 9 | 40-48 | 5 | 9.0 | Perry | Corbin | 2:44 | 13,066 | - | |||
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 11 | 41-48 | 5 | 8.0 | Campbell | Hilgendorf | 3:27 | 19,574 | + | ||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 42-48 | 5 | 8.5 | Burgmeier | Wilcox | 2:37 | 13,379 | ++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 43-48 | 5 | 8.5 | Campbell | Travers | 2:46 | 12,940 | +++ | |||
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 43-49 | 5 | 9.5 | Wright | Goltz | Murphy | 2:30 | 10,897 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 10 | 5 | 44-49 | 5 | 9.5 | Blyleven | Colborn | 2:28 | 11,599 | + | |||
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 5 | 44-50 | 5 | 10.5 | Coleman | Butler | 2:18 | 14,383 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 7 | 5 | 45-50 | 5 | 9.5 | Goltz | LaGrow | Burgmeier | 2:26 | 19,138 | + | |
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 12 | 6 | 46-50 | 5 | 8.5 | Decker | Lolich | Campbell | 3:01 | 23,593 | ++ | |
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 10 | 7 | 47-50 | 5 | 8.5 | Blyleven | Walker | Burgmeier | 2:48 | 17,269 | +++ | |
| 99 | 99 | Thursday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 47-51 | 5 | 9.5 | Blue | Decker | 2:25 | 5,606 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 47-52 | 5 | 10.5 | Abbott | Blyleven | Fingers | 2:45 | 9,059 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 1 | 48-52 | 5 | 9.5 | Corbin | Hunter | 1:53 | 9,523 | + | ||
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 3 | 49-52 | 5 | 10.5 | Goltz | Hassler | Campbell | 2:44 | ++ | ||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 9 | 12 | 49-53 | 5 | 10.5 | Ryan | Burgmeier | 2:51 | - | |||
| 104 | 104 | Tuesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 50-53 | 5 | 11.0 | Decker | Splittorff | 2:36 | 12,294 | + | |||
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 50-54 | 5 | 11.0 | Busby | Blyleven | Bird | 2:22 | 18,479 | - | ||
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 6 | 5 | 51-54 | 5 | 10.0 | Burgmeier | Pina | Campbell | 2:11 | 6,233 | + | ||
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 7 | 51-55 | 5 | 11.0 | Figueroa | Goltz | 2:02 | 9,453 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 10 | 51-56 | 5 | 11.0 | Hunter | Decker | 2:17 | 0 | -- | |||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 2 | 1 | 52-56 | 5 | 11.0 | Butler | Abbott | 2:06 | 34,145 | + | |||
| 110 | 110 | Monday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 52-57 | 5 | 11.0 | Holtzman | Blyleven | Fingers | 2:12 | 0 | - | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 53-57 | 5 | 11.0 | Hands | Hamilton | Campbell | 2:35 | 23,316 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 17 | 53-58 | 5 | 11.0 | Dal Canton | Corbin | 2:33 | 13,301 | - | ||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 7 | 53-59 | 5 | 12.5 | Bird | Campbell | 2:54 | 0 | -- | ||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 5 | 53-60 | 5 | 12.5 | Splittorff | Butler | 2:05 | 16,575 | --- | ||
| 115 | 115 | Thursday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 14 | 54-60 | 5 | 12.5 | Campbell | Pattin | 3:55 | 12,749 | + | |
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 2 | 55-60 | 5 | 11.5 | Hands | McNally | 2:33 | 14,390 | ++ | |||
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 5 | 1 | 56-60 | 5 | 11.5 | Blyleven | Cuellar | 2:05 | 15,493 | +++ | |||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 57-60 | 5 | 10.5 | Goltz | Grimsley | Campbell | 1:55 | 27,363 | ++++ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 58-60 | 5 | 10.5 | Decker | Peterson | Campbell | 2:12 | 9,685 | +++++ | |
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 58-61 | 5 | 11.0 | Perry | Blyleven | Buskey | 2:23 | 11,920 | - | |
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 58-62 | 5 | 11.0 | Segui | Campbell | 2:57 | 33,218 | -- | ||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 4 | 59-62 | 5 | 10.0 | Goltz | Cleveland | Burgmeier | 2:29 | 27,979 | + | |
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 9 | 59-63 | 5 | 11.0 | Tiant | Corbin | 2:43 | 24,384 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 2 | 60-63 | 5 | 10.0 | Decker | McDowell | 2:20 | 18,219 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 60-64 | 5 | 11.0 | Dobson | Blyleven | 2:15 | 12,284 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 4 | 60-65 | 5 | 11.0 | Medich | Butler | 2:05 | 13,321 | -- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 60-66 | 5 | 11.0 | McNally | Goltz | 2:17 | 9,390 | --- | ||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 9 | 5 | 61-66 | 5 | 11.0 | Corbin | Cuellar | Campbell | 3:00 | 11,348 | + | |
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 1 | 62-66 | 5 | 11.0 | Blyleven | Grimsley | 2:20 | 10,951 | ++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 7 | 6 | 63-66 | 5 | 10.0 | Albury | Medich | Burgmeier | 2:43 | 9,694 | +++ | ||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 63-67 | 5 | 11.0 | Tidrow | Hands | 2:23 | 8,345 | - | |||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 0 | 5 | 63-68 | 5 | 12.0 | Dobson | Decker | 2:26 | 6,545 | -- | |||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 64-68 | 5 | 12.0 | Blyleven | Moret | 2:40 | 7,337 | + | |||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 65-68 | 4 | 11.0 | Goltz | Drago | 2:30 | 11,557 | ++ | |||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 9 | 6 | 66-68 | 4 | 11.0 | Campbell | Segui | 2:58 | 11,769 | +++ | |||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 3 | 67-68 | 4 | 11.0 | Decker | Bibby | 2:48 | 5,472 | ++++ | ||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 6 | 67-69 | 4 | 12.0 | Foucault | Corbin | 2:23 | 4,144 | - | ||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 1 | 67-70 | 5 | 12.0 | Jenkins | Goltz | 2:17 | 5,969 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 68-70 | 5 | 12.0 | Albury | Busby | 2:25 | 7,421 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Saturday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 68-71 | 5 | 11.5 | Fitzmorris | Decker | 2:18 | 14,131 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Sunday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 69-71 | 5 | 10.5 | Blyleven | Dal Canton | Campbell | 2:42 | 11,847 | + | |
| 142 | 142 | Monday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 70-71 | 3 | 11.0 | Goltz | Johnson | 1:49 | 3,065 | ++ | |||
| 143 | 143 | Tuesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 8 | 7 | 15 | 71-71 | 3 | 10.5 | Johnson | Gossage | 4:07 | 3,285 | +++ | ||
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 10 | 72-71 | 3 | 9.5 | Campbell | Knowles | 3:03 | 3,982 | ++++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Thursday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 72-72 | 3 | 10.5 | Holtzman | Blyleven | 2:09 | 4,743 | - | |||
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 73-72 | 3 | 9.5 | Johnson | Bird | 2:50 | 3,815 | + | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 5 | 74-72 | 3 | 9.0 | Goltz | Splittorff | Johnson | 2:43 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 13 | 74-73 | 3 | 9.0 | Briles | Hughes | 2:34 | 7,462 | - | |||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 75-73 | 3 | 9.0 | Decker | Leonard | 2:44 | 6,754 | + | |||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 2 | 76-73 | 3 | 8.5 | Blyleven | Fitzmorris | 2:30 | 4,095 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 0 | 77-73 | 3 | 7.5 | Albury | Bahnsen | 2:21 | 4,615 | +++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 77-74 | 3 | 8.5 | Kaat | Goltz | 1:49 | 4,189 | - | ||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 78-74 | 3 | 7.0 | Decker | Ryan | 2:24 | 4,312 | + | |||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 1 | 79-74 | 3 | 7.0 | Blyleven | Dobson | 2:20 | 4,631 | ++ | |||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 6 | 2 | 80-74 | 3 | 6.0 | Albury | Tanana | 2:48 | 4,029 | +++ | |||
| 156 | 156 | Tuesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 80-75 | 3 | 7.0 | Blue | Decker | 2:20 | 4,047 | - | ||
| 157 | 157 | Wednesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 0 | 81-75 | 3 | 6.0 | Blyleven | Abbott | 2:10 | 3,211 | + | ||
| 158 | 158 | Thursday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 81-76 | 3 | 7.0 | Hunter | Goltz | 1:51 | 3,461 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Friday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 81-77 | 3 | 7.0 | Tanana | Albury | 2:35 | 4,946 | -- | ||
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 4 | 81-78 | 3 | 8.0 | Ryan | Decker | 2:22 | 10,872 | --- | ||
| 161 | 161 | Sunday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 4 | 81-79 | 3 | 9.0 | Hassler | Blyleven | 2:00 | 4,959 | ---- | ||
| 162 | 162 | Tuesday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 0 | 82-79 | 3 | 8.0 | Goltz | Clyde | 2:00 | 2,274 | + | |||
| 163 | 163 | Wednesday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 82-80 | 3 | 8.0 | Jenkins | Hughes | Foucault | 1:53 | 2,570 | - | ||
| 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.