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| Season Summary | 77-84, Final Rank:3, GB: 19.5 | |
| Days in First | 1 | last on Thursday, Apr 10, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 1 | last on Apr 10, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 28.5 | last on Friday, Sep 5, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 1 | last on Sunday, Apr 27 |
| Most Games under .500 | 20 | last on Friday, Sep 5 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 12 | Friday, Sep 19 to Friday, Oct 3 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 9 | Friday, Aug 1 to Saturday, Aug 9 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 17 | Wednesday, Apr 23 and Saturday, Oct 4 |
| Most Runs Scored | 20 | Sunday, Apr 27 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 15 | Friday, Jun 20, Thursday, Aug 7 and Thursday, Aug 28 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 12 | |
| 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 | Thursday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 9 | 7 | 12 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Corbett | McCatty | 3:14 | 24,415 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Keough | Redfern | 2:05 | 5,729 | - | ||
| 3 | 3 | Saturday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 0 | 2-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Zahn | Kingman | 2:21 | 5,783 | + | ||
| 4 | 4 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 2-2 | 5 | 1.0 | Norris | Erickson | 2:27 | 6,300 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Monday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 3 | 3-2 | 4 | 1.0 | Corbett | Clear | 2:33 | 24,944 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Tuesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 3-3 | 6 | 1.5 | Tanana | Koosman | 2:23 | 26,105 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3-4 | 7 | 2.0 | Frost | Marshall | 2:34 | 27,575 | -- | |
| 8 | 8 | Thursday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 3-5 | 7 | 2.5 | Honeycutt | Zahn | 2:05 | 5,466 | --- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 3-6 | 7 | 4.0 | Bannister | Erickson | 1:50 | 0 | ---- | ||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 3-7 | 7 | 4.0 | McLaughlin | Felton | Rawley | 2:12 | 7,006 | ----- | |
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 3 | 4-7 | 7 | 4.0 | Koosman | Abbott | 2:13 | 11,151 | + | ||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 5-7 | 6 | 3.5 | Redfern | Parrott | Marshall | 2:19 | 8,225 | ++ | |
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W &V | 8 | 1 | 6-7 | 6 | 3.0 | Zahn | Frost | 2:29 | 36,268 | +++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 0 | 17 | 6-8 | 6 | 4.0 | Kison | Felton | 2:41 | 4,772 | - | |||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 10 | 3 | 7-8 | 6 | 3.5 | Koosman | Keough | 2:42 | 2,664 | + | |||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 1 | 8-8 | 5 | 3.5 | Redfern | McCatty | 2:25 | 6,325 | ++ | |||
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 20 | 11 | 9-8 | 5 | 2.5 | Corbett | Kingman | 3:17 | 19,859 | +++ | |||
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 4 | 6 | 9-9 | 6 | 3.0 | Honeycutt | Felton | Heaverlo | 2:44 | 2,544 | - | ||
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 9-10 | 6 | 3.0 | Rawley | Marshall | 2:15 | 2,580 | -- | |||
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 10 | 3 | 10-10 | 6 | 3.0 | Redfern | Parrott | 2:12 | 2,891 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Friday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 9 | 10-11 | 6 | 3.0 | Guidry | Zahn | May | 2:49 | 17,067 | - | ||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 10-12 | 7 | 4.0 | John | Jackson | 2:40 | 12,054 | -- | |||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 10 | 10-13 | 7 | 4.5 | Underwood | Koosman | 2:39 | 13,085 | --- | |||
| 24 | 24 | Monday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 11-13 | 7 | 4.5 | Redfern | Stone | Corbett | 2:40 | 12,418 | + | |
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 10 | 11-14 | 7 | 4.5 | McGregor | Zahn | 2:31 | 10,720 | - | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 6 | 8 | 11-15 | 7 | 4.5 | Stewart | Marshall | Martinez | 3:18 | 11,357 | -- | |
| 27 | 27 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 5 | 11-16 | 7 | 5.0 | Guidry | Koosman | Gossage | 2:04 | 27,225 | --- | |
| 28 | 28 | Saturday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12-16 | 6 | 5.0 | Jackson | May | Corbett | 2:28 | 28,015 | + |
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 5 | 12-17 | 6 | 6.0 | John | Zahn | 2:01 | 30,680 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Monday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 13-17 | 6 | 5.5 | Redfern | Torrez | Corbett | 2:42 | 18,486 | + | |
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 10 | 13-18 | 6 | 5.5 | Renko | Verhoeven | Burgmeier | 2:57 | 19,032 | - | |
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 13-19 | 7 | 5.5 | Burgmeier | Corbett | 2:41 | 24,590 | -- | ||
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 14-19 | 7 | 4.5 | Koosman | McClure | Corbett | 2:35 | 12,331 | + | ||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 11 | 14 | 14-20 | 7 | 5.5 | Augustine | Zahn | Castro | 2:47 | 13,394 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 10 | 4 | 15-20 | 6 | 5.0 | Redfern | Travers | 2:32 | 17,929 | + | |||
| 36 | 36 | Monday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 15-21 | 7 | 6.0 | Kravec | Koosman | Farmer | 2:00 | 9,272 | - | |
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 4 | 15-22 | 7 | 7.0 | Dotson | Jackson | Farmer | 2:31 | 12,864 | -- | |
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 16-22 | 7 | 6.0 | Zahn | Trout | 2:33 | 33,967 | + | ||
| 39 | 39 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 5 | 16-23 | 7 | 6.5 | Travers | Redfern | 2:17 | 14,322 | - | ||
| 40 | 40 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 4 | 16-24 | 7 | 7.5 | Haas | Koosman | 2:08 | 22,241 | -- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 16-25 | 7 | 8.5 | Sorensen | Erickson | 1:59 | 31,895 | --- | ||
| 42 | 42 | Monday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 6 | 16-26 | 7 | 8.5 | Trout | Zahn | Farmer | 2:21 | 5,436 | ---- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 2 | 16-27 | 7 | 9.5 | Burns | Jackson | Proly | 2:31 | 4,362 | ----- | ||
| 44 | 44 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 17-27 | 7 | 8.5 | Marshall | Proly | 2:43 | 4,256 | + | |||
| 45 | 45 | Thursday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 18-27 | 7 | 8.0 | Koosman | Dotson | 2:25 | 5,204 | ++ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18-28 | 7 | 9.0 | Flanagan | Corbett | Martinez | 2:52 | 4,889 | - | |
| 47 | 47 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 11 | 18-29 | 7 | 10.0 | McGregor | Zahn | 2:29 | 8,288 | -- | |||
| 48 | 48 | Monday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 2 | 6 | 18-30 | 7 | 9.5 | Stanley | Redfern | 2:33 | 6,322 | --- | |||
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 9 | 4 | 19-30 | 7 | 9.5 | Koosman | Billingham | 2:21 | 8,346 | + | |||
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 5 | 0 | 20-30 | 7 | 10.5 | Zahn | Mirabella | 2:04 | 5,495 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 21-30 | 6 | 10.5 | Jackson | Stieb | Corbett | 1:48 | 5,375 | +++ | ||
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 5 | 1 | 22-30 | 6 | 11.0 | Erickson | Jefferson | Corbett | 2:24 | 0 | ++++ | ||
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22-31 | 6 | 11.0 | McLaughlin | Arroyo | 3:37 | 17,869 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 8 | 22-32 | 6 | 12.0 | Wilcox | Zahn | 2:20 | 12,399 | -- | ||
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 9 | 5 | 23-32 | 6 | 11.5 | Jackson | Rozema | Koosman | 2:47 | 16,017 | + | |
| 56 | 56 | Thursday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 8 | 23-33 | 6 | 12.0 | Underwood | Zahn | Lopez | 2:47 | 15,630 | - | |
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 6 | 23-34 | 6 | 13.0 | Denny | Koosman | 2:45 | 11,336 | -- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 23-35 | 6 | 13.0 | Barker | Erickson | 2:45 | 12,948 | --- | ||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 14 | 23-36 | 6 | 14.0 | Spillner | Jackson | 2:44 | 25,182 | ---- | ||
| 60 | 60 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 0 | 24-36 | 6 | 13.0 | Zahn | Jefferson | 2:29 | 14,691 | + | ||
| 61 | 61 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 6 | 25-36 | 6 | 13.0 | Corbett | Mirabella | 2:38 | 15,229 | ++ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 1 | 26-36 | 6 | 12.5 | Jackson | Schatzeder | 2:37 | 14,704 | +++ | |||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26-37 | 6 | 12.5 | Cruz | Redfern | Stanton | 4:28 | 7,668 | - | |
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 27-37 | 6 | 11.5 | Zahn | Garland | Jackson | 2:25 | 7,665 | + | ||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 6 | 11 | 27-38 | 6 | 12.5 | Waits | Redfern | 3:00 | 9,676 | - | |||
| 66 | 66 | Monday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 28-38 | 6 | 11.5 | Koosman | Gura | 2:23 | 7,525 | + | |||
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 29-38 | 6 | 11.5 | Jackson | Quisenberry | 2:31 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 68 | 68 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 29-39 | 6 | 11.5 | Martin | Erickson | Quisenberry | 2:37 | 11,556 | - | ||
| 69 | 69 | Wednesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 29-40 | 6 | 12.5 | Splittorff | Zahn | Quisenberry | 2:04 | 9,150 | -- | ||
| 70 | 70 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 5 | 29-41 | 6 | 13.5 | Perry | Redfern | 1:49 | 10,818 | --- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 11 | 29-42 | 6 | 14.5 | Comer | Koosman | Darwin | 2:38 | 14,336 | ---- | |
| 72 | 72 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 30-42 | 6 | 13.5 | Erickson | Medich | Corbett | 2:59 | 22,342 | + | |
| 73 | 73 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 12 | 3 | 31-42 | 6 | 12.5 | Jackson | Martin | 2:41 | 33,540 | ++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 32-42 | 5 | 11.5 | Corbett | Splittorff | 2:20 | 20,224 | +++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 32-43 | 6 | 12.5 | Quisenberry | Koosman | 2:49 | 26,225 | - | |
| 76 | 76 | Thursday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 10 | 3 | 33-43 | 6 | 11.5 | Erickson | Comer | Corbett | 2:44 | 7,612 | + | ||
| 77 | 77 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 12 | 33-44 | 6 | 12.5 | Darwin | Verhoeven | 3:34 | 32,948 | - | ||
| 78 | 78 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 2 | 1 | 34-44 | 5 | 12.5 | Zahn | Jenkins | 2:25 | 9,398 | + | |||
| 79 | 79 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 35-44 | 4 | 11.5 | Arroyo | Matlack | Koosman | 2:29 | 9,614 | ++ | ||
| 80 | 80 | Thursday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 12 | 4 | 36-44 | 4 | 11.5 | Koosman | Honeycutt | 2:21 | 9,051 | +++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 3 | 37-44 | 4 | 11.5 | Jackson | Abbott | Corbett | 2:09 | 7,688 | ++++ | |
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 8 | 3 | 38-44 | 3 | 10.5 | Zahn | Bannister | 2:18 | 14,963 | +++++ | |||
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 6 | 13 | 39-44 | 2 | 10.5 | Corbett | Rawley | 4:18 | 8,573 | ++++++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Monday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 5 | 8 | 39-45 | 3 | 11.5 | Honeycutt | Arroyo | Roberts | 2:33 | 11,060 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Tuesday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 40-45 | 2 | 11.5 | Koosman | Guidry | Corbett | 2:20 | 30,747 | + | |
| 86 | 86 | Wednesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 11 | 40-46 | 3 | 12.5 | Underwood | Jackson | 2:28 | 28,005 | - | ||
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 10 | 40-47 | 3 | 12.5 | John | Zahn | 2:26 | 25,035 | -- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 10 | 40-48 | 4 | 13.5 | Torrez | Erickson | 2:22 | 28,116 | --- | |
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 0 | 41-48 | 4 | 12.5 | Arroyo | Ojeda | 2:34 | 32,820 | + | ||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 42-48 | 4 | 12.5 | Corbett | Drago | 2:48 | 28,493 | ++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 8 | 7 | 11 | 43-48 | 4 | 13.0 | Verhoeven | Martinez | 3:18 | 0 | +++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 5 | 12 | 43-49 | 4 | 13.0 | Stone | Zahn | 3:02 | 15,373 | - | |||
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 4 | 8 | 43-50 | 4 | 13.0 | Flanagan | Erickson | 2:33 | 11,554 | -- | |||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 7 | 8 | 43-51 | 4 | 14.0 | McGregor | Arroyo | Martinez | 3:20 | 10,793 | --- | ||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 7 | 43-52 | 4 | 15.0 | Remmerswaal | Koosman | Burgmeier | 2:42 | 0 | ---- | ||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 0 | 44-52 | 4 | 15.0 | Zahn | Renko | 2:30 | 23,998 | + | |||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 44-53 | 4 | 15.0 | Eckersley | Erickson | 2:16 | 18,961 | - | |||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 45-53 | 4 | 15.0 | Williams | Torrez | Corbett | 2:20 | 26,008 | + | ||
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 7 | 10 | 45-54 | 4 | 15.5 | Bird | Verhoeven | 3:33 | 23,182 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 46-54 | 4 | 15.5 | Zahn | Tiant | 2:12 | 26,501 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 47-54 | 4 | 14.5 | Koosman | Gossage | 2:38 | 27,020 | ++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 47-55 | 4 | 16.0 | Flanagan | Corbett | 2:26 | 21,839 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 9 | 47-56 | 4 | 17.0 | McGregor | Arroyo | 2:31 | 21,981 | -- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 7 | 47-57 | 4 | 17.0 | Palmer | Jackson | Stoddard | 2:27 | 16,526 | --- | |
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 11 | 47-58 | 4 | 18.0 | McCatty | Zahn | 2:48 | 16,741 | ---- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 47-59 | 4 | 19.0 | Langford | Koosman | 2:12 | 4,651 | ----- | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 47-60 | 4 | 20.0 | Kingman | Erickson | 2:26 | 6,697 | ------ | ||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 15 | 47-61 | 4 | 20.5 | Hassler | Williams | 4:14 | 24,195 | ------- | |
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 5 | 9 | 47-62 | 4 | 22.0 | Lemanczyk | Jackson | Montague | 2:26 | 25,373 | -------- | |
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 8 | 47-63 | 5 | 22.0 | Tanana | Zahn | 2:33 | 32,560 | --------- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 2 | 48-63 | 4 | 22.0 | Koosman | Barr | Corbett | 2:43 | 23,007 | + | |
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 49-63 | 4 | 21.5 | Corbett | Kingman | 2:29 | 13,181 | ++ | |||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 6 | 49-64 | 4 | 22.5 | Keough | Arroyo | 2:50 | 11,615 | - | |||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 49-65 | 4 | 23.0 | Norris | Corbett | 2:59 | 13,077 | -- | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 4 | 5 | 49-66 | 4 | 24.0 | Tanana | Zahn | Hassler | 2:37 | 14,685 | --- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 1 | 50-66 | 4 | 24.0 | Erickson | Barr | 2:19 | 0 | + | |||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 6 | 5 | 51-66 | 4 | 24.0 | Koosman | Knapp | Corbett | 2:33 | 16,400 | ++ | ||
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 3 | 52-66 | 4 | 24.0 | Arroyo | LaRoche | 2:23 | 2,508 | +++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 52-67 | 4 | 25.0 | Barlow | Corbett | Schrom | 2:52 | 6,902 | - | ||
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 4 | 10 | 52-68 | 4 | 26.0 | Todd | Zahn | 2:53 | 4,198 | -- | |||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 3 | 53-68 | 4 | 25.5 | Williams | Wilcox | Corbett | 2:22 | 0 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 4 | 53-69 | 4 | 25.5 | Morris | Erickson | 2:07 | 8,687 | - | |||
| 123 | 123 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 13 | 54-69 | 4 | 24.5 | Arroyo | Rozema | 3:57 | 12,473 | + | ||
| 124 | 124 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 4 | 54-70 | 4 | 25.5 | Robbins | Jackson | Rozema | 2:28 | 7,062 | - | ||
| 125 | 125 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 3 | 54-71 | 4 | 26.5 | Schatzeder | Zahn | 2:27 | 11,859 | -- | |||
| 126 | 126 | Monday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 54-72 | 5 | 27.5 | Spillner | Arroyo | Monge | 2:40 | 14,211 | --- | |
| 127 | 127 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 55-72 | 4 | 27.5 | Erickson | Waits | 2:37 | 6,483 | + | ||
| 128 | 128 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 4 | 55-73 | 5 | 28.5 | Barker | Koosman | Cruz | 2:45 | 7,572 | - | |
| 129 | 129 | Thursday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 5 | 15 | 56-73 | 4 | 27.5 | Verhoeven | Jefferson | Williams | 4:24 | 14,035 | + |
| 130 | 130 | Friday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 2 | 57-73 | 4 | 27.5 | Zahn | Stieb | 2:15 | 14,358 | ++ | ||
| 131 | 131 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 57-74 | 4 | 27.5 | Todd | Verhoeven | 2:21 | 18,376 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 7 | 57-75 | 5 | 28.5 | Clancy | Koosman | 2:27 | 18,029 | -- | ||
| 133 | 133 | Monday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 57-76 | 5 | 28.5 | Barker | Williams | 2:34 | 4,304 | --- | |||
| 134 | 134 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 58-76 | 4 | 28.0 | Jackson | Garland | Corbett | 2:29 | 2,934 | + | ||
| 135 | 135 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 7 | 7 | 58-77 | 4 | 28.0 | Spillner | Zahn | 1:49 | 2,877 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Friday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 1 | 58-78 | 5 | 28.5 | Schatzeder | Erickson | 2:18 | 16,980 | -- | ||
| 137 | 137 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 0 | 59-78 | 4 | 27.5 | Koosman | Morris | Corbett | 2:26 | 18,249 | + | |
| 138 | 138 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 60-78 | 4 | 27.5 | Jackson | Fidrych | Corbett | 2:15 | 20,009 | ++ | |
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 15 | 2 | 61-78 | 4 | 26.0 | Williams | Sorensen | 2:34 | 6,348 | +++ | |||
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 1 | 3 | 61-79 | 4 | 26.0 | Mitchell | Erickson | LaPoint | 2:05 | 6,722 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 61-80 | 4 | 26.5 | Burns | Koosman | Farmer | 2:38 | 10,161 | -- | |
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 62-80 | 4 | 25.5 | Zahn | Trout | Corbett | 2:50 | 7,988 | + | |
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 63-80 | 4 | 25.5 | Arroyo | Baumgarten | Corbett | 2:56 | 11,288 | ++ | |
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 2 | 64-80 | 4 | 24.5 | Koosman | Haas | 2:29 | 0 | +++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 1 | 65-80 | 4 | 24.5 | Erickson | Mitchell | 2:40 | 6,980 | ++++ | ||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 8 | 9 | 65-81 | 4 | 26.0 | Flinn | Corbett | 2:50 | 0 | - | ||
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 5 | 65-82 | 4 | 26.0 | Sorensen | Redfern | 2:02 | 6,039 | -- | ||
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 66-82 | 4 | 26.0 | Williams | Farmer | Corbett | 2:24 | 2,911 | + | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 67-82 | 4 | 24.0 | Verhoeven | Robinson | 2:44 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 68-82 | 4 | 24.0 | Arroyo | Dotson | Redfern | 2:28 | 4,066 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Monday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 1 | 0 | 69-82 | 4 | 23.0 | Koosman | Butcher | Corbett | 2:38 | 2,377 | ++++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 8 | 2 | 70-82 | 4 | 22.0 | Erickson | Clay | Redfern | 2:38 | 2,427 | +++++ | ||
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 9 | 5 | 71-82 | 4 | 21.0 | Williams | Matlack | 2:11 | 2,863 | ++++++ | |||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 0 | 72-82 | 3 | 20.0 | Zahn | Leonard | 2:30 | 9,837 | +++++++ | |||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 3 | 73-82 | 3 | 19.0 | Koosman | Gura | 2:21 | 6,848 | ++++++++ | |||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 7 | 74-82 | 3 | 18.0 | Redfern | Gale | Corbett | 2:42 | 6,938 | +++++++++ | ||
| 157 | 157 | Thursday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 3 | 75-82 | 3 | 18.5 | Zahn | Matlack | 2:50 | 0 | ++++++++++ | ||
| 158 | 158 | Thursday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 76-82 | 3 | 18.5 | Williams | Jenkins | 2:34 | 8,022 | +++++++++++ | ||
| 159 | 159 | Friday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 3 | 77-82 | 3 | 17.5 | Koosman | Gura | Corbett | 2:29 | 20,714 | ++++++++++++ | |
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Oct 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 17 | 77-83 | 3 | 18.5 | Leonard | Erickson | 2:42 | 23,751 | - | ||
| 161 | 161 | Sunday, Oct 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 4 | 77-84 | 3 | 19.5 | Splittorff | Jackson | Gale | 2:05 | 25,603 | -- | |
| 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.