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| Season Summary | 90-72, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 60 | last on Sunday, Sep 28, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 69 | last on Sep 28, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 6 | last on Friday, Sep 26, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 8 | last on Sunday, Apr 27, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 20 | last on Friday, Sep 26 |
| Most Games under .500 | 5 | last on Sunday, Jul 13 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 11 | Saturday, Sep 13 to Wednesday, Sep 24 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 8 | Saturday, Jul 5 to Sunday, Jul 13 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 15 | Monday, Apr 21 |
| Most Runs Scored | 18 | Friday, May 16 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Thursday, May 15, Sunday, Jul 27 and Wednesday, Aug 13 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 5 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 8 | |
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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, Mar 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Radke | Maroth | Guardado | 2:10 | 40,427 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 1 | 2-0 | 1 | Tied | Mays | Bonderman | 2:40 | 21,123 | ++ | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 1 | Tied | Lohse | Bernero | Guardado | 2:00 | 8,862 | +++ | |
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 4 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 7 | 3-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Sturtze | Reed | 2:29 | 48,617 | - | |||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 5 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3-2 | 2 | 2.0 | Walker | Guardado | Escobar | 3:29 | 31,421 | -- | |
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 8 | 3-3 | 2 | 2.5 | Lidle | Radke | 2:41 | 23,549 | --- | |||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 3-4 | 3 | 3.0 | Pettitte | Mays | 2:36 | 33,109 | ---- | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 3-5 | 4 | 4.0 | Mussina | Lohse | Acevedo | 2:25 | 31,898 | ----- | |
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 2 | 3-6 | 4 | 5.0 | Wells | Reed | 2:22 | 29,255 | ------ | ||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 4 | 4-6 | 3 | 5.0 | Rogers | Lidle | Guardado | 2:50 | 13,237 | + | |
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 9 | 6 | 5-6 | 3 | 5.0 | Hawkins | Escobar | Guardado | 3:17 | 14,118 | ++ | |
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 9 | 3 | 6-6 | 3 | 4.0 | Mays | Hendrickson | 2:39 | 13,333 | +++ | ||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 4 | 7-6 | 2 | 4.5 | Lohse | Maroth | Guardado | 2:37 | 14,036 | ++++ | ||
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 2 | 8-6 | 2 | 3.5 | Reed | Bernero | Guardado | 2:24 | 13,503 | +++++ | ||
| 15 | 15 | Thursday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 0 | 9-6 | 2 | 2.5 | Rogers | Bonderman | 2:29 | 13,015 | ++++++ | |||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 4 | 11 | 9-7 | 3 | 3.5 | Clemens | Radke | 3:09 | 37,843 | - | |||
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 9-8 | 3 | 4.5 | Pettitte | Mays | Acevedo | 2:49 | 36,139 | -- | ||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 9-9 | 3 | 5.5 | Mussina | Lohse | 2:50 | 18,818 | --- | |||
| 19 | 19 | Monday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 15 | 9-10 | 3 | 6.0 | Wells | Reed | 2:41 | 20,845 | ---- | |||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 9-11 | 3 | 7.0 | Hernandez | Rogers | MacDougal | 2:50 | 17,439 | ----- | |
| 21 | 21 | Thursday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 9-12 | 3 | 8.0 | George | Radke | MacDougal | 2:02 | 11,981 | ------ | |
| 22 | 22 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 1 | 10-12 | 3 | 7.0 | Mays | Buehrle | 2:22 | 14,285 | + | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 7 | 10-13 | 3 | 8.0 | Garland | Lohse | 2:48 | 25,381 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 10-14 | 3 | 8.0 | Loaiza | Reed | Marte | 2:00 | 22,714 | -- | |
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 5 | 3 | 11-14 | 3 | 7.0 | Rogers | Sosa | Guardado | 2:33 | 12,188 | + | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 8 | 5 | 12-14 | 3 | 6.0 | Radke | McClung | 2:26 | 15,282 | ++ | |||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13-14 | 3 | 5.0 | Fiore | Harper | 3:44 | 13,285 | +++ | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 11 | 7 | 14-14 | 3 | 5.0 | Santana | Mendoza | 3:14 | 31,317 | ++++ | ||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 9 | 14-15 | 3 | 5.0 | Martinez | Fiore | 2:26 | 33,061 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 4 | 15-15 | 2 | 5.0 | Rogers | Timlin | 2:56 | 32,887 | + | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 7 | 3 | 16-15 | 2 | 4.5 | Radke | Parris | 2:35 | 8,709 | ++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 11 | 6 | 17-15 | 2 | 3.5 | Rincon | Kennedy | 2:40 | 8,654 | +++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 5 | 0 | 18-15 | 2 | 3.0 | Lohse | Brazelton | 2:14 | 8,699 | ++++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 0 | 19-15 | 2 | 1.5 | Santana | Martinez | 2:19 | 28,436 | +++++ | |||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 19-16 | 2 | 2.5 | Wakefield | Rincon | Lyon | 2:40 | 26,346 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 9 | 8 | 20-16 | 2 | 2.5 | Radke | Lowe | Guardado | 2:54 | 15,641 | + | ||
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 20-17 | 2 | 3.5 | Affeldt | Mays | MacDougal | 2:22 | 12,199 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21-17 | 2 | 2.5 | Hawkins | Lopez | 2:43 | 13,898 | + | ||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 0 | 22-17 | 2 | 1.5 | Reed | Hernandez | 2:25 | 15,148 | ++ | |||
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22-18 | 2 | 2.5 | Carrasco | Santana | 4:54 | 17,219 | - | ||
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 18 | 3 | 23-18 | 2 | 1.5 | Radke | Buehrle | 2:55 | 22,233 | + | |||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 24-18 | 2 | 0.5 | Mays | Garland | Guardado | 2:20 | 23,209 | ++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 25-18 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hawkins | Gordon | Guardado | 2:48 | 25,055 | +++ | ||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 25-19 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hudson | Reed | Foulke | 2:28 | 13,340 | - | |
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 26-19 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hawkins | Bradford | Guardado | 2:55 | 27,189 | + | |
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 5 | 27-19 | 1 | up 1.5 | Mays | Halama | Guardado | 2:54 | 27,684 | ++ | |
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 27-20 | 1 | up 1.5 | Moyer | Radke | Sasaki | 2:50 | 40,258 | - | |
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 2 | 28-20 | 1 | up 1.5 | Lohse | Pineiro | 2:42 | 45,306 | + | ||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 3 | 1 | 29-20 | 1 | up 2.5 | Reed | Franklin | Guardado | 2:49 | 45,213 | ++ | |
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 30-20 | 1 | up 3.5 | Romero | Zito | Guardado | 2:28 | 17,082 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 5 | 31-20 | 1 | up 4.5 | Mays | Halama | Guardado | 2:30 | 23,080 | ++++ | ||
| 52 | 52 | Thursday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 6 | 10 | 31-21 | 1 | up 4.5 | Meche | Radke | 2:48 | 16,409 | - | |||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 0 | 6 | 31-22 | 1 | up 3.5 | Pineiro | Lohse | 2:20 | 30,179 | -- | |||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 31-23 | 1 | up 3.5 | Franklin | Reed | Sasaki | 2:25 | 22,995 | --- | ||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 5 | 9 | 31-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Garcia | Rogers | 2:36 | 18,754 | ---- | |||
| 56 | 56 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SFG | W | 6 | 4 | 32-24 | 1 | up 4.5 | Mays | Moss | Guardado | 2:36 | 34,713 | + | |
| 57 | 57 | Wednesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SFG | L | 3 | 4 | 32-25 | 1 | up 3.5 | Worrell | Rincon | 2:46 | 35,319 | - | ||
| 58 | 58 | Thursday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SFG | W | 5 | 2 | 33-25 | 1 | up 4.5 | Lohse | Foppert | Guardado | 2:28 | 35,783 | + | |
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SDP | W | 7 | 5 | 11 | 34-25 | 1 | up 5.0 | Romero | Beck | 4:08 | 54,747 | ++ | |
| 60 | 60 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SDP | W | 6 | 2 | 35-25 | 1 | up 4.5 | Santana | Loewer | Nakamura | 2:53 | 31,617 | +++ | |
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SDP | L | 4 | 9 | 35-26 | 1 | up 4.5 | Lawrence | Hawkins | 2:37 | 19,140 | - | ||
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | COL | L | 0 | 5 | 35-27 | 1 | up 3.5 | Jennings | Radke | 2:12 | 18,886 | -- | |||
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | COL | W | 7 | 4 | 36-27 | 1 | up 4.5 | Lohse | Cook | Guardado | 3:09 | 17,942 | + | ||
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | COL | W | 15 | 3 | 37-27 | 1 | up 5.0 | Rogers | Oliver | 2:27 | 18,003 | ++ | |||
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | ARI | W | 3 | 1 | 38-27 | 1 | up 5.0 | Santana | Webb | Guardado | 2:14 | 26,620 | +++ | ||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | ARI | L | 2 | 9 | 38-28 | 1 | up 5.0 | Batista | Mays | 2:58 | 30,200 | - | |||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | ARI | L | 8 | 12 | 38-29 | 1 | up 4.0 | Koplove | Hawkins | 3:22 | 30,076 | -- | |||
| 68 | 68 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 8 | 9 | 38-30 | 1 | up 3.0 | MacDougal | Guardado | 3:13 | 13,442 | --- | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 7 | 14 | 38-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | Wilson | Rogers | 3:10 | 16,359 | ---- | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 8 | 38-32 | 1 | up 1.0 | George | Reed | MacDougal | 3:14 | 21,581 | ----- | |
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 16 | 2 | 39-32 | 1 | up 2.0 | Mays | Snyder | 2:41 | 22,559 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 39-33 | 1 | up 1.0 | Leskanic | Rincon | 2:53 | 25,175 | - | |
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 8 | 39-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Franklin | Lohse | 2:34 | 30,836 | -- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 3 | 40-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rogers | Kinney | 2:48 | 25,320 | + | ||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 40-35 | 1 | Tied | Loaiza | Reed | Koch | 2:28 | 19,229 | - | ||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 11 | 41-35 | 1 | Tied | Guardado | Koch | 3:20 | 21,338 | + | ||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 5 | 41-36 | 2 | 1.0 | Buehrle | Radke | 2:06 | 26,474 | - | |||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 1 | 13 | 41-37 | 2 | 2.0 | Kinney | Lohse | 2:42 | 24,413 | -- | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 42-37 | 2 | 1.0 | Rogers | Burba | Guardado | 2:54 | 27,271 | + | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 43-37 | 1 | Tied | Hawkins | DeJean | 3:21 | 23,357 | ++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 10 | 43-38 | 1 | up 0.5 | Garland | Mays | 2:37 | 29,945 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 43-39 | 2 | 0.5 | Buehrle | Radke | 2:27 | 30,694 | -- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 8 | 12 | 43-40 | 2 | 1.5 | Koch | Guardado | 3:37 | 19,555 | --- | |
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 4 | 43-41 | 2 | 2.5 | Sabathia | Rogers | 2:18 | 15,064 | ---- | |||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 2 | 44-41 | 2 | 2.5 | Reed | Davis | 2:33 | 21,328 | + | |||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 13 | 44-42 | 2 | 2.5 | Anderson | Mays | 2:33 | 20,273 | - | |||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 44-43 | 2 | 3.5 | Riske | Guardado | Baez | 3:13 | 20,549 | -- | |
| 88 | 88 | Tuesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 6 | 8 | 44-44 | 2 | 4.5 | Powell | Lohse | Urbina | 3:12 | 17,353 | --- | |
| 89 | 89 | Wednesday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 4 | 44-45 | 2 | 4.5 | Benoit | Rogers | Urbina | 2:22 | 20,409 | ---- | |
| 90 | 90 | Thursday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 9 | 44-46 | 2 | 4.5 | Thomson | Reed | 2:33 | 17,507 | ----- | ||
| 91 | 91 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | L | 0 | 5 | 44-47 | 2 | 5.5 | Ortiz | Santana | Donnelly | 2:22 | 43,442 | ------ | |
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | L | 1 | 6 | 44-48 | 2 | 6.5 | Washburn | Radke | 2:46 | 43,174 | ------- | ||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | L | 3 | 8 | 44-49 | 3 | 7.5 | Lackey | Lohse | 2:53 | 38,835 | -------- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 2 | 45-49 | 2 | 7.5 | Reed | Hudson | 2:44 | 20,139 | + | |||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 46-49 | 2 | 6.5 | Hawkins | Zito | Guardado | 2:27 | 21,852 | ++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 9 | 4 | 47-49 | 2 | 6.5 | Radke | Mulder | 2:48 | 25,392 | +++ | |||
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 4 | 48-49 | 2 | 6.5 | Rogers | Lilly | Guardado | 2:59 | 26,799 | ++++ | ||
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 49-49 | 2 | 5.5 | Rincon | Rhodes | Guardado | 2:49 | 20,306 | +++++ | ||
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 8 | 10 | 49-50 | 3 | 5.5 | Mateo | Mays | Hasegawa | 3:16 | 22,229 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 8 | 49-51 | 3 | 6.5 | Affeldt | Santana | 3:18 | 24,193 | -- | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 2 | 50-51 | 3 | 5.5 | Hawkins | Grimsley | 2:38 | 29,687 | + | |||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 51-51 | 3 | 5.5 | Hawkins | Baez | Guardado | 3:05 | 23,444 | ++ | |
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 9 | 51-52 | 3 | 5.5 | Traber | Lohse | 2:28 | 25,077 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 14 | 51-53 | 3 | 6.5 | Betancourt | Rincon | 4:04 | 24,318 | -- | |
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 5 | 7 | 51-54 | 3 | 6.5 | Carrasco | Hawkins | Julio | 2:52 | 20,742 | --- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 5 | 1 | 52-54 | 3 | 5.5 | Radke | Ponson | 2:20 | 24,694 | + | |||
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 10 | 9 | 10 | 53-54 | 3 | 4.5 | Hawkins | Driskill | 4:08 | 20,002 | ++ | ||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 10 | 4 | 54-54 | 3 | 3.5 | Lohse | Bonderman | Baldwin | 2:35 | 20,101 | +++ | ||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 9 | 54-55 | 3 | 4.5 | Maroth | Reed | 3:10 | 29,278 | - | |||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 2 | 55-55 | 3 | 4.5 | Santana | Roney | 2:39 | 27,613 | + | |||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 56-55 | 3 | 4.5 | Radke | Moss | Guardado | 2:56 | 24,077 | ++ | |
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 56-56 | 3 | 4.5 | Johnson | Rogers | Julio | 2:40 | 26,031 | - | |
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 3 | 57-56 | 3 | 3.5 | Lohse | Hentgen | 2:53 | 24,392 | + | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 57-57 | 3 | 3.5 | Lopez | Reed | Julio | 2:30 | 30,258 | - | |
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 58-57 | 3 | 3.0 | Santana | Maroth | Guardado | 2:26 | 23,740 | + | |
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 4 | 10 | 59-57 | 3 | 2.5 | Rincon | Mears | 3:09 | 19,199 | ++ | |
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 60-57 | 3 | 2.5 | Rogers | Cornejo | Guardado | 2:18 | 19,975 | +++ | |
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 61-57 | 3 | 2.5 | Lohse | Westbrook | Hawkins | 2:10 | 23,291 | ++++ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 6 | 9 | 61-58 | 3 | 2.5 | Betancourt | Baldwin | 3:15 | 25,834 | - | |||
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 0 | 5 | 14 | 61-59 | 3 | 3.5 | Mulholland | Rincon | 4:25 | 30,082 | -- | ||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 8 | 61-60 | 3 | 4.0 | Anderson | Radke | 2:31 | 24,273 | --- | |||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 2 | 62-60 | 3 | 3.0 | Rogers | Gobble | 2:59 | 39,927 | + | ||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 14 | 5 | 63-60 | 2 | 2.0 | Lohse | Hernandez | 2:54 | 28,994 | ++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 63-61 | 2 | 3.0 | May | Reed | Leskanic | 2:31 | 18,875 | - | |
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 2 | 64-61 | 3 | 1.5 | Santana | Davis | 2:29 | 21,239 | + | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 65-61 | 3 | 0.5 | Radke | Anderson | Guardado | 2:35 | 20,197 | ++ | |
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 66-61 | 2 | 0.5 | Rogers | Levine | Guardado | 2:35 | 30,179 | +++ | ||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 66-62 | 3 | 1.5 | May | Lohse | Affeldt | 2:44 | 36,101 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 66-63 | 3 | 2.5 | Carrasco | Mays | MacDougal | 2:30 | 37,782 | -- | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 1 | 67-63 | 3 | 1.5 | Santana | Lloyd | 2:57 | 34,265 | + | |||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | W | 3 | 0 | 68-63 | 3 | 1.5 | Radke | Lackey | 2:12 | 35,415 | ++ | ||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | L | 4 | 5 | 68-64 | 3 | 2.5 | Weber | Rincon | Percival | 2:31 | 36,323 | - | |
| 133 | 133 | Thursday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | W | 6 | 1 | 69-64 | 3 | 1.5 | Lohse | Ortiz | 2:40 | 33,760 | + | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 5 | 70-64 | 3 | 0.5 | Balfour | Thomson | Guardado | 2:39 | 18,118 | ++ | |
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 2 | 0 | 71-64 | 2 | 0.5 | Santana | Callaway | Guardado | 2:40 | 30,068 | +++ | |
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 10 | 11 | 71-65 | 2 | 1.5 | Cordero | Guardado | 3:54 | 17,213 | - | ||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | L | 2 | 10 | 71-66 | 2 | 2.0 | Lackey | Rogers | 2:45 | 22,208 | -- | |||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | W | 12 | 6 | 72-66 | 2 | 1.0 | Lohse | Sele | 2:35 | 13,307 | + | |||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | W | 6 | 5 | 73-66 | 1 | Tied | Guardado | Percival | 3:15 | 11,434 | ++ | |||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 10 | 7 | 74-66 | 1 | Tied | Rincon | Callaway | Guardado | 2:48 | 20,701 | +++ | ||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 2 | 75-66 | 1 | Tied | Radke | Dickey | Guardado | 3:00 | 27,018 | ++++ | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 76-66 | 1 | Tied | Reed | Cordero | 3:25 | 18,941 | +++++ | ||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 5 | 76-67 | 2 | 1.0 | Colon | Lohse | 2:42 | 32,807 | - | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 8 | 76-68 | 2 | 2.0 | Buehrle | Pulido | Gordon | 3:18 | 27,623 | -- | |
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 77-68 | 2 | 1.0 | Santana | Garland | Guardado | 2:54 | 22,188 | + | |
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 78-68 | 1 | Tied | Radke | Loaiza | 2:30 | 20,541 | ++ | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 78-69 | 1 | Tied | Sabathia | Rogers | Riske | 3:10 | 20,679 | - | |
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 79-69 | 1 | Tied | Lohse | Stanford | Guardado | 2:22 | 20,440 | + | |
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 80-69 | 1 | Tied | Rincon | Baez | Guardado | 2:48 | 19,452 | ++ | |
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 13 | 6 | 81-69 | 1 | up 0.5 | Santana | Davis | 3:21 | 16,967 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 82-69 | 1 | up 1.5 | Radke | Loaiza | 2:51 | 32,921 | ++++ | |||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 83-69 | 1 | up 2.5 | Rogers | Garland | Guardado | 2:39 | 40,304 | +++++ | ||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 84-69 | 1 | up 3.5 | Lohse | Colon | Guardado | 2:55 | 39,948 | ++++++ | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 2 | 85-69 | 1 | up 3.5 | Milton | Bonderman | 2:32 | 30,013 | +++++++ | |||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 3 | 86-69 | 1 | up 4.5 | Santana | Robertson | 2:54 | 26,903 | ++++++++ | |||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 4 | 87-69 | 1 | up 5.5 | Radke | Cornejo | Guardado | 2:44 | 33,396 | +++++++++ | ||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 88-69 | 1 | up 6.0 | Rogers | Westbrook | Guardado | 2:16 | 33,650 | ++++++++++ | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 89-69 | 1 | up 6.0 | Orosco | Betancourt | Guardado | 2:14 | 32,986 | +++++++++++ | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 89-70 | 1 | up 6.0 | Mears | Thomas | 3:10 | 9,296 | - | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 90-70 | 1 | up 6.0 | Guardado | German | Hawkins | 3:25 | 16,518 | + |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 8 | 9 | 90-71 | 1 | up 5.0 | Rodney | Orosco | 3:09 | 14,277 | - | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 9 | 90-72 | 1 | up 4.0 | Maroth | Johnson | 2:38 | 18,959 | -- | ||
| 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.