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| Season Summary | 60-102, Final Rank:7, GB: 33.0 | |
| Days in First | 5 | last on Sunday, Apr 11, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 6 | last on Apr 11, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | last on Friday, Apr 9, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 33 | last on Sunday, Oct 3, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 2 | last on Sunday, Apr 11 |
| Most Games under .500 | 42 | last on Sunday, Oct 3 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 4 | Friday, Sep 17 to Monday, Sep 20 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 14 | Wednesday, May 19 to Wednesday, Jun 2 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 18 | Thursday, Jul 15 and Sunday, Sep 12 |
| Most Runs Scored | 12 | Friday, Apr 23 and Tuesday, Jun 29 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 16 | Tuesday, Apr 20 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 7 | |
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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 | Tuesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 7 | 11 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | Bannister | Redfern | Stanton | 2:32 | 52,279 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 5 | 1-1 | 1 | Tied | Erickson | Beattie | Corbett | 2:50 | 5,213 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 1 | 2-1 | 1 | Tied | Havens | Nelson | Corbett | 2:32 | 10,412 | ++ | ||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 3-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Williams | Moreno | 2:20 | 19,105 | +++ | |||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 8 | 3-2 | 1 | Tied | Renko | Jackson | 2:23 | 23,769 | - | |||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 4-2 | 1 | Tied | Redfern | Forsch | 1:55 | 12,710 | + | |||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 3 | 8 | 4-3 | 2 | 1.0 | Keough | Erickson | Underwood | 2:56 | 10,594 | - | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4-4 | 5 | 2.0 | Jones | Arroyo | 3:32 | 10,534 | -- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 11 | 5 | 5-4 | 4 | 2.0 | Williams | Langford | Davis | 2:52 | 15,064 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5-5 | 4 | 2.5 | Aase | Corbett | 3:01 | 24,723 | - | |
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 6 | 5-6 | 6 | 4.0 | Forsch | Felton | 2:26 | 61,640 | -- | ||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 5 | 5-7 | 6 | 5.0 | Zahn | Erickson | 1:49 | 26,935 | --- | ||
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 6-7 | 5 | 4.5 | Davis | Langford | 2:50 | 25,415 | + | ||
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 16 | 6-8 | 6 | 4.5 | Beard | Castillo | 5:03 | 12,488 | - | |
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 5 | 6-9 | 6 | 4.5 | Underwood | Jackson | 2:14 | 18,118 | -- | ||
| 16 | 16 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 6-10 | 7 | 5.0 | Moore | Redfern | Stanton | 2:49 | 4,601 | --- | |
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 12 | 4 | 7-10 | 6 | 5.0 | Erickson | Nunez | 2:53 | 5,665 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 7-11 | 7 | 5.5 | Vande Berg | Davis | Caudill | 2:23 | 18,651 | - | |
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7-12 | 7 | 6.5 | Caudill | Felton | 3:19 | 7,203 | -- | |
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 5 | 7-13 | 7 | 7.5 | Morris | Jackson | 2:43 | 7,479 | --- | |||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 2 | 8-13 | 7 | 6.5 | Redfern | Petry | Davis | 2:33 | 7,747 | + | ||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 7 | 4 | 9-13 | 6 | 6.0 | Erickson | Haas | 2:03 | 23,547 | ++ | |||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 5 | 6 | 9-14 | 6 | 7.0 | Vuckovich | Corbett | Fingers | 2:37 | 25,587 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 4 | 11 | 9-15 | 6 | 7.0 | Lerch | Williams | Bernard | 2:47 | 24,605 | -- | ||
| 25 | 25 | Monday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 6 | 9-16 | 6 | 8.0 | Rainey | Felton | Stanley | 2:19 | 12,065 | --- | |
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 9-17 | 6 | 8.0 | Hurst | Redfern | Aponte | 2:15 | 13,726 | ---- | |
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 10-17 | 6 | 7.5 | Erickson | Torrez | Corbett | 2:25 | 14,685 | + | |
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 6 | 10-18 | 6 | 7.5 | Vuckovich | Havens | Fingers | 2:10 | 6,303 | - | |
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 4 | 10-19 | 6 | 7.5 | Lerch | Williams | Slaton | 2:21 | 12,284 | -- | |
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 12 | 10-20 | 6 | 8.5 | Caldwell | Felton | 2:30 | 18,081 | --- | ||
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 6 | 10-21 | 6 | 9.5 | Slaton | Redfern | Fingers | 2:30 | 18,389 | ---- | |
| 32 | 32 | Monday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 9 | 10-22 | 6 | 10.5 | Burgmeier | Erickson | 2:21 | 7,790 | ----- | |||
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 10 | 6 | 11-22 | 6 | 9.5 | Castillo | Ojeda | 2:39 | 8,321 | + | |||
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 1 | 4 | 11-23 | 6 | 10.5 | Eckersley | Davis | Clear | 2:11 | 11,264 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Thursday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 6 | 11-24 | 7 | 11.5 | Morris | Pacella | 2:20 | 11,945 | -- | ||
| 36 | 36 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11-25 | 7 | 11.5 | Rozema | Davis | 3:30 | 21,459 | --- | |
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11-26 | 7 | 12.5 | Sosa | Jackson | 3:07 | 16,092 | ---- | |
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 6 | 7 | 11-27 | 7 | 13.5 | Tobik | Felton | 2:24 | 19,392 | ----- | ||
| 39 | 39 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 7 | 12-27 | 7 | 13.5 | Castillo | Palmer | Davis | 2:55 | 10,998 | + | |
| 40 | 40 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 12-28 | 7 | 14.5 | Stewart | Filson | Stoddard | 2:24 | 8,088 | - | |
| 41 | 41 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 6 | 12-29 | 7 | 14.5 | McGregor | Redfern | 1:57 | 12,598 | -- | ||
| 42 | 42 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 12 | 12-30 | 7 | 15.5 | May | Havens | 2:33 | 25,106 | --- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 1 | 12-31 | 7 | 16.5 | Righetti | Jackson | Gossage | 2:38 | 20,206 | ---- | |
| 44 | 44 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 12-32 | 7 | 16.5 | Guidry | Castillo | Gossage | 2:37 | 31,029 | ----- | |
| 45 | 45 | Monday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 9 | 12-33 | 7 | 17.5 | Barker | Redfern | 2:37 | 5,515 | ------ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 0 | 7 | 12-34 | 7 | 18.0 | Sorensen | Havens | 2:00 | 5,665 | ------- | |||
| 47 | 47 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 12-35 | 7 | 18.5 | Spillner | Davis | 2:09 | 5,188 | -------- | |||
| 48 | 48 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 5 | 10 | 12-36 | 7 | 19.0 | Gossage | Davis | 2:29 | 18,854 | --------- | |||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 12-37 | 7 | 20.0 | Rawley | Havens | 2:30 | 18,109 | ---------- | |||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12-38 | 7 | 20.0 | Gossage | Boris | Rawley | 3:16 | 16,352 | ----------- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 9 | 12-39 | 7 | 20.0 | Sorensen | Filson | 2:23 | 14,690 | ------------ | ||
| 52 | 52 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 12-40 | 7 | 20.0 | Glynn | Davis | Spillner | 2:22 | 4,045 | ------------- | |
| 53 | 53 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 12-41 | 7 | 20.0 | Sutcliffe | Castillo | Whitson | 2:14 | 11,495 | -------------- | |
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 0 | 13-41 | 7 | 19.0 | Havens | McGregor | Felton | 2:20 | 8,517 | + | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 3 | 13-42 | 7 | 19.0 | Flanagan | Williams | 2:13 | 11,151 | - | |||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13-43 | 7 | 19.0 | Stoddard | Davis | 3:31 | 11,240 | -- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Monday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13-44 | 7 | 20.0 | Quisenberry | Redfern | 3:03 | 6,274 | --- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 9 | 13-45 | 7 | 21.0 | Gura | O'Connor | 2:23 | 6,543 | ---- | |||
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 5 | 8 | 13-46 | 7 | 22.0 | Splittorff | Williams | Quisenberry | 2:26 | 7,030 | ----- | ||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 7 | 14-46 | 7 | 21.0 | Redfern | Armstrong | 2:55 | 13,667 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 14-47 | 7 | 21.5 | Honeycutt | Castillo | Schmidt | 2:10 | 18,464 | - | |
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 10 | 14-48 | 7 | 22.0 | Medich | O'Connor | 2:27 | 15,973 | -- | ||
| 63 | 63 | Monday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 3 | 14-49 | 7 | 22.5 | Splittorff | Havens | Quisenberry | 2:18 | 28,448 | --- | |
| 64 | 64 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 7 | 14-50 | 7 | 23.5 | Black | Williams | Quisenberry | 2:41 | 21,633 | ---- | |
| 65 | 65 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 15-50 | 7 | 22.5 | Viola | Blue | 2:18 | 25,790 | + | ||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 15-51 | 7 | 24.0 | Medich | Castillo | Comer | 2:24 | 9,614 | - | ||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 3 | 6 | 15-52 | 7 | 24.0 | Matlack | Redfern | Darwin | 2:14 | 8,486 | -- | ||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 16-52 | 7 | 24.0 | Havens | Tanana | Davis | 2:00 | 19,010 | + | ||
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 16-53 | 7 | 25.0 | Barojas | Felton | 3:06 | 19,210 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 16-54 | 7 | 25.0 | Solomon | Felton | 2:48 | 22,934 | -- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 17-54 | 7 | 25.0 | Boris | Barojas | Davis | 3:03 | 21,309 | + | |
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 18-54 | 7 | 25.0 | Davis | Stieb | 2:20 | 14,052 | ++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 18-55 | 7 | 26.0 | McLaughlin | Felton | 2:33 | 20,074 | - | ||
| 74 | 74 | Monday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 7 | 8 | 18-56 | 7 | 26.5 | Lamp | Williams | Barojas | 3:03 | 8,428 | -- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 12 | 5 | 19-56 | 7 | 26.5 | Viola | Dotson | Felton | 2:56 | 9,181 | + | ||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 20-56 | 7 | 25.5 | Castillo | Hoyt | Davis | 2:10 | 8,269 | ++ | ||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 21-56 | 7 | 24.5 | Redfern | Burns | 2:59 | 26,360 | +++ | |||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 4 | 9 | 21-57 | 7 | 24.5 | Murray | Havens | McLaughlin | 2:33 | 7,503 | - | ||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 2 | 1 | 22-57 | 7 | 23.5 | O'Connor | Clancy | 2:02 | 9,591 | + | |||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 23-57 | 7 | 23.0 | Little | Stieb | 2:08 | 6,532 | ++ | |||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 3 | 24-57 | 7 | 22.5 | Castillo | Wilcox | 2:29 | 22,933 | +++ | ||
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 6 | 11 | 24-58 | 7 | 23.5 | Morris | Redfern | 2:52 | 14,859 | - | ||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 11 | 8 | 25-58 | 7 | 23.5 | Havens | McClure | Pacella | 2:57 | 22,654 | + | |
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 0 | 26-58 | 7 | 22.5 | O'Connor | Vuckovich | Davis | 2:36 | 33,132 | ++ | |
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 1 | 27-58 | 7 | 21.5 | Viola | Eckersley | 2:19 | 27,270 | +++ | ||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 27-59 | 7 | 21.5 | Hurst | Castillo | Stanley | 2:28 | 26,022 | - | |
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 28-59 | 7 | 21.5 | Havens | Clear | Davis | 2:26 | 26,910 | + | |
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 18 | 28-60 | 7 | 22.5 | Petry | O'Connor | Saucier | 3:01 | 19,108 | - | ||
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 6 | 28-61 | 7 | 23.5 | Morris | Viola | Tobik | 2:25 | 8,258 | -- | ||
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 8 | 28-62 | 7 | 23.5 | Ujdur | Castillo | Tobik | 2:51 | 10,971 | --- | ||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 1 | 29-62 | 7 | 22.5 | Havens | Underwood | 1:55 | 15,657 | + | |||
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 6 | 4 | 30-62 | 7 | 22.5 | Williams | Augustine | Pacella | 2:09 | 15,716 | ++ | ||
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 3 | 31-62 | 7 | 22.5 | O'Connor | Caldwell | Davis | 2:49 | 15,650 | +++ | ||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 4 | 10 | 31-63 | 7 | 22.5 | Haas | Viola | 2:56 | 18,634 | - | |||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 8 | 4 | 32-63 | 7 | 21.5 | Castillo | Hurst | Davis | 2:10 | 11,452 | + | ||
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 3 | 33-63 | 7 | 20.5 | Havens | Stanley | Davis | 2:34 | 15,194 | ++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 0 | 5 | 33-64 | 7 | 21.5 | Torrez | Williams | 2:15 | 10,961 | - | |||
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 10 | 4 | 34-64 | 7 | 20.5 | O'Connor | Bannister | 2:47 | 12,021 | + | ||
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 7 | 9 | 34-65 | 7 | 21.5 | Clark | Pacella | Caudill | 2:47 | 19,753 | - | |
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 6 | 34-66 | 7 | 22.5 | Perry | Castillo | Stanton | 2:32 | 14,703 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 5 | 34-67 | 7 | 23.5 | Langford | Havens | 2:02 | 11,653 | --- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 34-68 | 7 | 24.5 | Kingman | Davis | 2:42 | 13,034 | ---- | |
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 34-69 | 7 | 24.5 | Underwood | Felton | 2:30 | 20,738 | ----- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 8 | 7 | 35-69 | 7 | 24.5 | Pacella | Beard | Davis | 3:14 | 18,539 | + | |
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 9 | 7 | 36-69 | 7 | 23.5 | Little | Sanchez | Davis | 2:56 | 25,097 | ++ | |
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 37-69 | 7 | 23.5 | Havens | Renko | Felton | 2:23 | 26,184 | +++ | |
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 6 | 8 | 37-70 | 7 | 23.5 | Goltz | Felton | 2:22 | 28,054 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 8 | 6 | 38-70 | 7 | 22.5 | O'Connor | Tiant | Davis | 3:28 | 32,711 | + | |
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 38-71 | 7 | 24.0 | Norris | Viola | Underwood | 3:01 | 11,910 | - | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 7 | 38-72 | 7 | 24.5 | Keough | Castillo | 2:59 | 10,979 | -- | |||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 5 | 38-73 | 7 | 25.5 | Underwood | Havens | 2:45 | 10,902 | --- | |||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 5 | 2 | 39-73 | 7 | 24.5 | Redfern | Forsch | Davis | 2:40 | 17,189 | + | ||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 3 | 6 | 39-74 | 7 | 25.5 | Zahn | Felton | Goltz | 2:48 | 14,115 | - | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 39-75 | 7 | 26.5 | Tiant | Viola | Sanchez | 2:37 | 11,088 | -- | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 3 | 1 | 40-75 | 7 | 26.5 | Castillo | Perry | 2:20 | 7,696 | + | |||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 40-76 | 7 | 26.5 | Stanton | Havens | Caudill | 2:56 | 7,756 | - | ||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 2 | 10 | 40-77 | 7 | 27.0 | Beattie | Felton | 2:26 | 7,677 | -- | |||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 4 | 8 | 40-78 | 7 | 28.0 | Flanagan | O'Connor | 2:32 | 8,407 | --- | |||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 41-78 | 7 | 27.0 | Davis | Stoddard | 3:16 | 7,132 | + | ||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 9 | 3 | 42-78 | 7 | 27.0 | Castillo | McGregor | 2:16 | 15,529 | ++ | |||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 7 | 42-79 | 7 | 27.0 | Barker | Redfern | Spillner | 2:58 | 11,066 | - | |
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 43-79 | 7 | 27.0 | Williams | Sorensen | Davis | 2:31 | 12,778 | + | |
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 43-80 | 7 | 28.0 | Sutcliffe | O'Connor | 2:41 | 10,929 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 0 | 44-80 | 7 | 27.5 | Viola | John | 2:19 | 17,438 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 8 | 44-81 | 7 | 28.0 | Rawley | Castillo | 2:19 | 18,440 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 7 | 44-82 | 7 | 28.5 | Guidry | Havens | 2:11 | 24,252 | -- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 45-82 | 7 | 28.5 | Williams | Sorensen | Davis | 2:15 | 6,638 | + | ||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 10 | 0 | 46-82 | 7 | 28.5 | O'Connor | Sutcliffe | 2:37 | 10,458 | ++ | |||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 47-82 | 7 | 28.5 | Castillo | Spillner | 2:17 | 8,926 | +++ | |||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 47-83 | 7 | 29.5 | Rawley | Viola | 2:14 | 11,325 | - | |||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 47-84 | 7 | 29.5 | Guidry | Havens | 2:10 | 11,355 | -- | |||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 7 | 2 | 48-84 | 7 | 28.5 | Williams | Righetti | 2:25 | 9,829 | + | |||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 48-85 | 7 | 29.5 | Flanagan | O'Connor | 2:33 | 23,473 | - | ||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 3 | 48-86 | 7 | 29.5 | Palmer | Castillo | 2:03 | 19,536 | -- | ||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 48-87 | 7 | 29.5 | Davis | Redfern | 3:01 | 23,089 | --- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 48-88 | 7 | 30.0 | Smithson | Havens | Darwin | 2:35 | 0 | ---- | |
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 7 | 11 | 48-89 | 7 | 30.0 | Hough | Cooper | 2:13 | 9,817 | ----- | ||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 1 | 49-89 | 7 | 29.0 | Williams | Comer | Davis | 2:04 | 6,172 | + | |
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 2 | 49-90 | 7 | 30.0 | Matlack | O'Connor | Mirabella | 2:12 | 5,862 | - | |
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 0 | 50-90 | 7 | 29.0 | Castillo | Gura | 2:24 | 30,030 | + | ||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 9 | 50-91 | 7 | 30.0 | Leonard | Viola | 2:48 | 32,961 | - | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 7 | 18 | 50-92 | 7 | 31.0 | Tufts | Felton | Quisenberry | 3:22 | 32,363 | -- | |
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 2 | 0 | 51-92 | 7 | 31.0 | Williams | Mason | Davis | 1:53 | 2,795 | + | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 52-92 | 7 | 31.0 | O'Connor | Matlack | 1:55 | 3,382 | ++ | |||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 10 | 2 | 53-92 | 7 | 31.0 | Castillo | Tanana | 2:12 | 3,642 | +++ | |||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 8 | 53-93 | 7 | 31.0 | Hough | Viola | 2:54 | 6,718 | - | |||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 54-93 | 7 | 30.0 | Havens | Splittorff | Davis | 2:08 | 7,201 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 11 | 5 | 55-93 | 7 | 29.0 | Williams | Blue | 2:37 | 8,394 | ++ | |||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 9 | 4 | 56-93 | 7 | 28.0 | O'Connor | Castro | 2:43 | 7,255 | +++ | |||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 4 | 1 | 57-93 | 7 | 28.0 | Castillo | Leal | Davis | 2:28 | 2,830 | ++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 5 | 57-94 | 7 | 29.0 | Stieb | Viola | 2:30 | 3,282 | - | |||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 57-95 | 7 | 30.0 | Clancy | Havens | 2:15 | 3,676 | -- | ||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 13 | 57-96 | 7 | 30.5 | Brusstar | Boris | 4:18 | 8,660 | --- | |
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 13 | 57-97 | 7 | 31.5 | Hoyt | O'Connor | 2:43 | 9,846 | ---- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 58-97 | 7 | 30.5 | Castillo | Dotson | 2:17 | 10,559 | + | ||
| 156 | 156 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 3 | 58-98 | 7 | 31.5 | Clancy | Viola | 1:33 | 0 | - | ||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 58-99 | 7 | 31.5 | Jackson | Davis | 2:59 | 11,124 | -- | |
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 0 | 59-99 | 7 | 30.5 | Havens | Eichhorn | 2:21 | 10,364 | + | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 6 | 59-100 | 7 | 31.0 | Leal | O'Connor | Murray | 2:15 | 11,076 | - | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 60-100 | 7 | 31.0 | Castillo | Dotson | Davis | 2:17 | 9,427 | + | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 60-101 | 7 | 32.0 | Lamp | Viola | Kern | 2:21 | 3,888 | - | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 60-102 | 7 | 33.0 | Hoyt | Havens | 2:05 | 5,085 | -- | |||
| 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.