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| Season Summary | 71-91, Final Rank:5, GB: 23.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 24 | last on Friday, Sep 24, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 2 | last on Thursday, Apr 22 |
| Most Games under .500 | 26 | last on Sunday, Sep 19 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Saturday, Sep 25 to Thursday, Sep 30 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 9 | Tuesday, Jun 15 to Wednesday, Jun 23 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 17 | Saturday, Apr 24 |
| Most Runs Scored | 13 | Monday, May 10 and Monday, Jul 5 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 22 | Tuesday, Aug 31 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 13 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 3 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 5 | 10 | 0-1 | 6 | 1.0 | McDowell | Tapani | Leach | 2:48 | 51,617 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 1 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Deshaies | McCaskill | Aguilera | 2:41 | 20,812 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 9 | 1-2 | 6 | 1.5 | Fernandez | Mahomes | 2:37 | 24,421 | - | |||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 7 | 2-2 | 4 | 1.5 | Trombley | Gardner | Aguilera | 2:47 | 19,758 | + | |
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 3-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Banks | Appier | Aguilera | 2:38 | 25,604 | ++ | |
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 3-3 | 5 | 1.5 | Gordon | Tapani | Montgomery | 2:19 | 16,954 | - | |
| 7 | 7 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 4-3 | 4 | 1.5 | Deshaies | McCaskill | Aguilera | 2:32 | 18,263 | + | |
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 4-4 | 4 | 2.5 | Fernandez | Mahomes | 2:23 | 20,821 | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5-4 | 3 | 1.0 | Guthrie | Meacham | 2:26 | 30,537 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 2 | 6-4 | 3 | 1.0 | Deshaies | Cone | Hartley | 2:47 | 24,389 | ++ | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 6-5 | 3 | 2.0 | Pichardo | Erickson | Montgomery | 2:33 | 21,986 | - | ||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 10 | 0 | 7-5 | 3 | 1.0 | Banks | Navarro | 2:46 | 21,865 | + | |||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7-6 | 3 | 1.5 | Maldonado | Hartley | Henry | 3:19 | 23,322 | - | |
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 8-6 | 3 | 1.5 | Deshaies | Wegman | Aguilera | 2:16 | 21,376 | + | ||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 12 | 8-7 | 3 | 2.5 | Moore | Erickson | 3:10 | 27,843 | - | |||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 1 | 17 | 8-8 | 3 | 3.5 | Doherty | Mahomes | 2:39 | 34,504 | -- | |||
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 5 | 16 | 8-9 | 3 | 4.5 | Leiter | Guthrie | 3:27 | 25,427 | --- | |||
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 10 | 8-10 | 5 | 5.0 | Bones | Tapani | 2:51 | 12,311 | ---- | ||
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 8-11 | 5 | 5.0 | Wegman | Deshaies | Henry | 2:41 | 10,344 | ----- | |
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 8 | 8-12 | 6 | 6.0 | Rhodes | Erickson | 2:30 | 41,102 | ------ | ||
| 21 | 21 | Thursday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 11 | 8-13 | 6 | 6.5 | Mussina | Mahomes | 2:43 | 42,205 | ------- | ||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 8 | 8-14 | 7 | 6.5 | Wells | Banks | 2:39 | 19,682 | -------- | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 2 | 9-14 | 6 | 5.5 | Tapani | Bolton | Aguilera | 2:52 | 21,232 | + | |
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 6 | 3 | 10-14 | 5 | 4.5 | Trombley | Haas | Aguilera | 3:14 | 20,361 | ++ | |
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 11-14 | 5 | 3.0 | Erickson | Rhodes | Aguilera | 2:48 | 17,768 | +++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 0 | 3 | 11-15 | 5 | 4.0 | Mussina | Banks | 2:52 | 19,583 | - | |||
| 27 | 27 | Friday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 12-15 | 5 | 4.5 | Guthrie | Swan | Aguilera | 2:42 | 29,993 | + | |
| 28 | 28 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 7 | 12-16 | 5 | 5.0 | Hanson | Deshaies | 2:13 | 42,532 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 6 | 12-17 | 5 | 6.0 | Leary | Erickson | Charlton | 2:16 | 35,680 | -- | |
| 30 | 30 | Monday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 13 | 3 | 13-17 | 5 | 6.0 | Banks | Farrell | 3:20 | 18,085 | + | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 5 | 13-18 | 6 | 6.0 | Sanderson | Trombley | Grahe | 2:34 | 18,204 | - | |
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 2 | 14-18 | 5 | 6.0 | Tapani | Finley | Aguilera | 2:36 | 25,200 | + | |
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 15-18 | 5 | 6.0 | Erickson | Viola | Aguilera | 2:50 | 26,907 | ++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 4 | 16-18 | 4 | 5.0 | Deshaies | Dopson | Aguilera | 3:03 | 33,635 | +++ | ||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 11 | 16-19 | 5 | 6.0 | Hesketh | Hartley | 3:00 | 35,467 | - | |||
| 36 | 36 | Monday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 5 | 11 | 16-20 | 6 | 6.0 | Key | Tapani | 3:05 | 18,651 | -- | |||
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 16-21 | 6 | 7.0 | Abbott | Trombley | Farr | 2:47 | 28,813 | --- | ||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 11 | 16-22 | 6 | 7.0 | Monteleone | Erickson | 2:57 | 30,024 | ---- | |||
| 39 | 39 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 11 | 16-23 | 7 | 7.0 | Morris | Deshaies | 2:35 | 50,480 | ----- | ||
| 40 | 40 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 7 | 16-24 | 7 | 7.0 | Cox | Tapani | 2:40 | 50,510 | ------ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 16-25 | 7 | 8.0 | Hentgen | Erickson | Ward | 2:34 | 50,499 | ------- | |
| 42 | 42 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 16-26 | 7 | 8.0 | Davis | Deshaies | Eckersley | 2:53 | 18,352 | -------- | |
| 43 | 43 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 12 | 11 | 17-26 | 7 | 7.0 | Tsamis | Boever | 4:00 | 18,276 | + | ||
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 6 | 18-26 | 7 | 6.5 | Aguilera | Power | 2:44 | 19,450 | ++ | |||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 3 | 19-26 | 7 | 6.5 | Banks | Bielecki | 2:15 | 24,553 | +++ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 8 | 2 | 20-26 | 6 | 6.5 | Deshaies | Kramer | Trombley | 2:41 | 27,607 | ++++ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 0 | 1 | 20-27 | 6 | 6.5 | Leibrandt | Tapani | Henke | 2:29 | 29,800 | - | ||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 7 | 5 | 21-27 | 6 | 5.5 | Mahomes | Bohanon | Aguilera | 2:44 | 18,675 | + | ||
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 3 | 22-27 | 6 | 4.5 | Banks | Pavlik | Aguilera | 2:29 | 17,267 | ++ | ||
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 23-27 | 6 | 5.0 | Deshaies | Hernandez | Aguilera | 2:54 | 24,081 | +++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 23-28 | 6 | 5.0 | Plunk | Trombley | 3:13 | 25,077 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 24-28 | 5 | 5.0 | Erickson | Cook | Aguilera | 2:59 | 24,187 | + | |
| 53 | 53 | Monday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 8 | 24-29 | 5 | 6.0 | Pavlik | Mahomes | 2:32 | 29,643 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 25-29 | 5 | 5.0 | Willis | Whiteside | Aguilera | 3:07 | 22,181 | + |
| 55 | 55 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 5 | 26-29 | 5 | 5.0 | Tapani | Leibrandt | Aguilera | 3:08 | 32,631 | ++ | |
| 56 | 56 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 11 | 8 | 27-29 | 4 | 4.0 | Trombley | Nunez | Aguilera | 3:13 | 27,761 | +++ | ||
| 57 | 57 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 7 | 2 | 28-29 | 4 | 3.0 | Deshaies | Witt | 2:44 | 31,991 | ++++ | |||
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 6 | 7 | 28-30 | 4 | 4.0 | Nunez | Tsamis | Eckersley | 3:20 | 31,959 | - | ||
| 59 | 59 | Monday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 29-30 | 4 | 3.0 | Casian | Cox | Willis | 2:54 | 27,887 | + | ||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 29-31 | 4 | 3.0 | Guzman | Tapani | Ward | 2:26 | 31,759 | - | ||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 4 | 29-32 | 4 | 4.0 | Morris | Erickson | 2:16 | 30,326 | -- | |||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 29-33 | 6 | 4.5 | Munoz | Casian | Farr | 3:16 | 19,122 | --- | |
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 5 | 29-34 | 6 | 4.5 | Key | Guardado | 2:35 | 24,150 | ---- | ||
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 8 | 29-35 | 6 | 5.5 | Kamieniecki | Banks | 2:26 | 40,016 | ----- | ||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 8 | 29-36 | 6 | 5.5 | Wickman | Tapani | 2:36 | 35,231 | ------ | ||
| 66 | 66 | Monday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 6 | 29-37 | 6 | 5.5 | Dopson | Erickson | Russell | 2:44 | 27,779 | ------- | |
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 4 | 29-38 | 6 | 6.5 | Quantrill | Deshaies | Russell | 2:24 | 29,094 | -------- | |
| 68 | 68 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 29-39 | 6 | 7.5 | Sele | Guardado | Harris | 2:31 | 30,414 | --------- | |
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 8 | 5 | 30-39 | 6 | 6.5 | Erickson | Springer | Aguilera | 3:08 | 26,407 | + | ||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | L | 0 | 4 | 30-40 | 6 | 7.5 | Finley | Banks | 2:17 | 35,538 | - | |||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 2 | 0 | 31-40 | 6 | 7.5 | Deshaies | Sanderson | Aguilera | 2:32 | 29,669 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Monday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 1 | 4 | 31-41 | 6 | 7.5 | Fleming | Tapani | Charlton | 2:17 | 20,616 | - | ||
| 73 | 73 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 5 | 32-41 | 6 | 6.5 | Trombley | Ayrault | Aguilera | 2:41 | 21,065 | + | ||
| 74 | 74 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 32-42 | 6 | 6.5 | Johnson | Erickson | Charlton | 2:29 | 21,196 | - | ||
| 75 | 75 | Thursday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 1 | 6 | 32-43 | 7 | 6.5 | Hanson | Banks | 2:38 | 20,172 | -- | |||
| 76 | 76 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 11 | 10 | 33-43 | 7 | 6.5 | Casian | Fetters | 3:36 | 24,073 | + | |||
| 77 | 77 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 1 | 3 | 33-44 | 7 | 6.5 | Bones | Tapani | Henry | 2:24 | 26,948 | - | ||
| 78 | 78 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 34-44 | 7 | 6.5 | Guardado | Navarro | Aguilera | 2:18 | 25,484 | + | ||
| 79 | 79 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 13 | 3 | 35-44 | 7 | 6.5 | Erickson | Wells | 2:54 | 25,448 | ++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 1 | 4 | 35-45 | 7 | 6.5 | Doherty | Banks | Henneman | 2:42 | 27,625 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 8 | 35-46 | 7 | 7.5 | Gullickson | Deshaies | 3:22 | 31,792 | -- | |||
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 15 | 35-47 | 7 | 8.5 | Bones | Tapani | 3:07 | 14,419 | --- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 10 | 6 | 36-47 | 7 | 7.5 | Willis | Navarro | 3:09 | 26,969 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 36-48 | 7 | 7.5 | Henry | Aguilera | 3:09 | 37,769 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 36-49 | 7 | 8.5 | Eldred | Banks | Henry | 2:42 | 35,911 | -- | |
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 36-50 | 7 | 9.5 | McDonald | Erickson | Olson | 2:53 | 46,626 | --- | |
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 7 | 9 | 36-51 | 7 | 10.5 | Mussina | Deshaies | Olson | 3:11 | 46,716 | ---- | |
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 37-51 | 7 | 10.5 | Tapani | Sutcliffe | Aguilera | 2:51 | 46,360 | + | |
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 7 | 37-52 | 7 | 11.5 | Valenzuela | Guardado | 2:48 | 46,208 | - | ||
| 90 | 90 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 2 | 38-52 | 7 | 10.5 | Erickson | Bergman | Aguilera | 2:36 | 21,449 | + | |
| 91 | 91 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 39-52 | 7 | 10.5 | Deshaies | Leiter | Aguilera | 3:15 | 33,243 | ++ | |
| 92 | 92 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 7 | 2 | 40-52 | 7 | 9.5 | Tapani | Wells | Willis | 3:13 | 29,313 | +++ | |
| 93 | 93 | Thursday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 8 | 4 | 41-52 | 6 | 9.5 | Banks | Sutcliffe | Trombley | 2:57 | 32,921 | ++++ | ||
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 41-53 | 6 | 9.5 | Valenzuela | Guardado | 2:42 | 35,195 | - | |||
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 9 | 41-54 | 6 | 10.5 | Moyer | Erickson | Poole | 2:58 | 38,830 | -- | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 42-54 | 6 | 9.5 | Deshaies | McDonald | Aguilera | 2:56 | 27,354 | + | ||
| 97 | 97 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 8 | 10 | 42-55 | 6 | 11.0 | DeLucia | Tsamis | Nelson | 2:47 | 21,346 | - | |
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 1 | 43-55 | 6 | 11.0 | Banks | Johnson | Casian | 2:42 | 30,413 | + | |
| 99 | 99 | Thursday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 43-56 | 6 | 11.5 | Leary | Erickson | Power | 2:18 | 45,607 | - | |
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 43-57 | 6 | 12.5 | Hathaway | Deshaies | Butcher | 2:35 | 23,777 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 43-58 | 6 | 13.5 | Finley | Aguilera | 2:23 | 29,116 | --- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CAL | W | 9 | 2 | 44-58 | 6 | 13.5 | Guardado | Springer | 3:22 | 22,392 | + | ||
| 103 | 103 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 6 | 1 | 45-58 | 6 | 13.0 | Banks | Dopson | 2:56 | 27,497 | ++ | |||
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 45-59 | 6 | 13.0 | Sele | Erickson | Russell | 2:47 | 24,352 | - | ||
| 105 | 105 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 45-60 | 6 | 13.0 | Viola | Deshaies | Russell | 2:51 | 30,715 | -- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 46-60 | 6 | 12.0 | Tapani | Wickman | 2:21 | 33,867 | + | |||
| 107 | 107 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 47-60 | 6 | 12.0 | Willis | Munoz | 3:10 | 31,689 | ++ | |||
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 8 | 10 | 47-61 | 6 | 12.0 | Farr | Aguilera | 3:22 | 30,162 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 47-62 | 6 | 13.5 | Stewart | Erickson | Ward | 2:35 | 50,530 | -- | |
| 110 | 110 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 47-63 | 6 | 13.5 | Guzman | Deshaies | Ward | 2:39 | 50,525 | --- | |
| 111 | 111 | Thursday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 9 | 2 | 48-63 | 6 | 12.5 | Tapani | Morris | 2:47 | 50,527 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 49-63 | 6 | 12.5 | Guardado | Darling | Aguilera | 2:39 | 26,090 | ++ | |
| 113 | 113 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 1 | 12 | 50-63 | 6 | 12.0 | Casian | Honeycutt | 3:38 | 0 | +++ | |
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 2 | 51-63 | 6 | 12.0 | Trombley | Downs | Tsamis | 2:57 | 31,100 | ++++ | |
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 12 | 5 | 52-63 | 6 | 11.0 | Erickson | Mohler | 2:42 | 32,776 | +++++ | ||
| 116 | 116 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 52-64 | 6 | 12.0 | Haney | Deshaies | Montgomery | 2:57 | 33,042 | - | ||
| 117 | 117 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 52-65 | 6 | 12.0 | Appier | Tapani | Montgomery | 2:29 | 23,500 | -- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 52-66 | 6 | 12.5 | Cone | Guardado | 2:33 | 21,544 | --- | |||
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 4 | 52-67 | 6 | 13.5 | Fernandez | Erickson | Hernandez | 2:36 | 30,571 | ---- | ||
| 120 | 120 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 9 | 52-68 | 6 | 14.5 | Belcher | Banks | Hernandez | 2:51 | 31,590 | ----- | ||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 52-69 | 6 | 15.5 | McDowell | Deshaies | 2:26 | 26,453 | ------ | |||
| 122 | 122 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 53-69 | 6 | 14.5 | Casian | Montgomery | Willis | 2:58 | 26,040 | + |
| 123 | 123 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 53-70 | 6 | 15.5 | Cone | Guardado | Montgomery | 2:40 | 20,566 | - | |
| 124 | 124 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 54-70 | 6 | 14.5 | Erickson | Gordon | Willis | 2:51 | 17,725 | + | |
| 125 | 125 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 3 | 54-71 | 6 | 15.0 | Magnante | Banks | Montgomery | 2:02 | 24,946 | - | |
| 126 | 126 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 7 | 54-72 | 6 | 15.0 | Belcher | Deshaies | 2:44 | 0 | -- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 2 | 10 | 55-72 | 6 | 15.0 | Casian | Pall | 3:19 | 32,481 | + | |
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 55-73 | 6 | 16.0 | Bere | Tapani | 2:30 | 42,587 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 13 | 55-74 | 6 | 17.0 | McCaskill | Guardado | 2:55 | 29,351 | -- | ||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 55-75 | 6 | 18.0 | Fernandez | Erickson | Hernandez | 2:03 | 38,367 | --- | |
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 22 | 56-75 | 6 | 18.0 | Merriman | Grimsley | 6:17 | 17,968 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 7 | 12 | 56-76 | 6 | 19.0 | Lilliquist | Trombley | Plunk | 3:10 | 19,085 | - | ||
| 133 | 133 | Thursday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 56-77 | 6 | 19.0 | Kramer | Tapani | Dipoto | 2:49 | 14,189 | -- | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 9 | 5 | 57-77 | 6 | 19.0 | Brummett | Dreyer | Aguilera | 3:12 | 23,396 | + | ||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 4 | 6 | 57-78 | 6 | 20.0 | Brown | Erickson | Henke | 2:56 | 22,142 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 8 | 3 | 58-78 | 6 | 20.0 | Banks | Rogers | 2:33 | 20,603 | + | |||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 0 | 59-78 | 6 | 18.5 | Tapani | Grimsley | 2:18 | 13,276 | ++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 8 | 15 | 59-79 | 6 | 19.5 | Mesa | Brummett | 3:06 | 13,590 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 12 | 60-79 | 6 | 19.0 | Aguilera | Lilliquist | 4:00 | 10,408 | + | |
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 60-80 | 6 | 19.5 | Rogers | Banks | Henke | 2:45 | 0 | - | |
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 60-81 | 6 | 19.5 | Carpenter | Casian | Henke | 2:53 | 28,283 | -- | |
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 7 | 60-82 | 6 | 20.5 | Reed | Casian | Nelson | 3:18 | 40,231 | --- | |
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 61-82 | 6 | 19.5 | Tapani | Ryan | Aguilera | 3:04 | 40,105 | + | |
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 7 | 61-83 | 6 | 19.5 | Witt | Erickson | 2:37 | 12,788 | - | |||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 3 | 8 | 61-84 | 6 | 20.5 | Karsay | Guardado | Smithberg | 2:48 | 20,190 | -- | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 15 | 61-85 | 6 | 21.5 | Van Poppel | Banks | 3:00 | 12,798 | --- | |||
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 13 | 62-85 | 6 | 21.0 | Hartley | Smithberg | 4:36 | 14,654 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 62-86 | 6 | 22.0 | Hentgen | Tapani | Ward | 2:32 | 24,113 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 5 | 62-87 | 6 | 22.0 | Stewart | Erickson | Timlin | 2:48 | 26,415 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 10 | 62-88 | 6 | 23.0 | Guzman | Trombley | 3:00 | 23,775 | --- | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 63-88 | 6 | 22.5 | Banks | Abbott | Aguilera | 3:14 | 18,780 | + | |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 64-88 | 6 | 22.5 | Tapani | Kamieniecki | Aguilera | 2:56 | 25,128 | ++ | |
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 7 | 64-89 | 6 | 24.0 | Ryan | Merriman | 2:58 | 27,571 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 7 | 10 | 65-89 | 6 | 23.5 | Aguilera | Harris | Willis | 3:57 | 33,020 | + |
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 66-89 | 6 | 23.0 | Trombley | Quantrill | Aguilera | 3:18 | 29,097 | ++ | |
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 11 | 3 | 67-89 | 6 | 23.0 | Banks | Finley | 3:08 | 17,153 | +++ | |||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 68-89 | 6 | 22.0 | Tapani | Langston | 2:10 | 15,091 | ++++ | |||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 69-89 | 5 | 22.0 | Aguilera | Scott | 3:00 | 12,044 | +++++ | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 70-89 | 5 | 21.0 | Brummett | Farrell | Aguilera | 2:12 | 11,150 | ++++++ | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 2 | 8 | 70-90 | 5 | 22.0 | Johnson | Trombley | 2:59 | 44,128 | - | |||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 3 | 7 | 70-91 | 5 | 23.0 | Fleming | Banks | 2:38 | 14,478 | -- | |||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 2 | 71-91 | 5 | 23.0 | Tapani | Leary | 2:13 | 15,066 | + | |||
| 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.