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| Season Summary | 83-79, Final Rank:3, GB: 16.0 | |
| Days in First | 4 | last on Sunday, Apr 17, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 6 | last on Apr 17, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 16.5 | last on Wednesday, Aug 10, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 13 | last on Wednesday, Jun 8 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Saturday, Apr 9 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Sunday, Apr 10 to Saturday, Apr 16 and Sunday, Aug 14 to Friday, Aug 19 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Thursday, Jul 28 to Tuesday, Aug 2 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Thursday, Jun 16 |
| Most Runs Scored | 12 | Friday, Aug 5 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 16 | Tuesday, Aug 16 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 10 | |
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 5 | 0-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Moyer | Radke | 2:22 | 46,249 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 4 | 1-1 | 3 | 0.5 | Santana | Thornton | 3:01 | 28,373 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 1 | 2-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Silva | Madritsch | Nathan | 2:24 | 25,580 | ++ | |
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 5 | 2-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Hernandez | Lohse | 2:46 | 48,764 | - | |||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 5 | 8 | 2-3 | 3 | 2.0 | Garland | Radke | Takatsu | 2:37 | 41,533 | -- | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 3-3 | 2 | 1.0 | Santana | Buehrle | Nathan | 2:29 | 28,089 | + | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 4-3 | 2 | 1.0 | Rincon | Percival | 2:52 | 15,071 | ++ | |||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 8 | 4 | 5-3 | 2 | 1.0 | Lohse | Johnson | 2:39 | 16,067 | +++ | |||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 10 | 4 | 6-3 | 1 | Tied | Radke | Robertson | 2:47 | 14,344 | ++++ | |||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 7-3 | 1 | Tied | Santana | Westbrook | Nathan | 2:47 | 15,360 | +++++ | |
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 8-3 | 1 | Tied | Gassner | Millwood | Nathan | 2:35 | 18,699 | ++++++ | |
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 8-4 | 1 | Tied | Howry | Romero | Wickman | 2:12 | 19,021 | - | |
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 8-5 | 2 | 1.0 | Vizcaino | Lohse | Takatsu | 2:47 | 27,018 | -- | |
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 8-6 | 2 | 2.0 | Hernandez | Radke | Marte | 2:40 | 18,310 | --- | |
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 9-6 | 2 | 2.0 | Rincon | Cerda | Nathan | 2:37 | 24,153 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Thursday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10-6 | 2 | 2.0 | Nathan | Camp | 3:32 | 15,914 | ++ | ||
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10-7 | 2 | 3.0 | Percival | Mulholland | 18,873 | - | ||
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 10-8 | 2 | 5.0 | Farnsworth | Rincon | Percival | 3:03 | 14,976 | -- | |
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 11-8 | 2 | 4.0 | Santana | Burgos | Nathan | 2:40 | 10,133 | + | |
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 4 | 12-8 | 2 | 3.0 | Mays | Anderson | 2:37 | 10,393 | ++ | ||
| 21 | 21 | Thursday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13-8 | 2 | 2.5 | Crain | Wood | 3:37 | 10,852 | +++ | |
| 22 | 22 | Friday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 7 | 4 | 14-8 | 2 | 1.5 | Silva | Byrd | Nathan | 2:31 | 29,866 | ++++ | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 4 | 2 | 15-8 | 2 | 1.5 | Radke | Escobar | Nathan | 2:26 | 31,576 | +++++ | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 1 | 2 | 15-9 | 2 | 2.5 | Colon | Santana | Rodriguez | 2:24 | 30,837 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 15-10 | 2 | 3.5 | Westbrook | Mays | Wickman | 3:09 | 16,919 | -- | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 15-11 | 2 | 4.5 | Howry | Romero | Wickman | 2:39 | 19,856 | --- | ||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 0 | 16-11 | 2 | 4.5 | Radke | Sabathia | 2:26 | 18,265 | + | |||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 7 | 1 | 17-11 | 2 | 4.5 | Santana | Brazelton | 2:22 | 8,884 | ++ | ||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 8 | 1 | 18-11 | 2 | 4.5 | Lohse | Kazmir | 2:43 | 12,675 | +++ | ||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 9 | 6 | 19-11 | 2 | 4.5 | Mays | Waechter | Nathan | 2:50 | 9,519 | ++++ | |
| 31 | 31 | Monday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 3 | 19-12 | 2 | 4.5 | Cabrera | Silva | Ryan | 2:23 | 17,310 | - | |
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20-12 | 2 | 3.5 | Crain | Kline | Nathan | 3:18 | 22,410 | + |
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 7 | 20-13 | 2 | 4.5 | Ponson | Guerrier | Ryan | 2:53 | 28,575 | - | |
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20-14 | 2 | 6.0 | Brocail | Nathan | Cordero | 3:27 | 24,524 | -- | |
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 0 | 5 | 20-15 | 2 | 6.0 | Rogers | Silva | 2:07 | 28,624 | --- | |||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 2 | 21-15 | 2 | 5.0 | Radke | Mahay | Nathan | 2:35 | 27,891 | + | ||
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 10 | 21-16 | 2 | 5.5 | Towers | Santana | 2:49 | 18,717 | - | |||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 22-16 | 2 | 5.5 | Lohse | Bush | Nathan | 2:16 | 23,929 | + | ||
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 4 | 0 | 23-16 | 2 | 5.0 | Mays | Chacin | 2:20 | 22,680 | ++ | |||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 7 | 1 | 24-16 | 2 | 5.0 | Silva | Glover | 2:27 | 30,073 | +++ | |||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 0 | 6 | 24-17 | 2 | 6.0 | Davis | Radke | 2:34 | 32,106 | - | |||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25-17 | 2 | 5.0 | Crain | Wise | 3:45 | 28,466 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Monday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 25-18 | 2 | 5.0 | Rhodes | Lohse | Wickman | 2:38 | 13,257 | - | |
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 11 | 26-18 | 2 | 5.0 | Crain | Riske | Nathan | 3:30 | 15,884 | + |
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 26-19 | 2 | 6.0 | Howry | Rincon | 3:00 | 15,794 | - | |
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 27-19 | 2 | 5.0 | Crain | Riske | Nathan | 3:23 | 19,161 | + |
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 2 | 28-19 | 2 | 4.0 | Santana | Towers | 2:28 | 18,702 | ++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 29-19 | 2 | 3.5 | Lohse | Bush | Nathan | 2:16 | 29,263 | +++ | |
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 4 | 29-20 | 2 | 3.5 | Halladay | Mays | 2:08 | 24,287 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 29-21 | 2 | 5.0 | Sabathia | Silva | Wickman | 2:28 | 15,494 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 30-21 | 2 | 4.0 | Radke | Lee | 2:36 | 20,739 | + | |||
| 52 | 52 | Thursday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 13 | 31-21 | 2 | 3.5 | Romero | Betancourt | 3:32 | 17,351 | ++ | ||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 32-21 | 2 | 3.5 | Lohse | Mussina | Nathan | 2:28 | 41,588 | +++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 32-22 | 2 | 4.5 | Gordon | Nathan | Rivera | 2:59 | 45,553 | - | |
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 9 | 3 | 33-22 | 2 | 3.5 | Silva | Brown | 3:00 | 37,349 | + | |||
| 56 | 56 | Tuesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | W | 9 | 8 | 34-22 | 2 | 4.0 | Rincon | Valverde | Nathan | 2:53 | 27,901 | ++ | |
| 57 | 57 | Wednesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | W | 10 | 0 | 35-22 | 2 | 4.0 | Santana | Vargas | 2:31 | 23,404 | +++ | ||
| 58 | 58 | Thursday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | L | 3 | 4 | 35-23 | 2 | 4.5 | Vazquez | Lohse | Bruney | 2:36 | 22,139 | - | |
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAD | L | 5 | 6 | 35-24 | 2 | 5.5 | Gagne | Mulholland | 2:48 | 46,713 | -- | ||
| 60 | 60 | Saturday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAD | W | 5 | 3 | 36-24 | 2 | 4.5 | Silva | Lowe | Nathan | 2:23 | 53,354 | + | |
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAD | L | 3 | 4 | 36-25 | 2 | 5.5 | Houlton | Radke | Gagne | 2:36 | 54,368 | - | |
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | SFG | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 37-25 | 2 | 4.0 | Crain | Fassero | 3:07 | 23,145 | + | ||
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | SFG | L | 4 | 8 | 37-26 | 2 | 5.0 | Lowry | Lohse | 2:33 | 25,613 | - | |||
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | SFG | L | 7 | 14 | 37-27 | 2 | 5.5 | Christiansen | Nathan | 3:24 | 18,815 | -- | |||
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | SDP | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 38-27 | 2 | 5.5 | Rincon | Reyes | 3:20 | 21,014 | + | ||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | SDP | L | 2 | 7 | 38-28 | 2 | 6.5 | Lawrence | Radke | 2:46 | 26,235 | - | |||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | SDP | L | 1 | 5 | 38-29 | 2 | 7.5 | May | Santana | 2:24 | 31,371 | -- | |||
| 68 | 68 | Tuesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 7 | 38-30 | 2 | 9.0 | Bonderman | Lohse | 2:38 | 20,839 | --- | |||
| 69 | 69 | Wednesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 1 | 8 | 38-31 | 2 | 10.0 | Robertson | Mays | 2:33 | 24,114 | ---- | |||
| 70 | 70 | Thursday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 2 | 39-31 | 2 | 9.5 | Silva | Johnson | 2:07 | 20,517 | + | |||
| 71 | 71 | Friday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 3 | 39-32 | 2 | 10.5 | Capuano | Radke | Turnbow | 3:03 | 36,023 | - | |
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 6 | 7 | 39-33 | 2 | 10.5 | Wise | Santana | Turnbow | 2:50 | 44,685 | -- | |
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 40-33 | 2 | 9.5 | Lohse | Santos | 2:54 | 34,324 | + | ||
| 74 | 74 | Monday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 41-33 | 2 | 9.0 | Mays | Greinke | Nathan | 2:11 | 16,530 | ++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 11 | 8 | 42-33 | 2 | 9.0 | Crain | Sisco | Nathan | 2:53 | 19,422 | +++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 3 | 42-34 | 2 | 10.0 | Carrasco | Radke | MacDougal | 2:46 | 24,546 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Friday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 7 | 4 | 43-34 | 2 | 9.5 | Crain | Brazelton | Nathan | 2:32 | 23,428 | + | ||
| 78 | 78 | Saturday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 4 | 1 | 44-34 | 2 | 9.5 | Lohse | McClung | Nathan | 2:05 | 26,393 | ++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Sunday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 3 | 2 | 45-34 | 2 | 8.5 | Mays | Kazmir | Nathan | 2:16 | 28,757 | +++ | ||
| 80 | 80 | Monday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 7 | 5 | 46-34 | 2 | 8.5 | Silva | Lackey | Nathan | 2:52 | 44,008 | ++++ | |
| 81 | 81 | Tuesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 2 | 46-35 | 2 | 9.5 | Santana | Baker | Rodriguez | 2:49 | 2,335 | - | |
| 82 | 82 | Wednesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 6 | 7 | 46-36 | 2 | 10.5 | Peralta | Santana | Rodriguez | 2:43 | 41,534 | -- | |
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 8 | 46-37 | 2 | 11.0 | Lima | Lohse | 2:54 | 12,662 | --- | ||
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 47-37 | 2 | 10.0 | Radke | Greinke | Nathan | 2:38 | 20,554 | + | |
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 8 | 12 | 47-38 | 2 | 10.0 | Nunez | Crain | 3:32 | 26,023 | - | ||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 12 | 48-38 | 2 | 9.0 | Romero | Wood | Crain | 2:59 | 17,094 | + |
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 2 | 3 | 48-39 | 2 | 10.0 | Washburn | Lohse | Rodriguez | 2:53 | 21,979 | - | ||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 2 | 3 | 48-40 | 2 | 11.0 | Byrd | Radke | Rodriguez | 2:24 | 25,920 | -- | ||
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 5 | 4 | 49-40 | 2 | 11.0 | Santana | Colon | Nathan | 2:59 | 34,009 | + | ||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 1 | 2 | 49-41 | 2 | 12.0 | Lackey | Mays | Rodriguez | 2:20 | 30,367 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Monday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 49-42 | 2 | 13.0 | Julio | Rincon | 2:58 | 20,308 | -- | ||
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 50-42 | 2 | 12.0 | Crain | Ryan | 3:18 | 26,183 | + | |||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 51-42 | 2 | 11.0 | Nathan | Grimsley | 2:31 | 30,091 | ++ | |||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 10 | 5 | 52-42 | 2 | 10.0 | Santana | Johnson | 3:08 | 23,769 | +++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 6 | 12 | 52-43 | 2 | 11.0 | Maroth | Mays | 2:47 | 34,526 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 2 | 52-44 | 2 | 10.5 | Douglass | Silva | Farnsworth | 2:23 | 20,206 | -- | |
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 2 | 53-44 | 2 | 10.5 | Baker | Verlander | Nathan | 2:12 | 34,388 | + | |
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 5 | 53-45 | 2 | 11.5 | Bonderman | Lohse | Farnsworth | 2:22 | 27,966 | - | |
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 4 | 53-46 | 2 | 12.0 | Johnson | Radke | 2:30 | 53,855 | -- | ||
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 3 | 54-46 | 2 | 11.0 | Santana | Leiter | Nathan | 3:42 | 50,334 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 6 | 54-47 | 2 | 11.5 | Small | Mays | Rivera | 2:24 | 53,524 | - | |
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 54-48 | 2 | 12.5 | Arroyo | Silva | Schilling | 2:30 | 35,211 | -- | |
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 6 | 54-49 | 2 | 13.5 | Wells | Lohse | 2:58 | 35,167 | --- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 54-50 | 2 | 14.5 | Timlin | Rincon | Schilling | 3:03 | 34,929 | ---- | |
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 54-51 | 3 | 15.5 | Blanton | Santana | Street | 2:20 | 21,176 | ----- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 5 | 54-52 | 3 | 15.5 | Haren | Romero | Street | 2:35 | 22,101 | ------ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 55-52 | 3 | 14.5 | Nathan | Duchscherer | 2:13 | 30,581 | + | |||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 5 | 55-53 | 3 | 15.5 | Zito | Crain | Street | 2:33 | 25,154 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 12 | 0 | 56-53 | 3 | 14.5 | Radke | Arroyo | 2:57 | 38,161 | + | |||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 57-53 | 3 | 14.5 | Nathan | Timlin | 2:49 | 40,626 | ++ | |||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 7 | 11 | 57-54 | 3 | 15.5 | Wakefield | Mays | Schilling | 2:54 | 40,982 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Monday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 57-55 | 3 | 15.5 | Sherrill | Silva | Guardado | 2:29 | 35,401 | -- | |
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 1 | 57-56 | 3 | 16.5 | Hernandez | Lohse | Guardado | 2:01 | 34,213 | --- | |
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 14 | 58-56 | 3 | 16.5 | Nathan | Nelson | 4:27 | 35,801 | + | |
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 0 | 59-56 | 3 | 15.5 | Santana | Haren | 2:00 | 46,812 | ++ | ||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 5 | 59-57 | 3 | 15.5 | Saarloos | Mays | Street | 2:38 | 47,385 | - | |
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 2 | 1 | 60-57 | 3 | 15.0 | Rincon | Duchscherer | Nathan | 2:04 | 29,067 | + | |
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 61-57 | 3 | 14.0 | Lohse | Contreras | Nathan | 2:51 | 39,160 | ++ | |
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 4 | 16 | 62-57 | 3 | 13.0 | Romero | Adkins | 5:09 | 34,533 | +++ | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 1 | 63-57 | 3 | 12.0 | Santana | Buehrle | 2:34 | 33,158 | ++++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 64-57 | 3 | 11.5 | Mays | Franklin | 2:48 | 22,230 | +++++ | |||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 4 | 65-57 | 3 | 10.5 | Silva | Sherrill | Nathan | 2:40 | 24,795 | ++++++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 3 | 8 | 10 | 65-58 | 3 | 10.5 | Sherrill | Guerrier | 2:42 | 33,334 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 8 | 3 | 66-58 | 3 | 10.5 | Radke | Pineiro | 2:34 | 33,405 | + | |||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 67-58 | 3 | 9.5 | Santana | Garcia | Nathan | 2:08 | 33,572 | ++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 67-59 | 3 | 10.5 | Buehrle | Mays | Hermanson | 2:33 | 32,687 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 67-60 | 3 | 11.5 | Hermanson | Crain | Jenks | 2:45 | 26,895 | -- | |
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 6 | 67-61 | 3 | 12.5 | Loe | Lohse | Wilson | 2:17 | 28,877 | --- | |
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 2 | 11 | 68-61 | 3 | 12.5 | Nathan | Shouse | 3:30 | 25,351 | + | |
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 68-62 | 3 | 12.5 | Brocail | Crain | 2:32 | 20,882 | - | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 10 | 69-62 | 3 | 11.5 | Rincon | Camp | Nathan | 2:51 | 13,555 | + |
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 4 | 70-62 | 3 | 11.0 | Silva | Lima | Nathan | 2:45 | 13,819 | ++ | |
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 70-63 | 3 | 11.0 | MacDougal | Guerrier | 2:32 | 12,963 | - | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 6 | 70-64 | 3 | 12.5 | Sabathia | Radke | 2:36 | 16,119 | -- | |||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 71-64 | 3 | 12.5 | Nathan | Howry | 2:29 | 21,757 | + | |||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 5 | 72-64 | 3 | 12.5 | Crain | Westbrook | Nathan | 2:40 | 21,717 | ++ | ||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 0 | 7 | 72-65 | 3 | 13.5 | Loe | Silva | 2:12 | 15,627 | - | |||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 7 | 10 | 72-66 | 3 | 14.5 | Wasdin | Nathan | Cordero | 2:51 | 12,564 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 8 | 6 | 73-66 | 3 | 14.5 | Romero | Brocail | Nathan | 2:59 | 13,034 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 73-67 | 3 | 14.0 | Westbrook | Santana | Wickman | 2:45 | 26,078 | - | |
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 7 | 73-68 | 3 | 14.0 | Elarton | Baker | Wickman | 2:42 | 32,123 | -- | |
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 12 | 73-69 | 3 | 14.0 | Lee | Silva | 2:59 | 38,564 | --- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 2 | 1 | 74-69 | 3 | 13.5 | Lohse | Spurling | Nathan | 2:43 | 12,748 | + | |
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 9 | 3 | 75-69 | 3 | 13.5 | Radke | Robertson | 2:25 | 16,986 | ++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 4 | 75-70 | 3 | 13.5 | Dingman | Rincon | 2:26 | 19,438 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 75-71 | 3 | 14.0 | Jenks | Crain | 2:49 | 26,951 | -- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 0 | 76-71 | 3 | 13.0 | Santana | Hernandez | Nathan | 2:50 | 24,866 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 76-72 | 3 | 14.0 | Contreras | Rincon | Jenks | 2:17 | 23,559 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 6 | 7 | 76-73 | 3 | 14.0 | Zito | Radke | 3:05 | 15,262 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 8 | 76-74 | 3 | 15.0 | Blanton | Liriano | 2:37 | 18,014 | --- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 10 | 4 | 77-74 | 3 | 14.0 | Baker | Kennedy | 3:02 | 14,927 | + | ||
| 152 | 152 | Thursday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 11 | 78-74 | 3 | 13.0 | Crain | Jenks | Nathan | 3:12 | 25,112 | ++ |
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 78-75 | 3 | 14.0 | Contreras | Lohse | 2:19 | 28,003 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 8 | 78-76 | 3 | 15.0 | Garcia | Mays | 2:27 | 37,699 | -- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 78-77 | 3 | 16.0 | Buehrle | Liriano | 1:53 | 30,402 | --- | ||
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 0 | 5 | 78-78 | 3 | 16.0 | Howell | Baker | 2:19 | 13,472 | ---- | |||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 79-78 | 3 | 15.0 | Santana | Hernandez | Nathan | 2:30 | 16,147 | + | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 80-78 | 3 | 15.0 | Crain | Sisco | Nathan | 2:46 | 14,982 | ++ | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 6 | 10 | 80-79 | 3 | 16.0 | Carrasco | Bowyer | 2:59 | 14,638 | - | |||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 3 | 81-79 | 3 | 16.0 | Liriano | Maroth | 2:12 | 18,725 | + | |||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 3 | 0 | 82-79 | 3 | 16.0 | Baker | Johnson | Nathan | 2:17 | 28,292 | ++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 4 | 83-79 | 3 | 16.0 | Santana | Robertson | Nathan | 2:27 | 20,160 | +++ | ||
| 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.