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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2005 / 2007
96-66, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (96-66)
Scored 801 runs, Allowed 683 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69
Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 2,285,018 (9th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to Oakland Athletics |
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| Season Summary | 96-66, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 4 | last on Sunday, Oct 1, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 4 | last on Oct 1, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | last on Sunday, Oct 1, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 12.5 | last on Saturday, May 27, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 31 | last on Thursday, Sep 28 |
| Most Games under .500 | 8 | last on Wednesday, Jun 7 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 11 | Thursday, Jun 22 to Monday, Jul 3 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Sunday, May 14 to Thursday, May 18 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 18 | Saturday, Apr 29 |
| Most Runs Scored | 16 | Saturday, May 20 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 12 | Friday, Jun 9 and Tuesday, Jun 13 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 14 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 6 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Halladay | Santana | Ryan | 2:37 | N | 50,449 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 13 | 4 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Radke | Towers | 2:49 | N | 18,156 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 1-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Chacin | Silva | Ryan | 2:29 | N | 16,221 | - | |
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 11 | 1-3 | 4 | 3.0 | Byrd | Lohse | 2:47 | D | 42,445 | -- | ||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 3 | 1-4 | 4 | 4.0 | Johnson | Baker | Wickman | 2:31 | N | 25,107 | --- | |
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 1-5 | 5 | 4.0 | Westbrook | Santana | Wickman | 2:42 | D | 23,311 | ---- | |
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 7 | 6 | 2-5 | 5 | 4.0 | Radke | Haren | Nathan | 2:22 | N | 48,911 | + | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 5 | 3-5 | 4 | 3.0 | Silva | Loaiza | Nathan | 2:17 | N | 22,603 | ++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 8 | 2 | 4-5 | 4 | 2.0 | Lohse | Blanton | 2:09 | D | 13,520 | +++ | |||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 5-5 | 3 | 1.0 | Baker | Mussina | 2:50 | N | 30,622 | ++++ | |||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 6-5 | 2 | 1.0 | Rincon | Rivera | 3:34 | N | 42,316 | +++++ | |||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 3 | 9 | 6-6 | 4 | 1.0 | Wang | Radke | 3:04 | D | 22,627 | - | |||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 2 | 8 | 6-7 | 4 | 2.5 | Escobar | Silva | Shields | 2:24 | N | 15,787 | -- | ||
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7-7 | 4 | 2.5 | Nathan | Romero | 3:20 | N | 21,507 | + | ||
| 15 | 15 | Thursday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 4 | 6 | 7-8 | 4 | 3.0 | Gregg | Crain | Rodriguez | 3:08 | D | 12,990 | - | ||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 7 | 7-9 | 4 | 4.0 | Buehrle | Santana | 2:29 | N | 31,287 | -- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 9 | 7-10 | 4 | 5.0 | Garcia | Radke | 3:01 | N | 38,955 | --- | ||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 7 | 7-11 | 4 | 6.0 | Contreras | Silva | 2:24 | D | 38,102 | ---- | ||
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 8-11 | 4 | 5.5 | Liriano | Hudson | Nathan | 2:58 | N | 12,911 | + | |
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 3 | 8-12 | 4 | 5.5 | Hernandez | Baker | Burgos | 2:07 | N | 9,188 | - | |
| 21 | 21 | Thursday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 9-12 | 4 | 5.0 | Santana | Redman | 2:50 | D | 11,391 | + | ||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 9 | 9-13 | 4 | 6.0 | Robertson | Radke | 2:53 | N | 23,263 | - | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 18 | 9-14 | 4 | 7.0 | Verlander | Silva | 2:56 | D | 24,258 | -- | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 6 | 9-15 | 4 | 8.0 | Rogers | Lohse | 2:01 | D | 24,323 | --- | ||
| 25 | 25 | Monday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 2 | 8 | 9-16 | 4 | 9.0 | Pineiro | Baker | 2:32 | N | 11,796 | ---- | |||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 5 | 1 | 10-16 | 4 | 8.0 | Santana | Washburn | 2:21 | N | 14,513 | + | |||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 1 | 11-16 | 4 | 8.0 | Radke | Mays | 2:14 | N | 15,996 | ++ | |||
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 11-17 | 4 | 9.0 | Affeldt | Silva | Burgos | 2:33 | N | 11,803 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 6 | 9 | 11-18 | 4 | 9.0 | Rogers | Lohse | Jones | 2:50 | N | 23,892 | -- | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 6 | 12-18 | 4 | 9.0 | Rincon | Jones | 2:41 | N | 20,907 | + | |||
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 2 | 13-18 | 4 | 9.0 | Santana | Maroth | Nathan | 2:22 | D | 20,548 | ++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Monday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 6 | 13-19 | 4 | 9.5 | Koronka | Radke | Otsuka | 2:39 | N | 18,608 | - | |
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 15 | 5 | 14-19 | 4 | 9.5 | Silva | Millwood | Liriano | 2:53 | N | 19,309 | + | |
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 3 | 15-19 | 4 | 8.5 | Lohse | Padilla | Nathan | 2:50 | D | 23,037 | ++ | |
| 35 | 35 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 10 | 1 | 16-19 | 4 | 7.5 | Santana | Garland | 2:26 | N | 30,473 | +++ | |||
| 36 | 36 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 8 | 4 | 17-19 | 3 | 6.5 | Radke | Vazquez | 2:52 | N | 33,021 | ++++ | |||
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 7 | 9 | 17-20 | 3 | 7.5 | Buehrle | Silva | Jenks | 3:01 | N | 21,796 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Monday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 7 | 17-21 | 3 | 8.5 | Garcia | Baker | 3:04 | D | 19,413 | -- | |||
| 39 | 39 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 7 | 17-22 | 4 | 8.5 | Robertson | Lohse | Jones | 2:58 | N | 18,115 | --- | |
| 40 | 40 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 2 | 17-23 | 4 | 9.5 | Verlander | Santana | Jones | 2:02 | N | 16,669 | ---- | |
| 41 | 41 | Thursday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 5 | 17-24 | 4 | 10.5 | Rogers | Radke | Jones | 2:44 | D | 26,732 | ----- | |
| 42 | 42 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 1 | 18-24 | 4 | 9.5 | Liriano | Davis | 2:45 | N | 28,462 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 16 | 10 | 19-24 | 4 | 9.5 | Baker | Hendrickson | 3:57 | N | 43,422 | ++ | ||
| 44 | 44 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 19-25 | 4 | 10.5 | Capuano | Crain | Turnbow | 2:54 | D | 35,180 | - | |
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20-25 | 4 | 11.0 | Nathan | Mota | 3:13 | N | 19,334 | + | ||
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 0 | 11 | 20-26 | 4 | 12.0 | Sabathia | Radke | 2:34 | D | 22,789 | - | |||
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 3 | 1 | 21-26 | 4 | 12.5 | Liriano | Hernandez | Nathan | 2:12 | N | 28,082 | + | ||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 9 | 5 | 22-26 | 4 | 12.5 | Bonser | Moyer | Rincon | 2:57 | N | 25,305 | ++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 23-26 | 4 | 11.5 | Nathan | Guardado | 2:58 | D | 24,388 | +++ | ||
| 50 | 50 | Monday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23-27 | 4 | 11.5 | Shields | Crain | 3:16 | N | 40,007 | - | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 6 | 23-28 | 4 | 11.5 | Weaver | Baker | Rodriguez | 2:33 | N | 37,299 | -- | |
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 7 | 1 | 24-28 | 4 | 10.5 | Liriano | Santana | 2:34 | N | 44,001 | + | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 4 | 24-29 | 4 | 11.5 | Zito | Bonser | 1:57 | N | 12,025 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 2 | 1 | 25-29 | 4 | 10.5 | Santana | Saarloos | Nathan | 2:03 | N | 16,138 | + | |
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 25-30 | 4 | 11.5 | Halsey | Radke | Street | 2:53 | D | 23,194 | - | |
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 25-31 | 4 | 11.5 | Halsey | Silva | 2:26 | D | 25,247 | -- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 4 | 25-32 | 4 | 11.5 | Hernandez | Liriano | Putz | 2:44 | N | 21,028 | --- | |
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25-33 | 4 | 11.5 | Mateo | Crain | 3:56 | N | 24,785 | ---- | |
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 26-33 | 4 | 11.5 | Santana | Pineiro | 3:02 | D | 27,341 | + | ||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 5 | 12 | 27-33 | 4 | 10.5 | Nathan | Chen | 4:07 | N | 22,894 | ++ | ||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 7 | 9 | 27-34 | 4 | 11.5 | Cabrera | Silva | 3:05 | N | 24,478 | - | |||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 4 | 0 | 28-34 | 4 | 11.5 | Liriano | Bedard | 2:37 | D | 25,438 | + | |||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 12 | 29-34 | 4 | 12.0 | Reyes | Tavarez | 3:27 | N | 23,531 | ++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 8 | 1 | 30-34 | 3 | 11.0 | Radke | Clement | 3:07 | N | 26,492 | +++ | |||
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 3 | 31-34 | 3 | 11.0 | Silva | Wakefield | Nathan | 2:46 | N | 21,191 | ++++ | ||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PIT | W | 4 | 2 | 32-34 | 3 | 11.0 | Liriano | Snell | Nathan | 2:35 | N | 33,025 | +++++ | |
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PIT | W | 5 | 3 | 33-34 | 3 | 11.0 | Crain | Marte | Nathan | 2:29 | N | 34,085 | ++++++ | |
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PIT | W | 8 | 2 | 34-34 | 3 | 11.0 | Santana | Perez | 2:35 | D | 25,104 | +++++++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | HOU | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 35-34 | 3 | 11.5 | Nathan | Miller | 2:51 | N | 32,713 | ++++++++ | |
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | HOU | L | 3 | 5 | 35-35 | 3 | 11.5 | Wheeler | Lohse | Lidge | 2:38 | N | 33,243 | - | |
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | HOU | W | 4 | 2 | 36-35 | 3 | 11.0 | Liriano | Clemens | Nathan | 2:42 | N | 43,769 | + | |
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | CHC | W | 7 | 2 | 37-35 | 3 | 11.0 | Santana | Marmol | 2:21 | N | 34,361 | ++ | |||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | CHC | W | 3 | 0 | 38-35 | 3 | 11.0 | Bonser | Prior | Nathan | 2:28 | N | 42,304 | +++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | CHC | W | 8 | 1 | 39-35 | 3 | 11.0 | Radke | Marshall | 2:40 | D | 35,128 | ++++ | |||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | LAD | W | 8 | 2 | 40-35 | 3 | 11.0 | Silva | Billingsley | 2:30 | N | 22,528 | +++++ | |||
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | LAD | W | 9 | 2 | 41-35 | 3 | 11.0 | Liriano | Lowe | 2:34 | N | 30,681 | ++++++ | |||
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | LAD | W | 6 | 3 | 42-35 | 3 | 11.0 | Santana | Perez | Nathan | 2:36 | D | 34,157 | +++++++ | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 8 | 2 | 43-35 | 3 | 11.0 | Radke | Villanueva | 2:45 | N | 28,412 | ++++++++ | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 10 | 7 | 44-35 | 3 | 10.0 | Rincon | Turnbow | Nathan | 3:30 | N | 35,056 | +++++++++ | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 8 | 0 | 45-35 | 3 | 10.0 | Liriano | Jackson | 2:24 | D | 35,466 | ++++++++++ | |||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 46-35 | 3 | 9.0 | Crain | Sisco | Nathan | 3:22 | N | 28,401 | +++++++++++ | |
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 7 | 46-36 | 3 | 9.0 | Gobble | Bonser | Dessens | 2:37 | N | 23,996 | - | |
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 6 | 46-37 | 3 | 10.0 | Affeldt | Crain | Burgos | 3:03 | N | 12,085 | -- | |
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 9 | 46-38 | 3 | 11.0 | Wasdin | Silva | 2:48 | N | 30,207 | --- | ||
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 0 | 47-38 | 3 | 11.0 | Liriano | Rheinecker | 2:34 | N | 36,035 | + | ||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 5 | 47-39 | 3 | 11.0 | Bauer | Santana | Otsuka | 2:30 | D | 23,268 | - | |
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 47-40 | 3 | 12.0 | Lee | Liriano | Wickman | 2:49 | N | 21,085 | -- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 48-40 | 3 | 12.0 | Nathan | Mujica | 3:24 | N | 21,279 | + | ||
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 49-40 | 3 | 12.0 | Santana | Sabathia | 2:30 | N | 33,904 | ++ | |||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 50-40 | 3 | 11.0 | Silva | Sowers | Nathan | 2:13 | D | 31,838 | +++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 6 | 3 | 51-40 | 3 | 10.5 | Baker | Corcoran | Nathan | 2:37 | N | 17,071 | ++++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 8 | 1 | 52-40 | 3 | 9.5 | Liriano | Kazmir | 2:27 | N | 22,808 | +++++ | |||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 7 | 2 | 53-40 | 3 | 9.5 | Radke | Seo | 2:12 | N | 25,866 | ++++++ | |||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 6 | 4 | 54-40 | 3 | 9.5 | Santana | Shields | Nathan | 2:57 | D | 25,104 | +++++++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 14 | 6 | 55-40 | 3 | 9.5 | Reyes | Sabathia | 3:43 | N | 29,695 | ++++++++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 11 | 55-41 | 3 | 9.5 | Sowers | Baker | 2:24 | N | 26,895 | - | ||
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 56-41 | 3 | 9.5 | Liriano | Westbrook | Nathan | 2:57 | D | 25,889 | + | |
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 57-41 | 3 | 9.5 | Radke | Vazquez | 2:54 | N | 39,750 | ++ | ||
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 58-41 | 3 | 8.5 | Santana | Contreras | Nathan | 2:37 | N | 36,984 | +++ | |
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 59-41 | 2 | 8.5 | Silva | Buehrle | Nathan | 2:49 | D | 39,387 | ++++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 59-42 | 3 | 9.5 | Rodney | Rincon | Jones | 2:42 | N | 45,478 | - | |
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 6 | 8 | 59-43 | 3 | 10.5 | Robertson | Radke | Jones | 2:49 | N | 45,496 | -- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 4 | 60-43 | 3 | 9.5 | Neshek | Bonderman | Nathan | 3:04 | D | 43,204 | + | ||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 15 | 2 | 61-43 | 3 | 8.5 | Silva | Rheinecker | 2:40 | N | 19,532 | ++ | |||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 0 | 9 | 61-44 | 3 | 9.5 | Eaton | Baker | 2:37 | N | 25,969 | - | |||
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 10 | 61-45 | 3 | 10.5 | Wells | Bonser | 2:56 | D | 26,492 | -- | |||
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 2 | 62-45 | 3 | 9.5 | Radke | De La Rosa | 2:42 | N | 12,022 | + | ||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 5 | 10 | 63-45 | 3 | 9.5 | Reyes | Dohmann | Nathan | 3:53 | N | 19,394 | ++ |
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 14 | 3 | 64-45 | 3 | 9.5 | Silva | Hernandez | 3:10 | N | 25,131 | +++ | ||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 11 | 5 | 65-45 | 3 | 9.5 | Reyes | Wellemeyer | 3:17 | D | 14,064 | ++++ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 9 | 65-46 | 3 | 10.5 | Miner | Liriano | 2:32 | N | 34,870 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 2 | 66-46 | 3 | 9.5 | Radke | Robertson | Nathan | 3:00 | N | 35,624 | + | |
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 67-46 | 2 | 8.5 | Santana | Zumaya | Nathan | 2:44 | N | 36,339 | ++ | |
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 5 | 67-47 | 3 | 9.0 | Lilly | Silva | 2:31 | N | 30,118 | - | |||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 7 | 67-48 | 3 | 9.0 | Burnett | Garza | 2:35 | N | 31,814 | -- | |||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 4 | 67-49 | 3 | 9.0 | Downs | Bonser | 2:27 | N | 36,261 | --- | |||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 5 | 0 | 68-49 | 3 | 8.0 | Radke | Marcum | 2:35 | D | 32,811 | + | |||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 69-49 | 3 | 8.5 | Santana | Westbrook | 2:12 | N | 34,854 | ++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 2 | 70-49 | 3 | 7.5 | Neshek | Hernandez | 3:07 | N | 42,328 | +++ | |||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 70-50 | 3 | 8.5 | Byrd | Garza | 2:36 | D | 27,664 | - | |||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 3 | 71-50 | 3 | 7.5 | Neshek | Garcia | 2:45 | N | 43,204 | + | |||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 71-51 | 3 | 7.5 | Garland | Radke | Jenks | 2:32 | N | 46,215 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 3 | 72-51 | 3 | 6.5 | Santana | Vazquez | 2:47 | D | 42,537 | + | |||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 72-52 | 3 | 8.0 | Loewen | Silva | Ray | 2:23 | N | 19,756 | - | |
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 73-52 | 3 | 7.0 | Garza | Lopez | Nathan | 2:44 | N | 19,258 | + | |
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 11 | 2 | 74-52 | 3 | 6.0 | Bonser | Benson | 2:49 | N | 24,848 | ++ | ||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 75-52 | 2 | 5.0 | Crain | MacDougal | Nathan | 2:59 | N | 35,931 | +++ | |
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 7 | 11 | 76-52 | 2 | 4.0 | Eyre | Thornton | 3:37 | N | 38,636 | ++++ | |
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 76-53 | 2 | 5.0 | Buehrle | Silva | 2:21 | D | 35,193 | - | ||
| 130 | 130 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 0 | 2 | 76-54 | 3 | 5.5 | Redman | Garza | 2:23 | N | 24,904 | -- | |||
| 131 | 131 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 76-55 | 3 | 6.0 | Hudson | Bonser | Nelson | 2:29 | N | 28,668 | --- | ||
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 77-55 | 3 | 5.0 | Santana | De La Rosa | Nathan | 2:32 | D | 21,287 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 8 | 77-56 | 3 | 6.0 | Lidle | Silva | 3:13 | N | 54,311 | - | ||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 1 | 8 | 78-56 | 3 | 5.0 | Baker | Karstens | Crain | 2:28 | D | 53,220 | + |
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 10 | 78-57 | 3 | 5.0 | Rasner | Garza | 3:01 | D | 55,155 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 2 | 1 | 79-57 | 2 | 5.0 | Bonser | Corcoran | Nathan | 2:30 | D | 15,910 | + | |
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 8 | 0 | 80-57 | 2 | 4.0 | Santana | Seo | 2:34 | N | 8,256 | ++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | L | 2 | 4 | 80-58 | 2 | 4.0 | Camp | Neshek | McClung | 2:15 | N | 8,942 | - | |
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 7 | 80-59 | 2 | 5.0 | Verlander | Baker | 2:33 | N | 21,229 | -- | |||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 9 | 5 | 81-59 | 2 | 4.0 | Neshek | Ledezma | 3:14 | N | 29,042 | + | |||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 2 | 1 | 82-59 | 2 | 3.0 | Bonser | Robertson | Nathan | 2:29 | N | 39,160 | ++ | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 12 | 1 | 83-59 | 2 | 2.0 | Santana | Bonderman | 2:54 | D | 40,158 | +++ | |||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 9 | 4 | 84-59 | 2 | 1.5 | Silva | Blanton | Nathan | 3:05 | N | 15,728 | ++++ | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 7 | 5 | 85-59 | 2 | 1.5 | Reyes | Kennedy | Nathan | 2:48 | N | 20,991 | +++++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 0 | 1 | 85-60 | 2 | 1.5 | Haren | Garza | Street | 2:38 | D | 18,902 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 4 | 86-60 | 2 | 1.0 | Crain | Davis | 3:38 | N | 21,424 | + | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 86-61 | 2 | 2.0 | Cabrera | Neshek | 3:33 | N | 32,473 | - | |
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 87-61 | 2 | 2.0 | Silva | Sabathia | Nathan | 2:39 | N | 26,757 | + | |
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 88-61 | 2 | 1.0 | Baker | Byrd | Guerrier | 2:42 | D | 20,324 | ++ | |
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 89-61 | 2 | 0.5 | Garza | Wakefield | 3:03 | N | 36,242 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 2 | 90-61 | 2 | 0.5 | Bonser | Hansen | 3:15 | N | 36,484 | ++++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Thursday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 6 | 90-62 | 2 | 0.5 | Beckett | Santana | 2:54 | N | 36,434 | - | ||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 90-63 | 2 | 1.5 | Cabrera | Silva | 2:54 | N | 21,051 | -- | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 5 | 91-63 | 2 | 1.5 | Guerrier | Bedard | Nathan | 3:30 | D | 21,980 | + | |
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 3 | 92-63 | 2 | 1.5 | Garza | Loewen | Nathan | 3:05 | D | 23,005 | ++ | |
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 1 | 93-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Bonser | De La Rosa | 2:44 | N | 18,108 | +++ | |||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 94-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Santana | Peralta | Nathan | 2:39 | N | 24,819 | ++++ | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 6 | 94-64 | 2 | 1.0 | Redman | Silva | Nelson | 2:36 | N | 28,540 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 95-64 | 1 | Tied | Nathan | Dohmann | 2:43 | N | 26,654 | + | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 95-65 | 1 | Tied | Garcia | Bonser | Jenks | 2:27 | N | 45,439 | - | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 6 | 95-66 | 1 | Tied | Garland | Garza | 2:34 | D | 46,219 | -- | |||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 1 | 96-66 | 1 | up 1.0 | Silva | Vazquez | 2:56 | D | 45,182 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.