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| Season Summary | 90-72, Final Rank:2, GB: 6.0 | |
| Days in First | 34 | last on Tuesday, Aug 4, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 40 | last on Aug 4, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | last on Sunday, Jul 26, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 9 | last on Wednesday, Sep 16, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 22 | last on Sunday, Jul 26 |
| Most Games under .500 | 4 | last on Thursday, May 7 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Friday, Jun 26 to Wednesday, Jul 1 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Saturday, Aug 15 to Thursday, Aug 20 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 19 | Tuesday, Aug 4 |
| Most Runs Scored | 17 | Friday, May 29 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 15 | Saturday, Jul 4 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 8 | |
| 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 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Willis | Nunez | Aguilera | 2:58 | 52,470 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 9 | 1-1 | 4 | 1.5 | Ruffin | Aguilera | 3:28 | 8,385 | - | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 1 | 2-1 | 4 | 1.5 | Krueger | Navarro | Aguilera | 2:57 | 8,120 | + | |
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 7 | 1 | 3-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Tapani | Witt | 2:44 | 53,031 | ++ | |||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Russell | Aguilera | Rogers | 4:12 | 50,818 | - | |
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 3-3 | 4 | 2.5 | Brown | Kipper | 2:15 | 18,076 | -- | |||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 1 | 11 | 3-4 | 5 | 2.5 | Navarro | Smiley | 2:28 | 22,299 | --- | |||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3-5 | 6 | 3.5 | Austin | Willis | 3:19 | 19,125 | ---- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 4-5 | 5 | 3.0 | Krueger | Hough | 2:21 | 33,716 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 4-6 | 5 | 4.0 | McDowell | Erickson | 2:30 | 29,680 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 4-7 | 6 | 4.0 | Hibbard | Smiley | Thigpen | 2:23 | 24,307 | -- | |
| 12 | 12 | Monday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 2 | 4-8 | 6 | 5.0 | Johnson | Tapani | 2:11 | 30,512 | --- | ||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 5-8 | 6 | 4.0 | Mahomes | DeLucia | Aguilera | 2:52 | 15,757 | + | |
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 1 | 6-8 | 5 | 4.0 | Krueger | Hanson | 2:35 | 16,442 | ++ | ||
| 15 | 15 | Thursday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 6-9 | 6 | 4.5 | Swan | Erickson | Schooler | 2:23 | 18,006 | - | |
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7-9 | 6 | 3.5 | Edens | Gossage | 3:43 | 26,706 | + | ||
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 8 | 7-10 | 6 | 4.5 | Slusarski | Tapani | Eckersley | 3:12 | 34,925 | - | ||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 8 | 4 | 8-10 | 6 | 3.5 | Mahomes | Stewart | Aguilera | 2:45 | 26,893 | + | ||
| 19 | 19 | Monday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 9-10 | 6 | 3.0 | Krueger | Sutcliffe | Aguilera | 2:42 | 15,854 | ++ | ||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 5 | 10 | 9-11 | 6 | 4.0 | Mussina | Erickson | 2:54 | 14,811 | - | |||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 9-12 | 6 | 4.0 | Davis | Wayne | Olson | 3:07 | 23,748 | -- | ||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 9-13 | 6 | 5.5 | Perez | Tapani | Farr | 2:34 | 14,620 | --- | |
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 6 | 10-13 | 5 | 4.5 | Kipper | Guetterman | Aguilera | 3:25 | 18,564 | + | |
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 11-13 | 5 | 3.5 | Erickson | Kamieniecki | Aguilera | 2:37 | 25,746 | ++ | |
| 25 | 25 | Monday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 1 | 12-13 | 5 | 2.5 | Smiley | Clemens | 2:46 | 25,843 | +++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 4 | 12-14 | 5 | 3.0 | Viola | Mahomes | Reardon | 2:41 | 25,009 | - | |
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 6 | 12-15 | 5 | 4.0 | McDonald | Tapani | 2:50 | 35,550 | -- | ||
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 12-16 | 5 | 5.0 | Davis | Aguilera | 3:36 | 39,253 | --- | ||
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 4 | 13-16 | 5 | 5.0 | Erickson | Nagy | Aguilera | 2:57 | 25,083 | + | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 10 | 5 | 14-16 | 5 | 4.5 | Smiley | Otto | 2:32 | 26,330 | ++ | |||
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 10 | 6 | 15-16 | 5 | 4.5 | Guthrie | Armstrong | Aguilera | 3:08 | 18,962 | +++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 3 | 16-16 | 5 | 3.5 | Tapani | Gardiner | Aguilera | 2:28 | 19,270 | ++++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 17-16 | 4 | 3.0 | Edens | Harris | 3:09 | 21,472 | +++++ | |||
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 5 | 17-17 | 4 | 3.0 | Nagy | Erickson | 2:40 | 25,695 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 6 | 18-17 | 3 | 2.5 | Smiley | Armstrong | Aguilera | 2:50 | 19,556 | + | |
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 5 | 19-17 | 3 | 2.0 | Tapani | Cook | Aguilera | 2:51 | 9,672 | ++ | |
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 11 | 20-17 | 3 | 1.5 | Wayne | Ward | 3:29 | 50,391 | +++ | |
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 1 | 21-17 | 3 | 1.5 | Mahomes | Stieb | Edens | 2:57 | 50,338 | ++++ | |
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 7 | 8 | 10 | 21-18 | 3 | 2.5 | Henke | Aguilera | 3:48 | 50,125 | - | |
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 6 | 21-19 | 3 | 3.5 | Leiter | Smiley | Henneman | 2:42 | 14,824 | -- | |
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 22-19 | 3 | 2.5 | Tapani | Doherty | Aguilera | 3:31 | 32,979 | + | |
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 15 | 0 | 23-19 | 3 | 2.5 | Krueger | Tanana | 3:23 | 13,789 | ++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 23-20 | 4 | 2.0 | Leary | Mahomes | Howe | 2:56 | 23,199 | - | ||
| 44 | 44 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 24-20 | 3 | 1.0 | Smiley | Perez | 2:36 | 32,116 | + | |||
| 45 | 45 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 17 | 5 | 25-20 | 3 | 1.5 | Tapani | Ritz | Willis | 2:59 | 26,952 | ++ | ||
| 46 | 46 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 5 | 26-20 | 2 | 0.5 | Edens | Henneman | Aguilera | 3:24 | 33,447 | +++ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 1 | 27-20 | 1 | up 0.5 | Erickson | Gullickson | Guthrie | 2:26 | 33,054 | ++++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Monday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 27-21 | 1 | Tied | Ward | Willis | Henke | 3:17 | 20,134 | - | |
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27-22 | 3 | 1.0 | Hentgen | Wayne | Henke | 4:14 | 22,317 | -- | |
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 11 | 3 | 28-22 | 3 | 1.0 | Tapani | Guzman | 3:04 | 21,392 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Thursday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 15 | 12 | 29-22 | 2 | 0.5 | Kipper | Nunez | Aguilera | 4:00 | 31,848 | ++ | |
| 52 | 52 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 29-23 | 3 | 1.5 | Guzman | Banks | Russell | 2:46 | 27,238 | - | |
| 53 | 53 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 1 | 30-23 | 2 | 1.5 | Smiley | Ryan | 2:59 | 41,580 | + | ||
| 54 | 54 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 30-24 | 3 | 1.5 | Witt | Guthrie | Russell | 2:34 | 33,836 | - | |
| 55 | 55 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 9 | 30-25 | 3 | 1.5 | Gordon | Kipper | Montgomery | 2:44 | 26,119 | -- | |
| 56 | 56 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 31-25 | 3 | 1.5 | Krueger | Magnante | Aguilera | 2:40 | 25,171 | + | |
| 57 | 57 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 7 | 31-26 | 3 | 2.5 | Meacham | Guthrie | Montgomery | 2:53 | 19,347 | - | |
| 58 | 58 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 1 | 32-26 | 3 | 2.5 | Smiley | Hough | Aguilera | 2:44 | 37,543 | + | ||
| 59 | 59 | Saturday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 4 | 32-27 | 3 | 3.5 | McDowell | Erickson | Thigpen | 3:12 | 45,867 | - | ||
| 60 | 60 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 8 | 7 | 33-27 | 2 | 3.5 | Edens | Radinsky | 2:58 | 46,668 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Monday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 0 | 7 | 33-28 | 3 | 4.5 | Magnante | Krueger | 2:52 | 21,614 | - | |||
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 5 | 7 | 33-29 | 3 | 4.5 | Appier | Kipper | Montgomery | 2:50 | 21,116 | -- | ||
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 34-29 | 2 | 3.5 | Aguilera | Gordon | 2:53 | 19,199 | + | |||
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 35-29 | 2 | 3.0 | Erickson | Reed | Aguilera | 2:18 | 23,315 | ++ | ||
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 0 | 1 | 35-30 | 2 | 4.0 | Fleming | Tapani | 2:21 | 26,892 | - | |||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 5 | 3 | 36-30 | 2 | 3.0 | Krueger | DeLucia | Aguilera | 2:46 | 41,405 | + | ||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 5 | 0 | 37-30 | 2 | 2.0 | Banks | Walker | Edens | 2:30 | 32,952 | ++ | ||
| 68 | 68 | Monday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 2 | 0 | 38-30 | 2 | 2.0 | Smiley | Langston | Aguilera | 2:26 | 22,936 | +++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 5 | 3 | 39-30 | 2 | 2.0 | Erickson | Blyleven | Aguilera | 2:26 | 31,494 | ++++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 11 | 0 | 40-30 | 2 | 2.0 | Tapani | Finley | 2:35 | 30,933 | +++++ | |||
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 40-31 | 2 | 3.0 | Welch | Krueger | Eckersley | 2:52 | 30,238 | - | |
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 41-31 | 2 | 2.0 | Banks | Moore | Aguilera | 3:17 | 35,577 | + | |
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 12 | 2 | 42-31 | 2 | 1.0 | Smiley | Darling | 3:11 | 42,658 | ++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 10 | 2 | 43-31 | 1 | Tied | Erickson | Campbell | 2:51 | 38,976 | +++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 1 | 44-31 | 1 | Tied | Tapani | Finley | 2:21 | 21,656 | ++++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 0 | 45-31 | 1 | Tied | Krueger | Valera | 2:23 | 23,045 | +++++ | ||
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 46-31 | 1 | Tied | Banks | Abbott | Aguilera | 2:49 | 25,629 | ++++++ | |
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 6 | 46-32 | 1 | Tied | Mussina | Smiley | 2:54 | 45,114 | - | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 15 | 47-32 | 1 | up 1.0 | Willis | Olson | 4:40 | 48,028 | + | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 48-32 | 1 | up 1.0 | Tapani | Sutcliffe | 2:42 | 36,927 | ++ | |||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 5 | 49-32 | 1 | up 1.0 | Willis | Leary | Guthrie | 3:12 | 17,797 | +++ | |
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 49-33 | 1 | up 1.0 | Monteleone | Banks | Habyan | 2:32 | 18,236 | - | |
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 50-33 | 1 | up 2.0 | Smiley | Perez | Aguilera | 2:26 | 18,918 | + | |
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 50-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | Rhodes | Erickson | Mills | 2:19 | 41,050 | - | |
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 51-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | Tapani | Sutcliffe | Aguilera | 2:40 | 45,458 | + | |
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 5 | 52-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | Krueger | McDonald | Aguilera | 3:23 | 45,903 | ++ | |
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 9 | 4 | 53-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | Edens | Milacki | 2:59 | 44,391 | +++ | ||
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 54-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | Willis | Gardiner | Aguilera | 3:06 | 39,895 | ++++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 55-34 | 1 | up 3.0 | Kipper | Harris | 3:11 | 42,368 | +++++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 55-35 | 1 | up 3.0 | Clemens | Erickson | 2:32 | 42,078 | - | |||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 5 | 56-35 | 1 | up 3.0 | Guthrie | Harris | Aguilera | 3:28 | 38,735 | + | ||
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 5 | 56-36 | 1 | up 3.0 | Cook | Banks | Olin | 2:44 | 26,190 | - | ||
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 56-37 | 1 | up 3.0 | Mesa | Tapani | Olin | 2:46 | 28,992 | -- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 57-37 | 1 | up 3.0 | Smiley | Nagy | 2:24 | 40,394 | + | |||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 0 | 58-37 | 1 | up 3.0 | Erickson | Clemens | 2:39 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 58-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | Irvine | Willis | 3:07 | 34,614 | - | ||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 59-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | Banks | Darwin | Aguilera | 3:07 | 34,420 | + | |
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 2 | 60-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | Tapani | Hesketh | Guthrie | 3:02 | 33,095 | ++ | |
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 9 | 60-39 | 1 | up 2.0 | Welch | Smiley | 2:56 | 47,677 | - | |||
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 10 | 12 | 60-40 | 1 | up 1.0 | Nelson | Edens | Eckersley | 3:47 | 39,314 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 60-41 | 1 | Tied | Parrett | Aguilera | Eckersley | 3:15 | 42,786 | --- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Thursday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 60-42 | 2 | 0.5 | Bosio | Banks | 2:41 | 33,457 | ---- | |||
| 103 | 103 | Friday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 4 | 1 | 61-42 | 1 | up 0.5 | Tapani | Wegman | Edens | 2:48 | 33,814 | + | ||
| 104 | 104 | Saturday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 9 | 6 | 62-42 | 1 | up 1.5 | Smiley | Navarro | 2:59 | 51,043 | ++ | |||
| 105 | 105 | Sunday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 0 | 63-42 | 1 | up 1.5 | Erickson | Bones | 2:26 | 43,749 | +++ | |||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 11 | 19 | 63-43 | 1 | Tied | Alvarez | Krueger | Pall | 3:30 | 35,841 | - | |
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 9 | 63-44 | 2 | 1.0 | Hough | Tapani | 2:52 | 36,132 | -- | ||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 63-45 | 2 | 2.0 | McCaskill | Smiley | Hernandez | 2:43 | 40,961 | --- | |
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 4 | 63-46 | 2 | 3.0 | Eldred | Erickson | 2:31 | 0 | ---- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 1 | 64-46 | 2 | 3.0 | Krueger | Bones | Aguilera | 2:56 | 52,434 | + | |
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 4 | 64-47 | 2 | 3.0 | Bosio | West | Henry | 2:36 | 35,860 | - | |
| 112 | 112 | Monday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 7 | 5 | 65-47 | 2 | 3.0 | Tapani | Witt | Aguilera | 2:54 | 35,615 | + | ||
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 66-47 | 2 | 2.0 | Smiley | Rogers | 3:10 | 45,957 | ++ | |||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 66-48 | 2 | 3.0 | Brown | Aguilera | Russell | 3:34 | 33,247 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 1 | 6 | 66-49 | 2 | 4.0 | Guzman | Erickson | 2:41 | 38,968 | -- | |||
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 9 | 6 | 67-49 | 2 | 3.0 | West | Jones | Aguilera | 2:47 | 21,092 | + | |
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 67-50 | 2 | 4.0 | Johnson | Edens | 3:05 | 33,458 | - | ||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 7 | 8 | 67-51 | 2 | 5.0 | Nelson | Guthrie | 3:14 | 21,452 | -- | ||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 8 | 67-52 | 2 | 5.0 | Mesa | Erickson | Power | 2:46 | 15,736 | --- | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 5 | 67-53 | 2 | 5.0 | Nagy | Krueger | 2:14 | 11,300 | ---- | ||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 67-54 | 2 | 6.0 | Plunk | Tapani | 2:28 | 11,062 | ----- | |
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 5 | 1 | 68-54 | 2 | 5.0 | Smiley | Stottlemyre | 2:36 | 48,082 | + | |||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 68-55 | 2 | 6.0 | Morris | West | Henke | 3:08 | 50,465 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 2 | 0 | 69-55 | 2 | 6.0 | Erickson | Key | 2:14 | 45,211 | + | |||
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 6 | 69-56 | 2 | 7.0 | King | Krueger | 2:55 | 25,072 | - | |||
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 4 | 69-57 | 2 | 7.0 | Haas | Tapani | Henneman | 2:39 | 25,844 | -- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 1 | 0 | 70-57 | 2 | 6.0 | Smiley | Kiely | 2:17 | 21,632 | + | |||
| 128 | 128 | Thursday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 0 | 5 | 70-58 | 2 | 6.5 | Perez | West | 2:30 | 25,478 | - | |||
| 129 | 129 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 14 | 71-58 | 2 | 6.5 | Willis | Cadaret | 4:37 | 29,361 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 3 | 6 | 71-59 | 2 | 7.5 | Wickman | Krueger | Farr | 3:01 | 34,793 | - | ||
| 131 | 131 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 3 | 72-59 | 2 | 7.5 | Tapani | Militello | Aguilera | 2:58 | 30,730 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Monday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 3 | 10 | 73-59 | 2 | 6.5 | Wayne | Henneman | Aguilera | 3:13 | 14,626 | ++ |
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 74-59 | 2 | 5.5 | Willis | Lancaster | Aguilera | 3:26 | 13,172 | +++ | |
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 2 | 75-59 | 2 | 4.5 | Erickson | Terrell | Aguilera | 2:52 | 12,810 | ++++ | |
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 16 | 75-60 | 2 | 4.5 | Cone | Tapani | 3:23 | 50,420 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 7 | 75-61 | 2 | 4.5 | Guzman | Smiley | 3:00 | 50,409 | -- | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 75-62 | 2 | 5.5 | Stottlemyre | Trombley | Henke | 2:38 | 50,421 | --- | |
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 76-62 | 2 | 4.5 | Erickson | Leary | Aguilera | 2:51 | 27,408 | + | ||
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 8 | 4 | 77-62 | 2 | 4.5 | Wayne | Jones | 2:42 | 17,865 | ++ | |||
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 78-62 | 2 | 4.5 | Tapani | Fleming | Guthrie | 2:29 | 14,279 | +++ | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 0 | 8 | 78-63 | 2 | 6.0 | Abbott | Smiley | 2:53 | 23,506 | - | |||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 7 | 2 | 79-63 | 2 | 6.0 | Trombley | Blyleven | Guthrie | 2:28 | 24,210 | + | ||
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 6 | 2 | 80-63 | 2 | 6.0 | Erickson | Valera | 2:15 | 23,039 | ++ | |||
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 80-64 | 2 | 7.0 | Corsi | Edens | Eckersley | 3:04 | 30,236 | - | |
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 80-65 | 2 | 8.0 | Darling | Mahomes | Eckersley | 2:15 | 30,424 | -- | |
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 4 | 80-66 | 2 | 9.0 | Witt | Smiley | Russell | 3:07 | 35,348 | --- | |
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 81-66 | 2 | 8.5 | Trombley | Abbott | Aguilera | 2:23 | 21,566 | + | |
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 1 | 82-66 | 2 | 8.5 | Erickson | Blyleven | Aguilera | 2:46 | 35,844 | ++ | |
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 5 | 82-67 | 2 | 8.5 | Valera | Tapani | 2:37 | 29,131 | - | ||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 5 | 83-67 | 2 | 8.5 | Aguilera | Grahe | 3:29 | 20,685 | + | ||
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 84-67 | 2 | 8.0 | Casian | Rogers | Aguilera | 3:58 | 18,721 | ++ |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 84-68 | 2 | 8.0 | Brown | Trombley | 2:39 | 14,898 | - | ||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 84-69 | 2 | 8.5 | Meacham | Erickson | Montgomery | 2:20 | 22,699 | -- | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 9 | 2 | 85-69 | 2 | 7.5 | Tapani | Aquino | 2:30 | 33,502 | + | |||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 0 | 86-69 | 2 | 6.5 | Smiley | Haney | 2:11 | 22,388 | ++ | |||
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 9 | 86-70 | 2 | 7.0 | McCaskill | Mahomes | 2:53 | 16,329 | - | |||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 87-70 | 2 | 7.0 | Edens | Radinsky | 3:10 | 20,842 | + | |||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 87-71 | 2 | 7.0 | Dunne | Erickson | Hernandez | 2:59 | 17,501 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 9 | 6 | 88-71 | 2 | 6.0 | Willis | Leach | Aguilera | 2:37 | 15,656 | + | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 1 | 89-71 | 2 | 5.0 | Smiley | Haney | 2:08 | 24,590 | ++ | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 7 | 11 | 89-72 | 2 | 6.0 | Meacham | Wayne | 3:09 | 36,958 | - | |
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 0 | 90-72 | 2 | 6.0 | Trombley | Rasmussen | 2:26 | 23,053 | + | ||
| 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.