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| Season Summary | 85-77, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 127 | last on Sunday, Oct 4, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 145 | last on Oct 4, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | last on Monday, Sep 28, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 5 | last on Tuesday, May 26, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 13 | last on Monday, Sep 28 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Sunday, May 24 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Saturday, Jun 6 to Friday, Jun 12 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Tuesday, Aug 18 to Sunday, Aug 23 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Thursday, May 14 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Wednesday, Jun 24 and Saturday, Aug 15 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Saturday, Jun 6 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 4 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Frazier | Krueger | 3:04 | 43,548 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 1 | 2-0 | 1 | Tied | Viola | Plunk | Reardon | 2:46 | 12,577 | ++ | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 3-0 | 1 | up 1.0 | Berenguer | Howell | 3:07 | 11,586 | +++ | |||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 1 | 4-0 | 1 | up 1.0 | Smithson | Morgan | 2:44 | 38,122 | ++++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 5 | 6 | 4-1 | 1 | Tied | Nunez | Reardon | 2:46 | 26,312 | - | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 5 | 5-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Blyleven | Langston | Berenguer | 2:44 | 9,358 | + | |
| 7 | 7 | Monday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 5-2 | 1 | Tied | Howell | Frazier | 3:08 | 14,447 | - | ||
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 9 | 8 | 6-2 | 1 | up 1.0 | Atherton | Codiroli | Reardon | 3:43 | 10,435 | + | |
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 7-2 | 1 | up 1.0 | Smithson | Stewart | Reardon | 2:53 | 17,182 | ++ | |
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 7-3 | 1 | Tied | Witt | Blyleven | 2:25 | 36,175 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 1 | 7-4 | 2 | 1.0 | Candelaria | Viola | Moore | 2:24 | 36,881 | -- | |
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 5 | 8-4 | 1 | Tied | Portugal | Sutton | Reardon | 2:57 | 49,627 | + | |
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 13 | 5 | 9-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Smithson | Morgan | 2:41 | 11,927 | ++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 6 | 1 | 10-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Straker | Trujillo | 2:32 | 10,776 | +++ | |||
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 10-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Langston | Frazier | 2:38 | 11,247 | - | |||
| 16 | 16 | Thursday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 3 | 7 | 10-6 | 1 | Tied | Candelaria | Viola | Moore | 2:42 | 14,204 | -- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 8 | 10-7 | 2 | 1.0 | Sutton | Portugal | 3:04 | 20,116 | --- | |||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 7 | 11-7 | 1 | Tied | Reardon | Finley | 3:26 | 51,717 | + | |||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 10 | 5 | 12-7 | 1 | up 1.0 | Frazier | Cook | 2:51 | 19,116 | ++ | |||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 5 | 12-8 | 1 | up 0.5 | Clancy | Viola | 2:22 | 21,182 | - | ||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 8 | 12-9 | 1 | up 0.5 | Johnson | Smithson | 2:56 | 19,020 | -- | ||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 7 | 4 | 13-9 | 1 | up 2.0 | Blyleven | Rhoden | Reardon | 2:40 | 23,531 | + | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 13-10 | 1 | up 1.0 | John | Viola | Righetti | 3:11 | 33,173 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 14-10 | 1 | up 1.0 | Frazier | Stoddard | Reardon | 3:02 | 23,798 | + | ||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 14-11 | 1 | Tied | Bell | Smithson | Dixon | 2:48 | 8,891 | - | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 0 | 6 | 14-12 | 2 | 1.0 | McGregor | Blyleven | 2:21 | 10,840 | -- | |||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 15-12 | 2 | 0.5 | Viola | Flanagan | Reardon | 2:44 | 14,198 | + | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 7 | 11 | 15-13 | 3 | 0.5 | Guante | Reardon | 3:07 | 25,921 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 16-13 | 3 | 0.5 | Straker | Rasmussen | Reardon | 2:45 | 27,220 | + | |
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 6 | 16-14 | 4 | 0.5 | Hudson | Smithson | 2:39 | 41,691 | - | ||
| 31 | 31 | Monday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 10 | 4 | 17-14 | 3 | 0.5 | Blyleven | McGregor | 2:58 | 25,353 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 7 | 10 | 17-15 | 4 | 0.5 | Dixon | Reardon | 3:08 | 14,279 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 7 | 17-16 | 4 | 1.5 | Clancy | Portugal | 2:35 | 9,158 | -- | |||
| 34 | 34 | Thursday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 4 | 16 | 17-17 | 4 | 2.0 | Stieb | Straker | 3:23 | 10,053 | --- | |||
| 35 | 35 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 3 | 1 | 18-17 | 4 | 1.5 | Frazier | Hurst | 2:23 | 13,878 | + | |||
| 36 | 36 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 1 | 6 | 18-18 | 4 | 2.5 | Clemens | Blyleven | 2:31 | 23,414 | - | |||
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 10 | 8 | 10 | 19-18 | 3 | 2.5 | Atherton | Schiraldi | 3:47 | 20,716 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 19-19 | 4 | 4.0 | Schrom | Portugal | 2:54 | 7,045 | - | ||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 2 | 20-19 | 4 | 3.0 | Berenguer | Candiotti | 3:08 | 6,226 | + | ||
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 20-20 | 5 | 3.5 | Swindell | Blyleven | 2:23 | 7,401 | - | ||
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 3 | 20-21 | 5 | 4.5 | Morris | Viola | King | 2:43 | 15,423 | -- | ||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 5 | 21-21 | 2 | 3.5 | Anderson | Terrell | Reardon | 3:10 | 18,601 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 7 | 21-22 | 3 | 4.5 | Robinson | Atherton | 3:07 | 16,351 | - | |||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 22-22 | 2 | 5.0 | Blyleven | Nieves | Reardon | 2:31 | 23,276 | + | ||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 7 | 2 | 23-22 | 2 | 4.0 | Viola | Wegman | Frazier | 2:33 | 22,947 | ++ | ||
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 13 | 1 | 24-22 | 2 | 3.5 | Berenguer | Birkbeck | 2:36 | 26,203 | +++ | |||
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 7 | 15 | 24-23 | 2 | 3.5 | Terrell | Straker | 2:28 | 19,031 | - | ||
| 48 | 48 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 9 | 5 | 25-23 | 2 | 2.5 | Reardon | King | 3:25 | 0 | + | ||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 11 | 3 | 26-23 | 2 | 2.5 | Frazier | Tanana | 2:56 | 20,993 | ++ | ||
| 50 | 50 | Monday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 5 | 27-23 | 2 | 1.5 | Viola | Clemens | 2:56 | 20,221 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 27-24 | 2 | 1.5 | Schiraldi | Reardon | 3:33 | 16,910 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27-25 | 2 | 1.5 | Schiraldi | Klink | 3:37 | 20,638 | -- | |
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 9 | 15 | 27-26 | 3 | 2.0 | Harris | Blyleven | 3:03 | 16,092 | --- | |||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 13 | 28-26 | 2 | 2.0 | Atherton | Williams | 4:53 | 24,992 | + | ||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 7 | 4 | 29-26 | 2 | 2.0 | Atherton | Russell | 3:04 | 15,795 | ++ | |||
| 56 | 56 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 3 | 30-26 | 2 | 1.0 | Niemann | Gubicza | Reardon | 2:35 | 17,815 | +++ | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 31-26 | 1 | Tied | Niekro | Jackson | Atherton | 3:00 | 18,563 | ++++ | ||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 32-26 | 1 | up 1.0 | Reardon | Gleaton | 3:04 | 18,560 | +++++ | ||
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 33-26 | 1 | up 1.5 | Viola | Long | Reardon | 2:45 | 0 | ++++++ | |
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 34-26 | 1 | up 1.5 | Berenguer | Nielsen | Atherton | 3:08 | 18,906 | +++++++ | |
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 6 | 34-27 | 1 | up 1.0 | Dotson | Straker | James | 2:54 | 28,087 | - | |
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 35-27 | 1 | up 2.0 | Niekro | DeLeon | Berenguer | 2:44 | 17,334 | + | |
| 63 | 63 | Monday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 0 | 36-27 | 1 | up 2.0 | Blyleven | Wegman | 2:20 | 18,403 | ++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Tuesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 3 | 37-27 | 1 | up 2.0 | Viola | Crim | Reardon | 2:40 | 21,613 | +++ | |
| 65 | 65 | Wednesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 8 | 37-28 | 1 | up 2.0 | Clear | Straker | Plesac | 3:14 | 23,389 | - | |
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 38-28 | 1 | up 3.0 | Reardon | Winn | 3:10 | 24,123 | + | |||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 5 | 10 | 38-29 | 1 | up 2.0 | DeLeon | Blyleven | 2:56 | 33,636 | - | |||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 8 | 6 | 39-29 | 1 | up 3.0 | Berenguer | Winn | Reardon | 2:40 | 29,240 | + | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 4 | 40-29 | 1 | up 3.5 | Smithson | Candiotti | Frazier | 3:21 | 17,393 | ++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 14 | 8 | 41-29 | 1 | up 4.0 | Straker | Swindell | 3:11 | 19,885 | +++ | |||
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 42-29 | 1 | up 4.5 | Blyleven | Niekro | Reardon | 2:38 | 27,489 | ++++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 1 | 42-30 | 1 | up 3.5 | Witt | Viola | Mohorcic | 2:26 | 20,605 | - | |
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 6 | 11 | 42-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | Correa | Frazier | Russell | 3:08 | 0 | -- | |
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 7 | 42-32 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hough | Atherton | 3:09 | 35,677 | --- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 6 | 42-33 | 1 | up 1.0 | Guzman | Smithson | Mohorcic | 2:33 | 17,477 | ---- | |
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Jackson | Straker | 1:22 | 35,872 | ----- | |
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 43-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | Blyleven | Leibrandt | Reardon | 2:44 | 21,515 | + | |
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 43-35 | 1 | up 1.5 | Quisenberry | Atherton | 2:59 | 26,899 | - | ||
| 79 | 79 | Thursday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 10 | 43-36 | 1 | up 0.5 | Saberhagen | Niekro | 2:42 | 35,992 | -- | ||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44-36 | 1 | Tied | Reardon | Niedenfuer | 3:37 | 26,331 | + | ||
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 45-36 | 1 | Tied | Straker | Bell | Berenguer | 2:28 | 23,724 | ++ | ||
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 46-36 | 1 | Tied | Blyleven | Niedenfuer | 2:20 | 21,294 | +++ | |||
| 83 | 83 | Monday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 47-36 | 1 | up 1.0 | Viola | Guidry | 2:27 | 20,141 | ++++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Tuesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 7 | 12 | 47-37 | 1 | up 1.0 | Stoddard | Atherton | 3:11 | 27,697 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Wednesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 13 | 47-38 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rhoden | Smithson | Clements | 3:24 | 38,168 | -- | |
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 1 | 48-38 | 1 | up 2.0 | Straker | Bell | Reardon | 2:38 | 22,656 | + | |
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 12 | 13 | 48-39 | 1 | up 2.0 | Williamson | Frazier | 3:29 | 28,057 | - | ||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 49-39 | 1 | up 2.0 | Viola | Griffin | 2:40 | 25,690 | + | ||
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 5 | 49-40 | 1 | up 2.0 | Schmidt | Niekro | 2:11 | 27,486 | - | ||
| 90 | 90 | Thursday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 5 | 49-41 | 1 | up 1.0 | Key | Blyleven | Henke | 3:04 | 34,334 | -- | ||
| 91 | 91 | Friday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 50-41 | 1 | up 1.0 | Viola | Eichhorn | Reardon | 3:03 | 28,234 | + | ||
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 5 | 7 | 50-42 | 1 | up 1.0 | Stieb | Niekro | 2:55 | 38,365 | - | |||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 7 | 6 | 51-42 | 1 | up 1.0 | Schatzeder | Lavelle | Reardon | 3:09 | 32,095 | + | ||
| 94 | 94 | Monday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 7 | 51-43 | 1 | up 1.0 | John | Straker | 2:39 | 34,966 | - | |||
| 95 | 95 | Tuesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 52-43 | 1 | up 2.0 | Blyleven | Stoddard | 2:44 | 37,391 | + | |||
| 96 | 96 | Wednesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 53-43 | 1 | up 2.0 | Viola | Rhoden | Reardon | 2:46 | 40,054 | ++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Thursday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 53-44 | 1 | up 2.0 | Stieb | Frazier | 2:52 | 35,320 | - | ||
| 98 | 98 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 6 | 8 | 53-45 | 1 | up 2.0 | Eichhorn | Reardon | Henke | 3:00 | 30,382 | -- | |
| 99 | 99 | Saturday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 13 | 9 | 54-45 | 1 | up 2.0 | Schatzeder | Musselman | 4:05 | 36,395 | + | ||
| 100 | 100 | Sunday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 54-46 | 1 | up 2.0 | Key | Blyleven | Henke | 2:38 | 33,353 | - | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Monday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 55-46 | 1 | up 2.0 | Viola | Nunez | Reardon | 2:29 | 13,858 | + | |
| 102 | 102 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 6 | 55-47 | 1 | up 2.0 | Morgan | Niekro | 2:39 | 13,495 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Wednesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 8 | 55-48 | 1 | up 2.0 | Guetterman | Smithson | 2:26 | 14,320 | -- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Friday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 56-48 | 1 | up 2.5 | Blyleven | Lamp | Reardon | 2:36 | 32,097 | + | |
| 105 | 105 | Saturday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 56-49 | 1 | up 1.5 | Stewart | Viola | 2:23 | 40,929 | - | ||
| 106 | 106 | Sunday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 5 | 6 | 11 | 56-50 | 1 | up 1.0 | Nelson | Reardon | 4:02 | 33,215 | -- | |
| 107 | 107 | Monday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 11 | 3 | 57-50 | 1 | up 2.0 | Schatzeder | Witt | 2:59 | 33,983 | + | ||
| 108 | 108 | Tuesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 12 | 57-51 | 1 | up 1.0 | Sutton | Carlton | Lucas | 2:42 | 37,371 | - | |
| 109 | 109 | Wednesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 6 | 57-52 | 1 | Tied | Candelaria | Blyleven | 2:26 | 34,059 | -- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Thursday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 9 | 4 | 58-52 | 1 | up 1.0 | Viola | Stewart | 3:27 | 39,177 | + | |||
| 111 | 111 | Friday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 9 | 4 | 59-52 | 1 | up 2.0 | Niekro | Lamp | 2:51 | 36,146 | ++ | |||
| 112 | 112 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 9 | 2 | 60-52 | 1 | up 3.0 | Carlton | Young | 2:22 | 50,237 | +++ | |||
| 113 | 113 | Sunday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 7 | 5 | 61-52 | 1 | up 3.5 | Blyleven | Ontiveros | Reardon | 2:52 | 33,948 | ++++ | ||
| 114 | 114 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 7 | 2 | 62-52 | 1 | up 4.5 | Viola | Candelaria | 2:25 | 39,163 | +++++ | |||
| 115 | 115 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 2 | 8 | 62-53 | 1 | up 3.5 | McCaskill | Straker | 2:36 | 33,033 | - | |||
| 116 | 116 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 5 | 62-54 | 1 | up 2.5 | Witt | Carlton | 2:52 | 35,837 | -- | |||
| 117 | 117 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 6 | 3 | 63-54 | 1 | up 3.5 | Blyleven | Morgan | 2:38 | 26,291 | + | |||
| 118 | 118 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 14 | 4 | 64-54 | 1 | up 4.0 | Smith | Guetterman | 2:56 | 31,154 | ++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Sunday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 5 | 1 | 65-54 | 1 | up 4.0 | Viola | Moore | 2:33 | 28,006 | +++ | |||
| 120 | 120 | Monday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 66-54 | 1 | up 5.0 | Straker | Langston | Reardon | 2:26 | 29,623 | ++++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 11 | 66-55 | 1 | up 5.0 | Morris | Carlton | 2:36 | 32,053 | - | ||
| 122 | 122 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 7 | 66-56 | 1 | up 4.0 | Terrell | Blyleven | 2:12 | 38,163 | -- | ||
| 123 | 123 | Thursday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 8 | 66-57 | 1 | up 4.0 | Alexander | Niekro | 2:46 | 45,804 | --- | ||
| 124 | 124 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 11 | 66-58 | 1 | up 3.0 | Clemens | Viola | Gardner | 3:12 | 33,490 | ---- | |
| 125 | 125 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 66-59 | 1 | up 2.0 | Schiraldi | Straker | 2:40 | 29,794 | ----- | ||
| 126 | 126 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 6 | 66-60 | 1 | up 2.0 | Sellers | Carlton | Gardner | 2:43 | 32,956 | ------ | |
| 127 | 127 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 67-60 | 1 | up 2.0 | Reardon | King | 3:07 | 27,338 | + | |||
| 128 | 128 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 67-61 | 1 | up 1.0 | Alexander | Niekro | Henneman | 2:52 | 30,639 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 8 | 10 | 67-62 | 1 | up 0.5 | Petry | Reardon | Hernandez | 3:29 | 29,265 | -- | ||
| 130 | 130 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 1 | 67-63 | 1 | Tied | Bosio | Straker | 2:09 | 22,461 | --- | ||
| 131 | 131 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 12 | 3 | 68-63 | 1 | Tied | Blyleven | Barker | 3:01 | 34,834 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 10 | 6 | 69-63 | 1 | up 1.0 | Atherton | Crim | Reardon | 3:37 | 22,417 | ++ | |
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 0 | 9 | 69-64 | 1 | up 0.5 | Sellers | Niekro | 3:04 | 25,508 | - | |||
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 70-64 | 1 | up 1.5 | Straker | Nipper | Reardon | 2:42 | 19,565 | + | ||
| 135 | 135 | Thursday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 71-64 | 1 | up 2.0 | Atherton | Gardner | 2:56 | 20,009 | ++ | ||
| 136 | 136 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 2 | 1 | 12 | 72-64 | 1 | up 3.0 | Berenguer | Plesac | 3:44 | 27,380 | +++ | ||
| 137 | 137 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 2 | 1 | 73-64 | 1 | up 3.0 | Atherton | Crim | 2:51 | 51,122 | ++++ | |||
| 138 | 138 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 0 | 6 | 73-65 | 1 | up 3.0 | Higuera | Carlton | 2:24 | 36,586 | - | |||
| 139 | 139 | Monday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 8 | 1 | 74-65 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bittiger | LaPoint | 2:54 | 22,623 | + | |||
| 140 | 140 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 74-66 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bannister | Blyleven | Thigpen | 2:28 | 12,360 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 75-66 | 1 | up 3.0 | Viola | Winn | 2:19 | 15,394 | + | |||
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 13 | 10 | 11 | 76-66 | 1 | up 3.5 | Reardon | Gordon | Berenguer | 3:53 | 7,964 | ++ |
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 76-67 | 1 | up 3.5 | Jones | Berenguer | 2:25 | 9,156 | - | ||
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 3 | 10 | 77-67 | 1 | up 4.5 | Reardon | Candiotti | 3:08 | 7,474 | + | |
| 145 | 145 | Monday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 8 | 77-68 | 1 | up 3.5 | LaPoint | Viola | 2:38 | 7,898 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 6 | 77-69 | 1 | up 3.5 | McDowell | Niekro | 2:26 | 7,947 | -- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Wednesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 10 | 13 | 77-70 | 1 | up 3.5 | DeLeon | Smithson | Thigpen | 3:26 | 8,921 | --- | |
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 4 | 78-70 | 1 | up 3.5 | Blyleven | Akerfelds | 2:50 | 23,173 | + | |||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 79-70 | 1 | up 3.5 | Viola | Candiotti | Reardon | 2:21 | 23,581 | ++ | ||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 80-70 | 1 | up 3.5 | Straker | Yett | Reardon | 2:37 | 18,906 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 81-70 | 1 | up 4.0 | Niekro | Harris | Reardon | 2:50 | 18,294 | ++++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 82-70 | 1 | up 5.0 | Berenguer | Guzman | Reardon | 2:47 | 20,640 | +++++ | ||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 4 | 0 | 83-70 | 1 | up 6.0 | Viola | Hough | 2:40 | 23,496 | ++++++ | |||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 6 | 83-71 | 1 | up 6.0 | Farr | Schatzeder | Garber | 3:07 | 52,704 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 7 | 83-72 | 1 | up 5.0 | Davis | Reardon | Garber | 3:04 | 46,263 | -- | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 1 | 84-72 | 1 | up 6.0 | Blyleven | Leibrandt | 2:12 | 53,106 | + | |||
| 157 | 157 | Monday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 85-72 | 1 | up 7.0 | Berenguer | Guzman | Reardon | 2:56 | 9,986 | ++ | |
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 7 | 85-73 | 1 | up 6.0 | Hough | Atherton | 2:50 | 10,328 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 85-74 | 1 | up 5.0 | Witt | Straker | 2:28 | 9,309 | -- | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 6 | 85-75 | 1 | up 4.0 | Saberhagen | Viola | 2:23 | 22,578 | --- | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 85-76 | 1 | up 3.0 | Leibrandt | Blyleven | Garber | 2:18 | 28,082 | ---- | |
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 10 | 85-77 | 1 | up 2.0 | Gubicza | Niekro | 2:24 | 26,341 | ----- | ||
| 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.