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| Season Summary | 74-88, Final Rank:7, GB: 29.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 30 | last on Tuesday, Oct 2, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 9 | last on Saturday, Jun 2 |
| Most Games under .500 | 17 | last on Monday, Sep 17 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Tuesday, May 1 to Tuesday, May 8 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 9 | Thursday, Jun 7 to Saturday, Jun 16 and Wednesday, Aug 15 to Friday, Aug 24 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Thursday, Jun 21 |
| Most Runs Scored | 16 | Tuesday, Apr 24 and Friday, May 25 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Friday, Aug 3 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 14 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 13 | |
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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 | Monday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 8 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | Stewart | Anderson | Honeycutt | 2:50 | 48,219 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 0-2 | 7 | 2.0 | Welch | Smith | Eckersley | 2:37 | 19,757 | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 0 | 1-2 | 6 | 1.5 | Tapani | Moore | Aguilera | 2:26 | 27,775 | + | |
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 1-3 | 7 | 2.0 | McCaskill | West | Eichhorn | 2:26 | 24,479 | - | |
| 5 | 5 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | 4 | 1.5 | Anderson | Witt | Aguilera | 2:48 | 33,217 | + | |
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2-4 | 6 | 2.5 | Harvey | Aguilera | 3:45 | 34,407 | - | |
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 4 | 2-5 | 6 | 3.5 | Finley | Tapani | Harvey | 2:13 | 27,302 | -- | |
| 8 | 8 | Monday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 6 | 2-6 | 7 | 4.0 | Johnson | West | Schooler | 2:22 | 12,538 | --- | |
| 9 | 9 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 3-6 | 6 | 4.0 | Berenguer | Comstock | Aguilera | 3:00 | 9,053 | + | |
| 10 | 10 | Wednesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 4-6 | 6 | 4.0 | Leach | Young | Aguilera | 2:50 | 9,425 | ++ | |
| 11 | 11 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 13 | 1 | 5-6 | 4 | 3.5 | Tapani | Abbott | 2:41 | 37,975 | +++ | |||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 0 | 6-6 | 3 | 3.5 | West | Blyleven | Candelaria | 2:49 | 21,600 | ++++ | ||
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 2 | 5 | 6-7 | 5 | 3.5 | Finley | Anderson | Eichhorn | 2:45 | 20,875 | - | ||
| 14 | 14 | Monday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 6 | 6-8 | 5 | 4.0 | Tanana | Smith | Henneman | 2:43 | 13,129 | -- | ||
| 15 | 15 | Tuesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 16 | 4 | 7-8 | 4 | 4.0 | Candelaria | Ritz | 3:07 | 13,561 | + | |||
| 16 | 16 | Wednesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 7-9 | 5 | 5.0 | Robinson | Tapani | Henneman | 2:48 | 14,865 | - | ||
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 7 | 7-10 | 5 | 5.5 | Black | West | 2:22 | 12,753 | -- | ||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 3 | 7-11 | 6 | 5.5 | Farrell | Anderson | Orosco | 2:10 | 9,978 | --- | |
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 7-12 | 6 | 6.5 | Swindell | Smith | Jones | 2:15 | 14,956 | ---- | |
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 9 | 5 | 8-12 | 5 | 7.0 | Candelaria | Gibson | 2:55 | 10,563 | + | ||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 2 | 9-12 | 5 | 7.0 | West | Morris | 2:27 | 10,665 | ++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Thursday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10-12 | 4 | 6.5 | Leach | Henneman | Aguilera | 2:58 | 12,454 | +++ |
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 9 | 5 | 11-12 | 4 | 6.0 | Candelaria | Crim | 3:06 | 35,002 | ++++ | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 0 | 12-12 | 4 | 6.0 | Tapani | Higuera | 2:25 | 27,314 | +++++ | ||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 13-12 | 3 | 6.5 | Berenguer | Olin | Aguilera | 2:31 | 13,608 | ++++++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 7 | 13-13 | 4 | 7.5 | Valdez | Candelaria | Jones | 2:26 | 16,748 | - | ||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 14-13 | 3 | 7.0 | Smith | Swindell | Aguilera | 1:58 | 13,439 | + | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 6 | 14-14 | 3 | 8.0 | Wegman | Anderson | Plesac | 2:36 | 32,804 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 15-14 | 3 | 7.0 | Tapani | Knudson | Aguilera | 2:52 | 37,759 | + | ||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 8 | 6 | 16-14 | 3 | 6.0 | Berenguer | Krueger | Aguilera | 3:10 | 24,123 | ++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Monday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 2 | 17-14 | 3 | 5.0 | Anderson | Stewart | 2:19 | 18,966 | +++ | |||
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 17-15 | 3 | 5.0 | Cary | Smith | 2:29 | 16,586 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 1 | 18-15 | 3 | 5.0 | Tapani | LaPoint | Aguilera | 2:22 | 16,267 | + | |
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 0 | 19-15 | 3 | 4.0 | Candelaria | Harris | 3:09 | 31,779 | ++ | ||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 13 | 19-16 | 3 | 5.0 | Clemens | Anderson | 2:51 | 34,145 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 20-16 | 3 | 4.0 | Smith | Hetzel | Aguilera | 3:13 | 33,141 | + | |
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 3 | 21-16 | 3 | 4.0 | Guthrie | Milacki | 3:18 | 20,353 | ++ | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 10 | 21-17 | 3 | 5.0 | Williamson | Tapani | 2:52 | 18,892 | - | ||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 0 | 12 | 21-18 | 3 | 6.0 | Leary | Drummond | 2:34 | 17,195 | -- | |||
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 22-18 | 3 | 6.0 | Aguilera | Cadaret | 2:37 | 19,649 | + | |||
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 16 | 0 | 23-18 | 3 | 6.0 | Smith | Hetzel | 2:20 | 31,564 | ++ | |||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 5 | 24-18 | 3 | 6.0 | Candelaria | Murphy | Aguilera | 2:09 | 32,048 | +++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 3 | 1 | 25-18 | 3 | 5.5 | Tapani | Kiecker | Aguilera | 2:12 | 28,173 | ++++ | ||
| 44 | 44 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 26-18 | 3 | 4.5 | Berenguer | Price | Candelaria | 2:37 | 21,226 | +++++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 26-19 | 3 | 4.5 | Milacki | Anderson | 2:33 | 15,225 | - | |||
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 12 | 3 | 27-19 | 3 | 4.5 | Smith | Harnisch | 2:41 | 14,689 | + | |||
| 47 | 47 | Thursday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 28-19 | 3 | 4.5 | Guthrie | Kutzler | Aguilera | 3:06 | 13,124 | ++ | |
| 48 | 48 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 28-20 | 3 | 5.5 | Jones | Leach | 2:13 | 17,552 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 29-20 | 3 | 4.5 | Candelaria | King | Aguilera | 2:54 | 30,153 | + | |
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 5 | 29-21 | 3 | 4.5 | McDowell | Anderson | Thigpen | 2:14 | 15,952 | - | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 7 | 29-22 | 3 | 5.5 | Wells | Smith | 2:48 | 49,741 | -- | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 12 | 5 | 30-22 | 3 | 5.5 | Candelaria | Blair | 3:05 | 49,652 | + | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 10 | 30-23 | 3 | 5.5 | Stottlemyre | Tapani | 2:28 | 49,845 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 30-24 | 3 | 6.5 | Radinsky | Berenguer | Thigpen | 2:44 | 25,205 | -- | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 4 | 30-25 | 3 | 7.5 | King | Anderson | Thigpen | 3:10 | 27,991 | --- | ||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 30-26 | 3 | 8.5 | Hibbard | Smith | Thigpen | 2:59 | 21,268 | ---- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 30-27 | 3 | 8.0 | Stottlemyre | Candelaria | Ward | 2:44 | 18,298 | ----- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 10 | 30-28 | 3 | 9.0 | Cerutti | West | Henke | 2:59 | 17,086 | ------ | ||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 7 | 30-29 | 3 | 9.0 | Stieb | Anderson | 2:28 | 18,679 | ------- | |||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 5 | 30-30 | 3 | 10.0 | Appier | Drummond | 2:13 | 29,786 | -------- | ||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 30-31 | 3 | 11.0 | Gordon | Guthrie | 2:24 | 38,006 | --------- | ||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 31-31 | 3 | 11.0 | Tapani | Saberhagen | Aguilera | 2:27 | 28,370 | + | |
| 63 | 63 | Monday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 7 | 31-32 | 4 | 11.0 | Hough | West | 2:35 | 26,766 | - | ||
| 64 | 64 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 31-33 | 4 | 11.0 | Arnsberg | Candelaria | Rogers | 2:49 | 19,068 | -- | |
| 65 | 65 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 8 | 31-34 | 4 | 12.0 | Brown | Drummond | 2:12 | 37,821 | --- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Thursday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 14 | 31-35 | 5 | 12.5 | Gordon | Guthrie | McGaffigan | 3:34 | 22,489 | ---- | ||
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 32-35 | 4 | 11.5 | Tapani | Saberhagen | Aguilera | 2:17 | 21,033 | + | ||
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 1 | 33-35 | 4 | 10.5 | West | Gubicza | Savage | 2:17 | 26,795 | ++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 11 | 33-36 | 5 | 10.5 | Davis | Anderson | 2:35 | 39,566 | - | |||
| 70 | 70 | Monday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 9 | 1 | 34-36 | 4 | 10.5 | Erickson | Jeffcoat | Candelaria | 2:27 | 13,687 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 35-36 | 4 | 10.5 | Berenguer | Brown | Aguilera | 2:25 | 15,934 | ++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 9 | 35-37 | 4 | 10.5 | Ryan | Tapani | 2:32 | 28,495 | - | |||
| 73 | 73 | Thursday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 6 | 8 | 35-38 | 5 | 11.0 | Witt | West | 3:24 | 25,666 | -- | |||
| 74 | 74 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 6 | 35-39 | 5 | 12.0 | Johnson | Anderson | Schilling | 2:43 | 20,110 | --- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 0 | 6 | 35-40 | 5 | 13.0 | Milacki | Erickson | 2:24 | 21,080 | ---- | |||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 36-40 | 5 | 12.0 | Aguilera | Olson | 3:17 | 31,785 | + | |||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 37-40 | 5 | 12.5 | Tapani | Clemens | Aguilera | 2:49 | 20,521 | ++ | ||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 37-41 | 5 | 12.5 | Lamp | Aguilera | Reardon | 3:09 | 23,604 | - | ||
| 79 | 79 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 4 | 38-41 | 4 | 11.5 | Drummond | Murphy | Aguilera | 3:04 | 18,473 | + | ||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 12 | 39-41 | 5 | 11.5 | Berenguer | Hawkins | Aguilera | 3:23 | 0 | ++ |
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 39-42 | 5 | 11.5 | LaPoint | Smith | Righetti | 2:45 | 25,120 | - | |
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 12 | 39-43 | 5 | 11.5 | Guetterman | Leach | 3:25 | 30,201 | -- | |
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 40-43 | 5 | 11.5 | West | Leary | Drummond | 2:48 | 38,119 | + | |
| 84 | 84 | Wednesday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 7 | 11 | 40-44 | 5 | 12.5 | Sanderson | Anderson | Eckersley | 3:07 | 20,948 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 8 | 40-45 | 6 | 12.5 | Williamson | Berenguer | Olson | 3:19 | 0 | -- | |
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 1 | 41-45 | 6 | 12.5 | West | Johnson | Leach | 2:44 | 32,915 | + | |
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 41-46 | 6 | 13.5 | Williamson | Leach | 3:32 | 33,128 | - | |
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 10 | 3 | 42-46 | 6 | 13.5 | Anderson | Milacki | 2:56 | 42,817 | + | ||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 43-46 | 5 | 13.5 | Berenguer | Gray | Aguilera | 2:43 | 33,445 | ++ | |
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 43-47 | 5 | 13.5 | Bolton | Erickson | Reardon | 2:32 | 34,113 | - | |
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 43-48 | 6 | 15.0 | Lamp | Berenguer | Reardon | 2:21 | 34,838 | -- | |
| 92 | 92 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 43-49 | 6 | 15.5 | Leary | Smith | Righetti | 2:41 | 29,988 | --- | ||
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 44-49 | 6 | 14.5 | Anderson | LaPoint | 2:09 | 25,146 | + | |||
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 45-49 | 6 | 13.5 | Guthrie | Robinson | Aguilera | 2:12 | 27,108 | ++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 10 | 45-50 | 6 | 14.5 | Cadaret | Aguilera | 2:57 | 29,238 | - | |||
| 96 | 96 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 2 | 8 | 45-51 | 6 | 16.0 | Young | West | 2:24 | 17,380 | -- | |||
| 97 | 97 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 6 | 0 | 46-51 | 6 | 16.0 | Tapani | Johnson | Candelaria | 2:28 | 21,384 | + | ||
| 98 | 98 | Thursday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 4 | 6 | 46-52 | 6 | 16.0 | Swift | Anderson | Schooler | 2:32 | 29,455 | - | ||
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 9 | 4 | 47-52 | 6 | 15.0 | Smith | Moore | 2:45 | 30,744 | + | |||
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 47-53 | 5 | 15.0 | Stewart | Guthrie | 2:27 | 0 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 9 | 4 | 48-53 | 5 | 15.0 | Erickson | Welch | 2:37 | 51,017 | + | |||
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 49-53 | 5 | 14.0 | Aguilera | Honeycutt | 3:39 | 33,588 | ++ | ||
| 103 | 103 | Monday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 7 | 3 | 50-53 | 5 | 14.0 | Tapani | Blyleven | Leach | 2:27 | 19,608 | +++ | ||
| 104 | 104 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 2 | 13 | 50-54 | 5 | 14.0 | Finley | Anderson | 3:01 | 20,607 | - | |||
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 5 | 11 | 50-55 | 6 | 15.0 | Langston | Smith | Harvey | 2:57 | 21,260 | -- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 7 | 50-56 | 6 | 16.0 | Holman | Guthrie | 2:47 | 14,004 | --- | ||
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 13 | 51-56 | 5 | 16.0 | Aguilera | Schooler | 3:55 | 13,818 | + | |
| 108 | 108 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 51-57 | 6 | 16.0 | Jackson | Savage | 2:52 | 20,508 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 4 | 51-58 | 6 | 17.0 | Harris | Anderson | Comstock | 2:40 | 17,248 | -- | |
| 110 | 110 | Monday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 0 | 6 | 51-59 | 7 | 17.5 | Robinson | Smith | 2:33 | 27,583 | --- | |||
| 111 | 111 | Tuesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 51-60 | 7 | 18.5 | Navarro | Guthrie | Edens | 2:30 | 23,426 | ---- | ||
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 52-60 | 7 | 17.5 | Erickson | Knudson | Aguilera | 2:42 | 23,748 | + | ||
| 113 | 113 | Friday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 3 | 53-60 | 7 | 18.0 | West | Cerutti | 2:22 | 49,888 | ++ | ||
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 7 | 53-61 | 7 | 19.0 | Stieb | Leach | Henke | 2:45 | 49,873 | - | |
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 54-61 | 7 | 19.0 | Anderson | Key | 2:18 | 49,892 | + | ||
| 116 | 116 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 55-61 | 7 | 18.5 | Guthrie | Black | Aguilera | 2:41 | 11,270 | ++ | |
| 117 | 117 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 55-62 | 7 | 19.5 | Orosco | Drummond | Jones | 2:47 | 10,917 | - | |
| 118 | 118 | Thursday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 7 | 55-63 | 7 | 20.0 | Swindell | Tapani | Jones | 2:45 | 11,085 | -- | |
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 5 | 55-64 | 7 | 21.0 | Stieb | Erickson | Ward | 2:42 | 28,173 | --- | ||
| 120 | 120 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 3 | 55-65 | 7 | 22.0 | Key | Anderson | Henke | 2:12 | 32,605 | ---- | ||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 9 | 55-66 | 7 | 22.0 | Wells | Guthrie | 2:31 | 29,004 | ----- | |||
| 122 | 122 | Monday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 7 | 55-67 | 7 | 22.0 | Davis | West | 2:12 | 31,368 | ------ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 7 | 8 | 55-68 | 7 | 22.0 | Crawford | Abbott | Montgomery | 2:57 | 22,751 | ------- | |
| 124 | 124 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 6 | 55-69 | 7 | 23.0 | Gordon | Erickson | 2:29 | 24,483 | -------- | ||
| 125 | 125 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 2 | 55-70 | 7 | 24.0 | Barfield | Guthrie | Arnsberg | 2:22 | 22,301 | --------- | |
| 126 | 126 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 5 | 56-70 | 7 | 23.0 | West | Mielke | Aguilera | 2:57 | 27,073 | + | |
| 127 | 127 | Sunday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 1 | 56-71 | 7 | 23.0 | Witt | Leach | 2:18 | 17,691 | - | ||
| 128 | 128 | Monday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 57-71 | 7 | 22.5 | Anderson | Perez | 2:21 | 15,329 | + | |||
| 129 | 129 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 12 | 6 | 58-71 | 7 | 22.5 | Drummond | Peterson | Wayne | 3:01 | 19,899 | ++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 1 | 59-71 | 7 | 21.5 | Guthrie | Edwards | 2:15 | 18,159 | +++ | |||
| 131 | 131 | Thursday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 59-72 | 7 | 22.5 | McDowell | West | Thigpen | 2:28 | 15,771 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 6 | 12 | 59-73 | 7 | 23.5 | Parker | Abbott | 3:24 | 21,071 | -- | |||
| 133 | 133 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 5 | 9 | 59-74 | 7 | 23.5 | Nosek | Anderson | Henneman | 2:55 | 17,370 | --- | ||
| 134 | 134 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 60-74 | 7 | 23.5 | Erickson | Morris | Aguilera | 2:29 | 21,894 | + | ||
| 135 | 135 | Monday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 0 | 61-74 | 7 | 23.0 | Guthrie | Knudson | 2:22 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 9 | 5 | 62-74 | 7 | 23.0 | Aguilera | Plesac | 3:32 | 17,110 | +++ | ||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 1 | 63-74 | 7 | 23.0 | Drummond | Edens | 3:09 | 8,747 | ++++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 7 | 63-75 | 7 | 24.0 | Robinson | Wayne | 2:41 | 10,232 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 64-75 | 7 | 24.0 | Anderson | Black | Aguilera | 2:10 | 18,696 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 65-75 | 7 | 24.0 | Erickson | Walker | 2:09 | 17,394 | ++ | |||
| 141 | 141 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 9 | 12 | 65-76 | 7 | 25.0 | Olin | Savage | 2:58 | 14,414 | - | |||
| 142 | 142 | Monday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 65-77 | 7 | 25.0 | Abbott | Abbott | Harvey | 2:38 | 21,379 | -- | |
| 143 | 143 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 9 | 65-78 | 7 | 26.0 | Langston | Tapani | 2:19 | 21,908 | --- | ||
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 6 | 8 | 65-79 | 7 | 27.0 | Grahe | Drummond | Harvey | 2:54 | 21,480 | ---- | |
| 145 | 145 | Thursday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 10 | 66-79 | 7 | 26.0 | Berenguer | Nelson | 2:44 | 26,622 | + | |
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 9 | 66-80 | 7 | 27.0 | Stewart | Guthrie | 2:57 | 34,091 | - | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 66-81 | 7 | 28.0 | Welch | Abbott | Eckersley | 2:22 | 43,151 | -- | |
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 66-82 | 7 | 29.0 | Eckersley | Berenguer | 3:10 | 38,043 | --- | |
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 66-83 | 7 | 29.0 | Farr | Casian | Montgomery | 2:10 | 10,818 | ---- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 10 | 4 | 67-83 | 7 | 28.0 | Erickson | Gordon | 2:39 | 11,621 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 1 | 0 | 11 | 68-83 | 7 | 28.0 | Wayne | Montgomery | 3:10 | 10,690 | ++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Friday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 68-84 | 7 | 29.0 | Witt | Berenguer | 2:12 | 13,400 | - | |||
| 153 | 153 | Saturday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 2 | 0 | 69-84 | 7 | 29.0 | Casian | Chiamparino | Garces | 2:08 | 26,977 | + | ||
| 154 | 154 | Sunday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 70-84 | 7 | 28.0 | Erickson | Hough | Aguilera | 2:14 | 12,730 | ++ | ||
| 155 | 155 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 71-84 | 7 | 27.5 | Guthrie | McDowell | Aguilera | 2:52 | 24,455 | +++ | |
| 156 | 156 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 71-85 | 7 | 28.5 | Hibbard | Tapani | Thigpen | 2:14 | 25,617 | - | |
| 157 | 157 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 3 | 71-86 | 7 | 29.0 | Morris | Anderson | Henneman | 2:26 | 18,321 | -- | |
| 158 | 158 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 2 | 0 | 72-86 | 7 | 29.0 | Erickson | Aldred | Aguilera | 3:00 | 19,727 | + | |
| 159 | 159 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 1 | 72-87 | 7 | 30.0 | Terrell | Guthrie | Gleaton | 2:20 | 19,487 | - | |
| 160 | 160 | Monday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 5 | 73-87 | 7 | 29.0 | Tapani | Swan | Garces | 2:34 | 9,202 | + | ||
| 161 | 161 | Tuesday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 0 | 3 | 73-88 | 7 | 30.0 | Hanson | Abbott | 2:18 | 10,091 | - | |||
| 162 | 162 | Wednesday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 4 | 74-88 | 7 | 29.0 | Casian | Johnson | Aguilera | 2:31 | 9,826 | + | ||
| 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.