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| Season Summary | 95-67, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 99 | last on Sunday, Oct 6, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 113 | last on Oct 6, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 10 | last on Tuesday, Oct 1, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 7.5 | last on Monday, May 27, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 31 | last on Tuesday, Oct 1 |
| Most Games under .500 | 7 | last on Saturday, Apr 20 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 15 | Saturday, Jun 1 to Sunday, Jun 16 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 7 | Saturday, Apr 13 to Saturday, Apr 20 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 15 | Saturday, Apr 13 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Sunday, Jul 21 and Sunday, Sep 1 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 12 | Wednesday, May 22, Friday, Aug 16 and Thursday, Oct 3 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 8 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 12 | |
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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 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 7 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | Stewart | Morris | 2:55 | 44,373 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 1 | 1-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Anderson | Welch | Aguilera | 2:13 | 22,958 | + | |
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 3 | 1-2 | 5 | 2.0 | Slusarski | Erickson | Eckersley | 2:26 | 22,169 | - | |
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 6 | 0 | 2-2 | 5 | 1.5 | Tapani | Abbott | 2:28 | 45,866 | + | |||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 9 | 15 | 2-3 | 5 | 2.5 | Bailes | Guthrie | 3:27 | 32,782 | - | |||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 4 | 9 | 2-4 | 5 | 3.0 | Finley | Morris | 2:53 | 22,513 | -- | |||
| 7 | 7 | Monday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 2-5 | 5 | 4.0 | Johnson | Anderson | 2:35 | 15,120 | --- | ||
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 3 | 2-6 | 6 | 5.0 | Holman | Erickson | 2:13 | 8,837 | ---- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2-7 | 7 | 6.0 | Jackson | Aguilera | 3:09 | 9,628 | ----- | |
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 2 | 2-8 | 7 | 5.5 | Finley | Morris | 2:12 | 22,583 | ------ | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 2-9 | 7 | 5.5 | McCaskill | Anderson | Harvey | 2:00 | 34,767 | ------- | |
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 3-9 | 7 | 5.0 | Erickson | Eichhorn | Aguilera | 2:34 | 41,337 | + | |
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 4-9 | 7 | 5.0 | Bedrosian | Klink | Aguilera | 3:11 | 12,998 | ++ | ||
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 5 | 7 | 4-10 | 7 | 6.0 | Dressendorfer | Guthrie | Eckersley | 2:47 | 12,574 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 7 | 4 | 5-10 | 7 | 5.0 | Morris | Stewart | Aguilera | 2:52 | 18,950 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Thursday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6-10 | 7 | 4.5 | Bedrosian | Jackson | 2:59 | 10,230 | ++ | ||
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 6 | 0 | 7-10 | 7 | 3.5 | Erickson | Johnson | 2:45 | 15,965 | +++ | |||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 2 | 8-10 | 6 | 3.5 | Tapani | Holman | 2:25 | 16,247 | ++++ | |||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 8 | 2 | 9-10 | 3 | 3.5 | Morris | Bankhead | 2:44 | 18,039 | +++++ | |||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 7 | 9-11 | 6 | 4.0 | Gray | Bedrosian | Reardon | 2:47 | 15,343 | - | ||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 1 | 0 | 10-11 | 4 | 4.0 | Erickson | Gray | 2:14 | 14,449 | + | |||
| 22 | 22 | Thursday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 10-12 | 5 | 4.5 | Brown | Tapani | Crim | 2:42 | 8,902 | - | |
| 23 | 23 | Friday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 6 | 10-13 | 5 | 5.5 | Navarro | Aguilera | Nunez | 2:38 | 13,033 | -- | |
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 4 | 11-13 | 5 | 4.5 | Guthrie | Bosio | Bedrosian | 2:39 | 26,503 | + | |
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12-13 | 5 | 3.5 | Aguilera | Nunez | 3:02 | 11,183 | ++ | |
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 3 | 13-13 | 5 | 3.5 | Erickson | Harris | 2:57 | 23,815 | +++ | ||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 8 | 13-14 | 5 | 4.5 | Clemens | Morris | 2:53 | 25,134 | - | ||
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 0 | 3 | 13-15 | 6 | 5.0 | Petry | Tapani | Gibson | 2:26 | 10,765 | -- | ||
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 2 | 14-15 | 5 | 4.0 | Guthrie | Terrell | Aguilera | 2:46 | 16,012 | + | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 15-15 | 5 | 4.0 | Willis | Henneman | Aguilera | 3:13 | 23,063 | ++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 8 | 3 | 16-15 | 3 | 3.0 | Erickson | Gullickson | 2:22 | 13,189 | +++ | |||
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 1 | 17-15 | 3 | 1.5 | Morris | Navarro | 2:31 | 13,395 | ++++ | |||
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 2 | 4 | 17-16 | 3 | 2.5 | Bosio | Tapani | Plesac | 2:27 | 15,992 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Thursday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 6 | 17-17 | 5 | 3.5 | Wegman | Anderson | Holmes | 2:41 | 15,182 | -- | ||
| 35 | 35 | Friday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 1 | 18-17 | 4 | 3.0 | Erickson | Gullickson | Bedrosian | 3:08 | 13,673 | + | |
| 36 | 36 | Saturday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 1 | 19-17 | 4 | 3.0 | Guthrie | Tanana | Aguilera | 2:55 | 31,432 | ++ | |
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 8 | 19-18 | 5 | 3.5 | Petry | Morris | 2:33 | 17,148 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 5 | 6 | 19-19 | 5 | 3.5 | Witt | Tapani | Russell | 2:54 | 12,427 | -- | ||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19-20 | 6 | 4.0 | Alexander | Willis | Russell | 3:32 | 13,283 | --- | |
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 6 | 10 | 11 | 19-21 | 6 | 4.5 | Russell | Bedrosian | 4:00 | 16,036 | ---- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 20-21 | 6 | 4.5 | Morris | Davis | Aguilera | 2:28 | 16,394 | + | ||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 11 | 20-22 | 6 | 5.5 | Gubicza | Guthrie | 2:56 | 19,943 | - | |||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 5 | 20-23 | 6 | 6.5 | Saberhagen | Tapani | 2:22 | 21,941 | -- | |||
| 44 | 44 | Monday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 11 | 20-24 | 6 | 7.5 | Brown | Anderson | 3:11 | 31,302 | --- | ||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 0 | 21-24 | 6 | 6.5 | Erickson | Guzman | Aguilera | 2:36 | 26,518 | + | |
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 1 | 22-24 | 5 | 5.5 | Morris | Ryan | 2:24 | 31,340 | ++ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Thursday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 23-24 | 5 | 5.5 | Guthrie | Gubicza | Aguilera | 2:36 | 31,940 | +++ | |
| 48 | 48 | Friday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 23-25 | 5 | 5.5 | Saberhagen | Tapani | 2:07 | 26,321 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 24-25 | 5 | 5.5 | Anderson | Appier | 2:57 | 29,985 | + | ||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 25-25 | 5 | 4.5 | Erickson | Gordon | Aguilera | 2:38 | 25,394 | ++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Monday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 26-25 | 5 | 4.5 | Morris | Robinson | Aguilera | 2:40 | 12,497 | +++ | ||
| 52 | 52 | Tuesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 27-25 | 5 | 4.5 | Willis | Olson | 3:22 | 11,672 | ++++ | ||
| 53 | 53 | Wednesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 28-25 | 4 | 4.5 | Tapani | Mesa | Aguilera | 2:37 | 12,464 | +++++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 29-25 | 3 | 4.0 | Anderson | Candiotti | Aguilera | 2:13 | 18,200 | ++++++ | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 30-25 | 3 | 3.0 | Erickson | Nagy | Aguilera | 2:33 | 25,313 | +++++++ | ||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 2 | 31-25 | 3 | 3.0 | Morris | Nichols | 2:25 | 20,677 | ++++++++ | |||
| 57 | 57 | Monday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 8 | 5 | 32-25 | 3 | 3.0 | Abbott | King | Aguilera | 2:52 | 14,171 | +++++++++ | ||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 3 | 33-25 | 3 | 2.0 | Tapani | Habyan | Aguilera | 2:23 | 18,233 | ++++++++++ | ||
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 34-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Anderson | Johnson | Bedrosian | 2:38 | 19,178 | +++++++++++ | ||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 10 | 3 | 35-25 | 2 | 1.5 | Erickson | Witt | 2:49 | 29,867 | ++++++++++++ | |||
| 61 | 61 | Friday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 0 | 36-25 | 2 | 1.0 | Morris | Shaw | 2:29 | 55,158 | +++++++++++++ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Saturday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 11 | 7 | 37-25 | 2 | 0.5 | Abbott | Mutis | 2:58 | 20,997 | ++++++++++++++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 10 | 38-25 | 1 | up 0.5 | Aguilera | Hillegas | 2:30 | 20,725 | +++++++++++++++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Monday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 38-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Williamson | Aguilera | 3:07 | 25,600 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Tuesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 9 | 2 | 39-26 | 1 | up 1.5 | Erickson | Smith | Willis | 2:53 | 26,401 | + | |
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 4 | 40-26 | 1 | up 1.5 | Morris | Olson | 2:48 | 44,742 | ++ | ||
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 41-26 | 1 | up 3.0 | Guthrie | Sanderson | Aguilera | 2:59 | 32,209 | +++ | |
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 42-26 | 1 | up 4.0 | Tapani | Taylor | Aguilera | 2:35 | 25,352 | ++++ | |
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 11 | 42-27 | 1 | up 3.0 | Kamieniecki | Anderson | 2:56 | 36,952 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Monday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 0 | 43-27 | 1 | up 3.5 | Erickson | Johnson | 2:03 | 23,142 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 8 | 6 | 44-27 | 1 | up 4.5 | Morris | Stottlemyre | Aguilera | 2:54 | 26,350 | ++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 5 | 44-28 | 1 | up 3.5 | Wells | Guthrie | Henke | 2:38 | 25,503 | - | ||
| 73 | 73 | Thursday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 1 | 44-29 | 1 | up 3.0 | Guzman | Tapani | Henke | 2:14 | 35,598 | -- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Friday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 4 | 44-30 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hough | Anderson | Thigpen | 2:49 | 37,865 | --- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Saturday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 8 | 44-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hibbard | Erickson | 2:10 | 50,525 | ---- | |||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 45-31 | 1 | up 3.0 | Morris | McDowell | 2:12 | 51,085 | + | |||
| 77 | 77 | Monday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 45-32 | 1 | up 2.0 | Thigpen | Willis | 3:48 | 26,427 | - | ||
| 78 | 78 | Tuesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 45-33 | 1 | up 1.0 | Ward | Leach | 2:56 | 48,676 | -- | ||
| 79 | 79 | Wednesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 4 | 45-34 | 1 | Tied | Candiotti | Anderson | 2:31 | 50,071 | --- | ||
| 80 | 80 | Thursday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 1 | 0 | 46-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | West | Key | Aguilera | 2:20 | 50,293 | + | |
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 4 | 46-35 | 1 | up 1.0 | McDowell | Morris | Thigpen | 2:44 | 41,657 | - | |
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 47-35 | 1 | up 1.0 | Willis | Radinsky | Aguilera | 3:06 | 41,606 | + | |
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 47-36 | 1 | Tied | Patterson | Guthrie | Thigpen | 2:45 | 41,900 | - | |
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 48-36 | 1 | up 1.0 | Willis | Harris | 2:33 | 31,409 | + | |||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 49-36 | 1 | up 2.0 | Abbott | Clemens | Aguilera | 2:53 | 37,262 | ++ | ||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 3 | 1 | 50-36 | 1 | up 3.0 | Morris | Morton | Aguilera | 2:27 | 42,803 | +++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 50-37 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hesketh | West | Reardon | 2:50 | 38,066 | - | ||
| 88 | 88 | Monday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 11 | 7 | 51-37 | 1 | up 3.0 | Guthrie | Hunter | Bedrosian | 3:12 | 16,201 | + | |
| 89 | 89 | Tuesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 51-38 | 1 | up 2.5 | Henry | Aguilera | 2:42 | 15,954 | - | ||
| 90 | 90 | Thursday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 11 | 3 | 52-38 | 1 | up 4.0 | Morris | Morton | 2:34 | 34,630 | + | ||
| 91 | 91 | Friday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 53-38 | 1 | up 4.5 | Bedrosian | Harris | Aguilera | 3:53 | 33,758 | ++ |
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 0 | 54-38 | 1 | up 4.5 | Erickson | Gardiner | Guthrie | 2:28 | 33,005 | +++ | |
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 14 | 1 | 55-38 | 1 | up 5.5 | Tapani | Bolton | 2:45 | 32,849 | ++++ | ||
| 94 | 94 | Tuesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 6 | 55-39 | 1 | up 4.0 | Tanana | Anderson | Henneman | 2:53 | 21,976 | - | |
| 95 | 95 | Wednesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 6 | 55-40 | 1 | up 4.0 | Gullickson | West | Henneman | 3:15 | 18,391 | -- | |
| 96 | 96 | Thursday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 9 | 3 | 56-40 | 1 | up 4.0 | Erickson | Aldred | Bedrosian | 3:07 | 20,007 | + | |
| 97 | 97 | Friday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 6 | 3 | 57-40 | 1 | up 4.5 | Tapani | Holmes | Aguilera | 2:43 | 39,211 | ++ | ||
| 98 | 98 | Saturday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 7 | 4 | 58-40 | 1 | up 4.0 | Willis | Wegman | 3:06 | 47,632 | +++ | |||
| 99 | 99 | Sunday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 2 | 11 | 58-41 | 1 | up 3.0 | Navarro | Morris | 2:47 | 47,524 | - | |||
| 100 | 100 | Monday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 3 | 59-41 | 1 | up 3.0 | West | Gullickson | Aguilera | 3:05 | 35,599 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 9 | 7 | 60-41 | 1 | up 3.0 | Willis | Cerutti | 3:18 | 42,035 | ++ | |||
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 12 | 3 | 61-41 | 1 | up 3.0 | Tapani | Sanderson | 2:44 | 24,300 | +++ | ||
| 103 | 103 | Thursday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 8 | 61-42 | 1 | up 2.0 | Cadaret | Abbott | 2:35 | 25,711 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Friday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 61-43 | 1 | up 2.0 | Welch | Morris | 2:41 | 44,160 | -- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Saturday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 8 | 6 | 62-43 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bedrosian | Klink | Aguilera | 2:59 | 43,119 | + | |
| 106 | 106 | Sunday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 2 | 63-43 | 1 | up 3.0 | Erickson | Stewart | Willis | 2:55 | 44,088 | ++ | |
| 107 | 107 | Monday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 4 | 64-43 | 1 | up 3.5 | Tapani | Grahe | Aguilera | 2:33 | 25,439 | +++ | |
| 108 | 108 | Tuesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 4 | 65-43 | 1 | up 3.5 | Banks | Finley | 2:33 | 27,872 | ++++ | ||
| 109 | 109 | Wednesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 8 | 65-44 | 1 | up 2.5 | Abbott | Morris | 2:48 | 30,726 | - | ||
| 110 | 110 | Friday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 66-44 | 1 | up 2.0 | West | Johnson | Aguilera | 2:45 | 31,112 | + | |
| 111 | 111 | Saturday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 8 | 66-45 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hanson | Erickson | 2:42 | 29,548 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Sunday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 67-45 | 1 | up 1.0 | Tapani | Krueger | 2:05 | 31,007 | + | ||
| 113 | 113 | Monday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 68-45 | 1 | up 2.0 | Morris | Beasley | Aguilera | 2:56 | 31,789 | ++ | ||
| 114 | 114 | Tuesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 3 | 8 | 68-46 | 1 | up 2.5 | Abbott | Banks | Harvey | 3:27 | 41,354 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Wednesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 4 | 7 | 68-47 | 1 | up 1.5 | McCaskill | West | Harvey | 3:08 | 26,242 | -- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Thursday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 1 | 9 | 68-48 | 1 | up 1.5 | Langston | Erickson | 2:25 | 31,880 | --- | |||
| 117 | 117 | Friday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 12 | 69-48 | 1 | up 2.5 | Aguilera | Nelson | 4:10 | 50,019 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Saturday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 12 | 4 | 70-48 | 1 | up 3.5 | Morris | Welch | 2:43 | 52,080 | ++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Sunday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 4 | 71-48 | 1 | up 3.5 | Willis | Honeycutt | Aguilera | 2:55 | 44,295 | +++ | ||
| 120 | 120 | Monday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 7 | 8 | 71-49 | 1 | up 3.5 | Klink | Bedrosian | Eckersley | 2:51 | 45,544 | - | ||
| 121 | 121 | Tuesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 10 | 5 | 72-49 | 1 | up 4.5 | Erickson | Hanson | Guthrie | 2:52 | 32,090 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Wednesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 9 | 1 | 73-49 | 1 | up 5.5 | Tapani | Krueger | 2:21 | 30,631 | ++ | |||
| 123 | 123 | Thursday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 74-49 | 1 | up 6.0 | Aguilera | Schooler | 3:40 | 35,874 | +++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Friday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 74-50 | 1 | up 6.0 | Olson | Willis | 3:01 | 35,365 | - | ||
| 125 | 125 | Saturday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 75-50 | 1 | up 7.0 | Bedrosian | Flanagan | Aguilera | 2:51 | 37,958 | + | |
| 126 | 126 | Sunday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 75-51 | 1 | up 7.0 | Mussina | Erickson | Frohwirth | 3:04 | 36,202 | - | |
| 127 | 127 | Monday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 76-51 | 1 | up 8.0 | Tapani | Otto | Aguilera | 2:17 | 5,003 | + | |
| 128 | 128 | Tuesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 76-52 | 1 | up 8.0 | Swindell | Morris | Olin | 2:33 | 7,664 | - | |
| 129 | 129 | Wednesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 77-52 | 1 | up 8.0 | West | King | Aguilera | 2:46 | 5,317 | + | |
| 130 | 130 | Friday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 5 | 11 | 77-53 | 1 | up 7.0 | Milacki | Edens | 3:20 | 30,214 | - | |||
| 131 | 131 | Saturday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 78-53 | 1 | up 7.0 | Tapani | Mussina | Aguilera | 2:39 | 38,395 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Sunday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 14 | 3 | 79-53 | 1 | up 8.0 | Morris | Rhodes | 3:02 | 31,435 | ++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Monday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 3 | 80-53 | 1 | up 8.5 | Erickson | King | Aguilera | 2:56 | 28,267 | +++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 8 | 80-54 | 1 | up 8.0 | Blair | West | Hillegas | 2:55 | 19,760 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 81-54 | 1 | up 7.5 | Tapani | Taylor | Aguilera | 2:18 | 27,804 | + | ||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 82-54 | 1 | up 7.5 | Willis | Guetterman | 2:54 | 35,504 | ++ | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 83-54 | 1 | up 8.5 | Erickson | Johnson | Bedrosian | 2:55 | 27,281 | +++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 10 | 4 | 84-54 | 1 | up 8.5 | Edens | Boddicker | Wayne | 3:20 | 22,189 | ++++ | |
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 2 | 85-54 | 1 | up 8.5 | Anderson | Gubicza | Aguilera | 2:57 | 19,923 | +++++ | |
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 85-55 | 1 | up 8.5 | Davis | Tapani | Montgomery | 2:42 | 18,290 | - | |
| 141 | 141 | Thursday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 85-56 | 1 | up 8.5 | Ryan | Morris | Russell | 2:22 | 17,974 | -- | |
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 3 | 10 | 86-56 | 1 | up 8.5 | Leach | Rogers | 3:31 | 24,386 | + | |
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 3 | 86-57 | 1 | up 8.5 | Boyd | Edens | Rogers | 2:22 | 40,718 | - | |
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 4 | 86-58 | 1 | up 7.5 | Guzman | Anderson | Russell | 2:46 | 19,775 | -- | |
| 145 | 145 | Monday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 9 | 0 | 87-58 | 1 | up 8.0 | Tapani | Gubicza | 2:27 | 18,745 | + | |||
| 146 | 146 | Tuesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 87-59 | 1 | up 7.0 | Saberhagen | Morris | Montgomery | 3:01 | 22,067 | - | ||
| 147 | 147 | Wednesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 10 | 87-60 | 1 | up 6.0 | Aquino | Erickson | 2:47 | 21,726 | -- | |||
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 88-60 | 1 | up 6.0 | Wayne | Rosenthal | Aguilera | 3:20 | 29,503 | + | ||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 8 | 4 | 89-60 | 1 | up 7.0 | Tapani | Guzman | 2:35 | 43,138 | ++ | |||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 9 | 4 | 90-60 | 1 | up 8.0 | Morris | Fajardo | 2:46 | 44,539 | +++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 91-60 | 1 | up 9.0 | Erickson | McDowell | 2:31 | 45,496 | ++++ | |||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 91-61 | 1 | up 8.0 | Fernandez | Anderson | 3:15 | 43,450 | - | |||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 7 | 91-62 | 1 | up 8.0 | Guzman | Tapani | 2:35 | 50,326 | -- | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 0 | 92-62 | 1 | up 8.0 | Morris | Candiotti | 2:45 | 50,319 | + | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 92-63 | 1 | up 8.0 | Stottlemyre | Erickson | Ward | 2:07 | 50,315 | - | |
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 3 | 93-63 | 1 | up 9.0 | Edens | Fernandez | 2:36 | 37,740 | + | ||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 94-63 | 1 | up10.0 | Guthrie | Perez | Aguilera | 2:44 | 32,181 | ++ | |
| 158 | 158 | Thursday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 94-64 | 1 | up 8.0 | Radinsky | Aguilera | 3:06 | 30,000 | - | |
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 12 | 13 | 12 | 94-65 | 1 | up 8.0 | Drahman | Leach | 4:42 | 31,022 | -- | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 4 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 4 | 94-66 | 1 | up 8.0 | Stottlemyre | Neagle | Ward | 2:39 | 35,124 | --- | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 5 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 3 | 1 | 95-66 | 1 | up 9.0 | Erickson | Guzman | Aguilera | 2:35 | 51,058 | + | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 6 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 95-67 | 1 | up 8.0 | Weathers | Anderson | Ward | 2:45 | 37,794 | - | |
| 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.