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| Season Summary | 91-71, Final Rank:2, GB: 13.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 14.5 | last on Wednesday, Sep 21, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 20 | last on Sunday, Oct 2 |
| Most Games under .500 | 7 | last on Monday, May 9 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 8 | Sunday, May 22 to Sunday, May 29 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Sunday, Apr 17 to Saturday, Apr 23 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 18 | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Sunday, May 22 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 12 | Saturday, Sep 10 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| 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 | Tuesday, Apr 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 8 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.5 | Rhoden | Viola | 2:23 | 55,802 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 0-2 | 6 | 1.5 | Guante | Berenguer | Righetti | 2:38 | 32,756 | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | 4 | 1.5 | Blyleven | Stieb | Reardon | 3:14 | 53,067 | + | ||
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 10 | 1-3 | 5 | 2.5 | Key | Lea | Ward | 2:41 | 49,451 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 4 | 2 | 2-3 | 5 | 1.5 | Viola | Stottlemyre | Reardon | 2:51 | 40,086 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Tuesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 6 | 3-3 | 4 | 0.5 | Niekro | Codiroli | Reardon | 3:26 | 5,084 | ++ | |
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 3-4 | 5 | 1.5 | Dedmon | Berenguer | 2:24 | 6,010 | - | ||
| 8 | 8 | Thursday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 3-5 | 5 | 2.5 | Candiotti | Lea | 2:42 | 5,570 | -- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Saturday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 4-5 | 6 | 1.5 | Berenguer | Wells | Reardon | 3:22 | 26,095 | + | |
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 2 | 4-6 | 6 | 1.5 | Flanagan | Straker | Henke | 2:24 | 37,532 | - | |
| 11 | 11 | Monday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 5 | 18 | 4-7 | 6 | 2.5 | Hudson | Blyleven | 3:33 | 30,442 | -- | |||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 7 | 4-8 | 6 | 3.5 | Leiter | Niekro | Righetti | 3:16 | 23,724 | --- | ||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4-9 | 7 | 4.0 | Righetti | Reardon | 3:28 | 22,369 | ---- | ||
| 14 | 14 | Friday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 6 | 11 | 4-10 | 7 | 4.5 | Swindell | Blyleven | Jones | 3:09 | 24,466 | ----- | ||
| 15 | 15 | Saturday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 10 | 4-11 | 7 | 5.5 | Farrell | Carlton | 2:46 | 41,297 | ------ | |||
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 13 | 7 | 5-11 | 7 | 5.5 | Berenguer | Bailes | 3:14 | 46,698 | + | |||
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 6-11 | 6 | 5.5 | Viola | Morgan | Reardon | 2:40 | 21,172 | ++ | ||
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 6 | 7-11 | 6 | 5.5 | Berenguer | Scherrer | Atherton | 3:14 | 17,757 | +++ | ||
| 19 | 19 | Thursday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 8-11 | 5 | 5.5 | Anderson | Boddicker | Portugal | 2:57 | 23,006 | ++++ | ||
| 20 | 20 | Friday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8-12 | 5 | 6.0 | Smith | Berenguer | 3:44 | 32,022 | - | |
| 21 | 21 | Saturday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 8 | 8-13 | 6 | 7.0 | Hurst | Lea | Gardner | 2:58 | 32,708 | -- | |
| 22 | 22 | Sunday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 9-13 | 4 | 7.0 | Viola | Sellers | 2:35 | 31,124 | + | ||
| 23 | 23 | Monday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 9-14 | 5 | 8.0 | Nieves | Blyleven | Jones | 2:23 | 11,811 | - | |
| 24 | 24 | Tuesday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 9-15 | 7 | 9.0 | Higuera | Anderson | 2:31 | 10,246 | -- | ||
| 25 | 25 | Wednesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9-16 | 7 | 10.0 | Schmidt | Atherton | 3:28 | 12,325 | --- | |
| 26 | 26 | Friday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W &V | 5 | 0 | 10-16 | 6 | 10.0 | Viola | Sellers | 2:52 | 29,767 | + | |||
| 27 | 27 | Saturday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 11-16 | 6 | 10.0 | Blyleven | Ellsworth | 2:43 | 33,416 | ++ | |||
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 6 | 10 | 11-17 | 6 | 11.0 | Boyd | Mason | 3:05 | 28,896 | - | |||
| 29 | 29 | Monday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 6 | 9 | 11-18 | 7 | 12.0 | Jones | Reardon | Crim | 3:28 | 21,541 | -- | ||
| 30 | 30 | Tuesday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 9 | 3 | 12-18 | 6 | 11.0 | Viola | Wegman | 2:35 | 25,587 | + | |||
| 31 | 31 | Wednesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 2 | 1 | 13-18 | 6 | 10.0 | Atherton | Bosio | Reardon | 2:57 | 24,510 | ++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Friday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 7 | 13-19 | 5 | 10.0 | Alexander | Anderson | 2:33 | 24,147 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Saturday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 7 | 0 | 14-19 | 5 | 10.0 | Straker | Tanana | 2:30 | 35,429 | + | ||
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 10 | 2 | 15-19 | 5 | 10.0 | Viola | Morris | 2:49 | 29,568 | ++ | ||
| 35 | 35 | Tuesday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 16-19 | 4 | 10.5 | Berenguer | Garber | 3:30 | 24,808 | +++ | |||
| 36 | 36 | Wednesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 8 | 16-20 | 5 | 10.5 | Saberhagen | Anderson | 2:45 | 23,518 | - | |||
| 37 | 37 | Thursday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 14 | 16-21 | 5 | 11.0 | Leibrandt | Straker | 3:15 | 26,860 | -- | |||
| 38 | 38 | Saturday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 3 | 16-22 | 5 | 11.5 | Kilgus | Blyleven | 2:19 | 31,332 | --- | ||
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 15 | 5 | 17-22 | 4 | 10.0 | Straker | Hough | 3:04 | 0 | + | ||
| 40 | 40 | Sunday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 18-22 | 4 | 10.0 | Viola | Guzman | Reardon | 2:46 | 19,018 | ++ | |
| 41 | 41 | Monday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 5 | 19-22 | 3 | 9.0 | Atherton | Saberhagen | Reardon | 3:13 | 27,231 | +++ | |
| 42 | 42 | Tuesday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 20-22 | 3 | 9.0 | Lea | Leibrandt | Reardon | 3:40 | 24,863 | ++++ | |
| 43 | 43 | Wednesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 21-22 | 3 | 9.0 | Blyleven | Gubicza | Reardon | 2:41 | 22,022 | +++++ | |
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 1 | 22-22 | 3 | 9.0 | Viola | Morris | 2:54 | 45,281 | ++++++ | |||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 2 | 23-22 | 3 | 9.0 | Atherton | Terrell | Reardon | 2:33 | 38,403 | +++++++ | ||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 3 | 24-22 | 2 | 9.0 | Anderson | Alexander | Reardon | 2:21 | 43,727 | ++++++++ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 1 | 6 | 24-23 | 3 | 10.0 | Russell | Blyleven | 2:46 | 40,300 | - | |||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 8 | 6 | 25-23 | 2 | 9.0 | Berenguer | Mohorcic | Reardon | 3:39 | 15,151 | + | ||
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 7 | 1 | 26-23 | 2 | 9.0 | Viola | Guzman | 2:38 | 22,361 | ++ | |||
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 5 | 8 | 26-24 | 2 | 10.0 | Stewart | Straker | Eckersley | 3:01 | 43,177 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 6 | 26-25 | 2 | 11.0 | Davis | Blyleven | Eckersley | 3:13 | 52,008 | -- | ||
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 27-25 | 2 | 10.0 | Atherton | Welch | Reardon | 3:21 | 43,567 | + | ||
| 53 | 53 | Monday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 4 | 28-25 | 2 | 9.0 | Berenguer | Long | 3:20 | 12,827 | ++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 8 | 10 | 28-26 | 2 | 9.0 | Horton | Atherton | Thigpen | 3:05 | 11,923 | - | |
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 29-26 | 2 | 8.0 | Berenguer | LaPoint | 2:32 | 11,428 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Thursday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 5 | 30-26 | 2 | 7.0 | Blyleven | Langston | Reardon | 2:54 | 9,506 | ++ | |
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 3 | 1 | 31-26 | 2 | 7.0 | Anderson | Nunez | Reardon | 2:37 | 19,605 | +++ | |
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 31-27 | 2 | 8.0 | Jackson | Viola | Schooler | 2:19 | 20,209 | - | |
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 32-27 | 2 | 7.0 | Lea | Swift | 2:41 | 23,650 | + | ||
| 60 | 60 | Monday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 32-28 | 2 | 7.5 | Perez | Straker | Thigpen | 2:40 | 28,521 | - | ||
| 61 | 61 | Tuesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 33-28 | 2 | 6.5 | Blyleven | LaPoint | Reardon | 2:12 | 25,527 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Wednesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 1 | 34-28 | 2 | 5.5 | Anderson | McDowell | Atherton | 2:43 | 25,512 | ++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 1 | 35-28 | 2 | 5.0 | Viola | Bankhead | Reardon | 2:49 | 35,226 | +++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 36-28 | 2 | 5.0 | Lea | Swift | Reardon | 2:48 | 40,561 | ++++ | ||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 3 | 1 | 37-28 | 2 | 4.0 | Blyleven | Moore | Reardon | 2:59 | 36,164 | +++++ | ||
| 66 | 66 | Monday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 5 | 6 | 37-29 | 2 | 5.0 | Moore | Anderson | 2:50 | 26,501 | - | |||
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 37-30 | 2 | 6.0 | Minton | Portugal | Harvey | 2:56 | 29,550 | -- | |
| 68 | 68 | Wednesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 38-30 | 2 | 6.0 | Viola | Fraser | 2:10 | 41,755 | + | |||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 11 | 5 | 39-30 | 2 | 5.0 | Atherton | Nelson | 2:57 | 30,826 | ++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 39-31 | 2 | 6.0 | Welch | Anderson | Eckersley | 2:23 | 38,299 | - | |
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 11 | 0 | 40-31 | 2 | 4.0 | Lea | Young | Berenguer | 3:02 | 0 | + | |
| 72 | 72 | Sunday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 0 | 41-31 | 2 | 4.0 | Viola | Stewart | Atherton | 2:50 | 43,154 | ++ | |
| 73 | 73 | Monday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 7 | 16 | 41-32 | 2 | 5.0 | McCaskill | Toliver | 3:22 | 22,167 | - | ||
| 74 | 74 | Tuesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 8 | 2 | 42-32 | 2 | 4.0 | Blyleven | Lazorko | 2:48 | 27,618 | + | ||
| 75 | 75 | Wednesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 42-33 | 2 | 5.0 | Finley | Anderson | Harvey | 2:31 | 29,050 | - | |
| 76 | 76 | Friday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 43-33 | 2 | 5.0 | Viola | Filer | Reardon | 2:47 | 30,192 | + | |
| 77 | 77 | Saturday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 2 | 44-33 | 2 | 5.0 | Lea | Bosio | 2:45 | 37,079 | ++ | ||
| 78 | 78 | Sunday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 44-34 | 2 | 6.0 | Wegman | Atherton | Plesac | 2:47 | 42,645 | - | |
| 79 | 79 | Monday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 1 | 45-34 | 2 | 6.0 | Anderson | August | Reardon | 2:06 | 24,431 | + | |
| 80 | 80 | Tuesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 4 | 46-34 | 2 | 4.5 | Berenguer | Smith | Reardon | 2:58 | 44,091 | ++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 8 | 1 | 47-34 | 2 | 3.5 | Viola | Hurst | 2:28 | 41,027 | +++ | |||
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 47-35 | 2 | 3.5 | Boyd | Lea | Stanley | 2:52 | 32,724 | - | ||
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 47-36 | 2 | 4.5 | Wegman | Blyleven | Plesac | 2:17 | 51,285 | -- | ||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 47-37 | 2 | 4.5 | Crim | Reardon | Plesac | 2:35 | 52,293 | --- | ||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 47-38 | 2 | 5.5 | Crim | Atherton | Plesac | 2:55 | 50,020 | ---- | ||
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 7 | 47-39 | 2 | 5.0 | Boddicker | Blyleven | 2:14 | 0 | ----- | ||
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 2 | 48-39 | 2 | 5.0 | Anderson | Tibbs | 2:49 | 29,578 | + | ||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 49-39 | 2 | 4.0 | Lea | Ballard | Reardon | 2:33 | 26,775 | ++ | |
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 50-39 | 2 | 4.0 | Toliver | Peraza | Reardon | 2:47 | 28,938 | +++ | |
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 2 | 51-39 | 2 | 3.0 | Viola | Bautista | Portugal | 2:55 | 22,248 | ++++ | |
| 91 | 91 | Monday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 51-40 | 2 | 4.0 | Lamp | Blyleven | Smith | 3:16 | 33,397 | - | |
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 5 | 51-41 | 2 | 5.5 | Smithson | Anderson | 2:25 | 32,036 | -- | ||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 7 | 9 | 10 | 51-42 | 2 | 5.5 | Bolton | Atherton | 3:36 | 35,313 | --- | |
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 1 | 52-42 | 2 | 5.5 | Viola | Ballard | 2:41 | 52,284 | + | |||
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 8 | 11 | 52-43 | 2 | 6.5 | Morgan | Blyleven | Niedenfuer | 3:28 | 43,927 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 1 | 53-43 | 2 | 6.5 | Anderson | Boddicker | 2:37 | 38,008 | + | |||
| 97 | 97 | Monday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 54-43 | 2 | 5.5 | Winn | Henke | 3:07 | 31,936 | ++ | |||
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 6 | 3 | 55-43 | 2 | 5.5 | Portugal | Ward | Reardon | 2:57 | 42,185 | +++ | ||
| 99 | 99 | Wednesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 4 | 55-44 | 2 | 5.5 | Cerutti | Viola | Henke | 2:44 | 51,687 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 7 | 55-45 | 2 | 5.5 | Swindell | Blyleven | 2:23 | 20,179 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 7 | 56-45 | 2 | 5.5 | Anderson | Nichols | 1:40 | 22,733 | + | |
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 12 | 4 | 57-45 | 2 | 5.5 | Toliver | Farrell | Portugal | 2:46 | 24,045 | ++ | |
| 103 | 103 | Monday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 3 | 57-46 | 2 | 6.5 | Stieb | Viola | Henke | 2:22 | 33,206 | - | |
| 104 | 104 | Tuesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 11 | 57-47 | 2 | 6.5 | Clancy | Lea | 2:27 | 30,327 | -- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 3 | 58-47 | 2 | 6.5 | Atherton | Musselman | Reardon | 3:08 | 31,340 | + | |
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 2 | 1 | 59-47 | 2 | 6.5 | Anderson | Flanagan | 2:09 | 21,140 | ++ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 5 | 60-47 | 2 | 6.0 | Toliver | Rhoden | Reardon | 2:48 | 0 | +++ | |
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 11 | 2 | 61-47 | 2 | 6.0 | Viola | Guetterman | 3:07 | 37,451 | ++++ | ||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 61-48 | 2 | 7.0 | Shields | Portugal | Righetti | 2:51 | 40,814 | - | |
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 5 | 61-49 | 2 | 7.0 | Dotson | Lea | 2:31 | 53,176 | -- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 2 | 62-49 | 2 | 7.0 | Anderson | Codiroli | Reardon | 2:45 | 36,316 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 63-49 | 2 | 7.0 | Toliver | Swindell | Reardon | 2:41 | 37,880 | ++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 10 | 4 | 64-49 | 2 | 7.0 | Viola | Nichols | 2:42 | 43,480 | +++ | |||
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 64-50 | 2 | 8.5 | Shields | Reardon | Righetti | 3:15 | 52,230 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 12 | 2 | 65-50 | 2 | 8.5 | Smith | Dotson | 2:57 | 51,963 | + | |||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 9 | 65-51 | 2 | 8.5 | Candelaria | Toliver | 3:13 | 51,316 | - | |||
| 117 | 117 | Monday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 2 | 1 | 66-51 | 2 | 8.0 | Viola | Terrell | 2:37 | 32,700 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 1 | 67-51 | 2 | 8.0 | Blyleven | Morris | Reardon | 2:32 | 29,534 | ++ | |
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 2 | 1 | 68-51 | 2 | 8.0 | Anderson | Alexander | Reardon | 2:47 | 34,622 | +++ | |
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 4 | 68-52 | 2 | 8.0 | Russell | Lea | 2:35 | 40,656 | - | |||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 0 | 5 | 68-53 | 2 | 8.0 | Witt | Toliver | 3:00 | 41,675 | -- | |||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 68-54 | 2 | 8.0 | Kilgus | Viola | Williams | 2:35 | 48,325 | --- | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 12 | 2 | 69-54 | 2 | 8.0 | Blyleven | Hough | 3:19 | 39,073 | + | |||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 0 | 70-54 | 2 | 8.0 | Anderson | Alexander | 2:44 | 37,704 | ++ | |||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 5 | 10 | 71-54 | 2 | 7.0 | Reardon | Henneman | 3:24 | 40,935 | +++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 8 | 2 | 72-54 | 2 | 6.0 | Toliver | Tanana | 2:15 | 46,054 | ++++ | |||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 72-55 | 2 | 7.0 | Leibrandt | Viola | 2:28 | 41,097 | - | ||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 72-56 | 2 | 8.0 | Gubicza | Blyleven | 2:37 | 38,326 | -- | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 12 | 72-57 | 2 | 8.0 | Montgomery | Anderson | 2:56 | 27,578 | --- | ||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 73-57 | 2 | 8.0 | Toliver | Russell | Reardon | 2:29 | 15,095 | + | |
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 6 | 8 | 73-58 | 2 | 9.0 | Vande Berg | Berenguer | 3:24 | 15,245 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 10 | 1 | 74-58 | 2 | 9.0 | Viola | Kilgus | 2:57 | 10,286 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Thursday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 74-59 | 2 | 9.5 | Gubicza | Blyleven | 2:24 | 28,865 | - | |||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 75-59 | 2 | 8.5 | Anderson | Bannister | Reardon | 2:52 | 36,291 | + | ||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 6 | 76-59 | 2 | 8.5 | Portugal | Gleaton | Reardon | 3:11 | 47,658 | ++ | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 76-60 | 2 | 9.5 | Sanchez | Straker | Farr | 3:08 | 40,967 | - | ||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 2 | 0 | 77-60 | 2 | 9.5 | Viola | Hanson | Reardon | 2:17 | 31,133 | + | ||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 3 | 8 | 77-61 | 2 | 9.5 | Campbell | Blyleven | Schooler | 2:58 | 17,185 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 77-62 | 2 | 10.5 | Swift | Schatzeder | 3:20 | 27,288 | -- | ||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 78-62 | 2 | 11.0 | Toliver | Long | Reardon | 2:24 | 11,548 | + | |
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 12 | 79-62 | 2 | 10.0 | Portugal | Rosenberg | Gonzalez | 4:11 | 21,119 | ++ |
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 79-63 | 2 | 11.0 | Hillegas | Blyleven | Patterson | 2:27 | 10,902 | - | |
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 79-64 | 2 | 11.5 | Moore | Anderson | 2:23 | 8,621 | -- | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 2 | 1 | 80-64 | 2 | 11.5 | Atherton | Swift | Reardon | 2:36 | 7,469 | + | |
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 2 | 80-65 | 2 | 11.5 | Langston | Toliver | Schooler | 2:09 | 7,130 | - | |
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 10 | 3 | 81-65 | 2 | 11.5 | Viola | Perez | 3:02 | 40,964 | + | |||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 82-65 | 2 | 10.5 | Blyleven | Hillegas | Reardon | 2:49 | 42,310 | ++ | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 83-65 | 2 | 10.5 | Anderson | Reuss | Reardon | 2:13 | 46,439 | +++ | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 5 | 8 | 83-66 | 2 | 11.5 | McCarthy | Portugal | Thigpen | 3:10 | 47,172 | - | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 83-67 | 2 | 12.5 | Stewart | Toliver | Eckersley | 3:03 | 42,186 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 12 | 83-68 | 2 | 13.5 | Davis | Viola | Honeycutt | 3:07 | 29,585 | --- | |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 83-69 | 2 | 14.5 | Welch | Blyleven | Eckersley | 2:42 | 23,200 | ---- | |
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 2 | 84-69 | 2 | 14.0 | Anderson | Clark | 2:58 | 20,338 | + | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 1 | 85-69 | 2 | 14.0 | Smith | Finley | 3:13 | 23,902 | ++ | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 86-69 | 2 | 14.0 | Reardon | Witt | 2:53 | 25,290 | +++ | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 2 | 87-69 | 2 | 13.0 | Viola | Petry | Berenguer | 2:58 | 34,745 | ++++ | |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 0 | 88-69 | 2 | 12.0 | Anderson | Welch | 2:19 | 48,300 | +++++ | |||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 5 | 88-70 | 2 | 13.0 | Burns | Blyleven | Eckersley | 2:29 | 47,620 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 6 | 88-71 | 2 | 14.0 | Young | Toliver | 2:46 | 39,528 | -- | |||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 5 | 89-71 | 2 | 14.0 | Viola | Witt | Reardon | 2:57 | 34,898 | + | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 10 | 5 | 90-71 | 2 | 13.0 | Lea | Petry | Straker | 2:50 | 52,625 | ++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 91-71 | 2 | 13.0 | Smith | Fraser | Reardon | 2:08 | 35,952 | +++ | ||
| 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.