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| Season Summary | 79-83, Final Rank:3, GB: 17.0 | |
| Days in First | 16 | last on Monday, Apr 23, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 19 | last on Apr 23, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 1.5 | last on Saturday, Apr 21, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 17 | last on Sunday, Sep 30, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 6 | last on Sunday, Jul 15 |
| Most Games under .500 | 5 | last on Saturday, Sep 29 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Sunday, May 27 to Friday, Jun 1 and Wednesday, Aug 22 to Sunday, Aug 26 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Sunday, Sep 2 to Saturday, Sep 8 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Monday, Jun 4 |
| Most Runs Scored | 20 | Friday, Jul 6 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Saturday, May 26 and Friday, Sep 7 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 14 | |
| 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, Apr 2 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 4 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Santana | Bedard | Nathan | 2:56 | 48,711 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 3 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 2-0 | 1 | up 0.5 | Neshek | Cabrera | Nathan | 2:38 | 24,439 | ++ | ||
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 4 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 2 | 3-0 | 1 | up 0.5 | Ortiz | Wright | 2:34 | 27,539 | +++ | |||
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 3 | 3-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Vazquez | Silva | Jenks | 2:51 | 33,278 | - | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 4-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Santana | Danks | Nathan | 2:36 | 27,653 | + | |
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 4-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pavano | Ponson | 2:33 | 26,047 | - | |||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 10 | 4-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Pettitte | Bonser | 2:48 | 24,552 | -- | |||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 5-3 | 1 | Tied | Ortiz | Farnsworth | 2:36 | 30,131 | + | |||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 3 | 2 | 6-3 | 1 | Tied | Nathan | Stokes | 2:29 | 15,869 | ++ | |||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | L | 2 | 4 | 6-4 | 1 | Tied | Kazmir | Santana | Reyes | 2:37 | 27,783 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 12 | 5 | 7-4 | 1 | Tied | Ponson | Jackson | 2:59 | 35,269 | + | |||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | L | 4 | 6 | 7-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Stokes | Nathan | Reyes | 2:37 | 27,024 | - | ||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 11 | 2 | 8-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Ortiz | Weaver | 2:27 | 19,015 | + | ||
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 9-5 | 1 | up 0.5 | Silva | Hernandez | Nathan | 2:41 | 20,871 | ++ | |
| 15 | 15 | Thursday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 10-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Santana | Washburn | Nathan | 2:43 | 19,350 | +++ | |
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 7 | 11 | 10-6 | 1 | up 1.0 | Perez | Ponson | Riske | 3:11 | 31,813 | - | |
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 5 | 11-6 | 1 | up 1.5 | Neshek | Peralta | Nathan | 3:05 | 20,566 | + | |
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 3 | 11-7 | 1 | up 1.0 | de la Rosa | Ortiz | Soria | 2:07 | 14,801 | - | |
| 19 | 19 | Monday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11-8 | 1 | Tied | Hernandez | Crain | 3:49 | 16,076 | -- | ||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 11-9 | 3 | 0.5 | Carmona | Santana | Borowski | 2:34 | 20,849 | --- | ||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 11-10 | 4 | 1.5 | Perez | Ponson | Soria | 2:41 | 21,496 | ---- | ||
| 22 | 22 | Thursday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12-10 | 3 | 1.5 | Rincon | Wellemeyer | 3:42 | 18,520 | + | ||
| 23 | 23 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 3 | 13-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Crain | Zumaya | Nathan | 2:45 | 31,147 | ++ | |
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 11 | 3 | 14-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Silva | Verlander | 3:08 | 39,547 | +++ | ||
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 4 | 14-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Jones | Crain | 2:44 | 36,483 | - | ||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 9 | 1 | 15-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Ponson | Jackson | 2:57 | 8,773 | + | ||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15-12 | 3 | 2.5 | Reyes | Guerrier | 3:35 | 9,101 | - | |
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | L | 4 | 6 | 15-13 | 3 | 3.5 | Shields | Ortiz | Reyes | 2:31 | 8,793 | -- | |
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 0 | 2 | 15-14 | 3 | 3.5 | Wakefield | Silva | Papelbon | 2:33 | 34,951 | --- | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 16-14 | 3 | 2.5 | Santana | Tavarez | Nathan | 3:00 | 40,088 | + | ||
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 16-15 | 3 | 3.5 | Schilling | Ponson | Papelbon | 3:01 | 27,807 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 10 | 17-15 | 3 | 4.0 | Rincon | Sisco | 3:10 | 21,979 | + | ||
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 6 | 17-16 | 3 | 4.0 | Danks | Ortiz | Jenks | 2:29 | 24,367 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Thursday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 3 | 17-17 | 4 | 4.5 | Contreras | Silva | 2:14 | 23,663 | -- | |||
| 35 | 35 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 7 | 17-18 | 4 | 5.5 | Maroth | Santana | 3:05 | 31,458 | --- | |||
| 36 | 36 | Saturday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 8 | 17-19 | 4 | 6.5 | Durbin | Ponson | Lopez | 2:29 | 32,176 | ---- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 16 | 4 | 18-19 | 4 | 5.5 | Bonser | Vasquez | 3:26 | 25,037 | + | |||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 7 | 15 | 18-20 | 4 | 6.0 | Byrd | Ortiz | 2:49 | 23,325 | - | ||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 7 | 18-21 | 4 | 6.5 | Sabathia | Silva | 2:34 | 17,678 | -- | ||
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 2 | 18-22 | 4 | 7.0 | Carmona | Santana | 2:18 | 28,609 | --- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 1 | 19-22 | 4 | 7.0 | Bonser | Capuano | 2:31 | 44,759 | + | ||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 20-22 | 4 | 6.0 | Baker | Bush | 2:20 | 44,427 | ++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 6 | 20-23 | 4 | 7.0 | Wise | Reyes | Cordero | 2:45 | 39,119 | - | |
| 44 | 44 | Monday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 14 | 20-24 | 4 | 8.0 | Padilla | Silva | 2:59 | 24,814 | -- | ||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 1 | 21-24 | 4 | 7.0 | Santana | Loe | 2:34 | 27,013 | + | ||
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 22-24 | 4 | 6.5 | Bonser | Tejeda | Nathan | 3:29 | 24,370 | ++ | |
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 23-24 | 4 | 6.5 | Guerrier | Downs | Nathan | 2:54 | 26,781 | +++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 8 | 9 | 13 | 23-25 | 4 | 7.5 | Tallet | Guerrier | 3:54 | 31,434 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 4 | 2 | 24-25 | 4 | 7.5 | Silva | Burnett | Nathan | 2:16 | 25,781 | + | ||
| 50 | 50 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 10 | 4 | 25-25 | 4 | 6.5 | Santana | Contreras | 2:59 | 27,090 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 26-25 | 3 | 5.5 | Bonser | Danks | 2:46 | 23,771 | +++ | |||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 27-25 | 3 | 5.5 | Nathan | MacDougal | 2:48 | 29,042 | ++++ | |||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 28-25 | 3 | 6.0 | Neshek | Calero | Nathan | 3:16 | 20,219 | +++++ |
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 1 | 28-26 | 3 | 6.0 | Blanton | Silva | 1:49 | 30,576 | - | ||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 4 | 28-27 | 3 | 6.0 | Gaudin | Santana | Embree | 2:47 | 25,388 | -- | |
| 56 | 56 | Monday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 16 | 28-28 | 3 | 6.5 | Weaver | Bonser | 2:42 | 37,380 | --- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 5 | 28-29 | 3 | 7.5 | Escobar | Baker | 2:14 | 42,001 | ---- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 8 | 5 | 29-29 | 3 | 6.5 | Slowey | Lackey | Nathan | 2:46 | 36,453 | + | |
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | WSN | L | 5 | 8 | 29-30 | 3 | 7.0 | Simontacchi | Silva | Rivera | 2:32 | 25,144 | - | ||
| 60 | 60 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | WSN | L | 1 | 3 | 29-31 | 3 | 8.0 | Speigner | Santana | Cordero | 2:40 | 39,742 | -- | ||
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | WSN | W | 6 | 3 | 30-31 | 3 | 7.0 | Bonser | Bacsik | Nathan | 3:05 | 31,035 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | ATL | W | 7 | 3 | 31-31 | 3 | 5.5 | Slowey | Davies | 2:39 | 25,868 | ++ | |||
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | ATL | W | 6 | 0 | 32-31 | 3 | 5.5 | Silva | James | 2:10 | 27,903 | +++ | |||
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | ATL | W | 3 | 2 | 33-31 | 3 | 5.5 | Reyes | Wickman | 2:35 | 26,714 | ++++ | |||
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 11 | 33-32 | 3 | 5.5 | Vargas | Baker | Shouse | 2:46 | 27,977 | - | ||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 2 | 5 | 33-33 | 3 | 5.5 | Bush | Bonser | Cordero | 3:08 | 37,117 | -- | ||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 10 | 9 | 34-33 | 3 | 5.5 | Nathan | Spurling | 3:14 | 31,624 | + | |||
| 68 | 68 | Monday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYM | L | 1 | 8 | 34-34 | 3 | 6.5 | Maine | Silva | 2:38 | 37,319 | - | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYM | W | 9 | 0 | 35-34 | 3 | 5.5 | Santana | Sosa | 2:26 | 40,935 | + | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYM | W | 6 | 2 | 36-34 | 3 | 5.5 | Baker | Perez | 3:00 | 44,517 | ++ | ||
| 71 | 71 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | FLA | L | 4 | 5 | 36-35 | 3 | 6.5 | Benitez | Rincon | Gregg | 2:23 | 15,271 | - | |
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | FLA | W | 11 | 1 | 37-35 | 3 | 6.5 | Silva | Johnson | 2:43 | 21,368 | + | ||
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | FLA | W | 7 | 4 | 38-35 | 3 | 6.5 | Santana | Kim | 2:56 | 15,035 | ++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Monday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 5 | 8 | 38-36 | 3 | 6.5 | Halladay | Guerrier | Accardo | 2:53 | 24,240 | - | ||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 2 | 1 | 12 | 39-36 | 3 | 5.5 | Rincon | Tallet | 3:15 | 27,000 | + | ||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 39-37 | 3 | 6.0 | Towers | Bonser | Accardo | 2:46 | 30,959 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 8 | 5 | 40-37 | 3 | 6.0 | Silva | Frasor | Nathan | 2:35 | 31,038 | + | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 11 | 1 | 41-37 | 3 | 5.5 | Santana | Verlander | 2:42 | 42,361 | ++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 5 | 42-37 | 3 | 5.5 | Slowey | Miller | Nathan | 3:03 | 41,588 | +++ | |
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 1 | 42-38 | 3 | 6.5 | Bonderman | Baker | Jones | 2:07 | 41,078 | - | |
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 5 | 42-39 | 3 | 7.5 | Clemens | Bonser | 2:52 | 53,036 | -- | ||
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 8 | 42-40 | 3 | 8.5 | Wang | Silva | 2:53 | 53,862 | --- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 2 | 43-40 | 3 | 7.5 | Santana | Mussina | 2:54 | 52,040 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 7 | 43-41 | 3 | 7.5 | Farnsworth | Neshek | Rivera | 3:32 | 52,471 | - | |
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 20 | 14 | 44-41 | 3 | 6.0 | Baker | Garland | 3:42 | 31,543 | + | ||
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 12 | 0 | 45-41 | 3 | 6.0 | Garza | Floyd | 3:02 | 32,426 | ++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 45-42 | 3 | 7.0 | Buehrle | Bonser | Jenks | 2:20 | 36,791 | - | |
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 6 | 45-43 | 3 | 8.0 | Vazquez | Silva | 2:20 | 32,724 | -- | ||
| 89 | 89 | Thursday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 6 | 2 | 46-43 | 3 | 7.0 | Baker | Gaudin | 2:36 | 25,207 | + | |||
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 47-43 | 3 | 7.0 | Santana | DiNardo | Nathan | 2:34 | 36,338 | ++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 48-43 | 3 | 6.0 | Silva | Blanton | Nathan | 2:15 | 36,066 | +++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 49-43 | 3 | 6.0 | Neshek | Kennedy | 3:06 | 36,737 | ++++ | |||
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 0 | 1 | 49-44 | 3 | 7.0 | Robertson | Garza | Jones | 2:39 | 30,939 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 3 | 49-45 | 3 | 8.0 | Miller | Santana | Jones | 3:31 | 38,070 | -- | ||
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 49-46 | 3 | 9.0 | Miner | Nathan | Jones | 3:31 | 36,551 | --- | |
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 7 | 5 | 50-46 | 3 | 8.0 | Silva | Lackey | Nathan | 2:39 | 35,794 | + | ||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 5 | 2 | 51-46 | 3 | 8.0 | Neshek | Shields | Nathan | 2:35 | 33,868 | ++ | ||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 2 | 7 | 51-47 | 3 | 8.0 | Saunders | Garza | 2:56 | 33,217 | - | |||
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 6 | 51-48 | 3 | 9.0 | Marcum | Santana | Accardo | 2:28 | 26,091 | -- | |
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 7 | 51-49 | 3 | 8.5 | McGowan | Baker | 2:29 | 30,669 | --- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 13 | 51-50 | 3 | 9.5 | Litsch | Silva | 2:39 | 37,342 | ---- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 10 | 51-51 | 3 | 9.0 | Byrd | Bonser | 2:59 | 37,292 | ----- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 52-51 | 3 | 8.0 | Neshek | Borowski | Nathan | 2:48 | 41,203 | + | |
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 53-51 | 3 | 7.0 | Reyes | Sabathia | Nathan | 3:16 | 37,102 | ++ | |
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 54-51 | 3 | 7.0 | Baker | Meche | Nathan | 2:18 | 23,628 | +++ | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 3 | 55-51 | 3 | 6.0 | Silva | de la Rosa | Nathan | 2:11 | 22,890 | ++++ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 55-52 | 3 | 6.0 | Greinke | Rincon | Soria | 3:00 | 24,880 | - | |
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 55-53 | 3 | 6.5 | Sabathia | Santana | Borowski | 3:18 | 31,664 | -- | ||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 56-53 | 3 | 5.5 | Ortiz | Laffey | Nathan | 2:45 | 33,663 | + | ||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 57-53 | 3 | 4.5 | Baker | Carmona | Nathan | 2:34 | 38,334 | ++ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 0 | 4 | 57-54 | 3 | 5.5 | Byrd | Silva | 2:23 | 28,314 | - | |||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 5 | 57-55 | 3 | 6.5 | Bannister | Bonser | 2:31 | 15,648 | -- | ||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 11 | 4 | 58-55 | 3 | 5.5 | Santana | Perez | 3:20 | 21,503 | + | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 58-56 | 3 | 6.5 | Davies | Garza | Soria | 2:51 | 14,569 | - | |
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 10 | 58-57 | 3 | 6.5 | Escobar | Baker | 2:52 | 43,810 | -- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 4 | 58-58 | 3 | 6.5 | Lackey | Neshek | Rodriguez | 2:36 | 44,064 | --- | |
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 2 | 6 | 58-59 | 3 | 7.0 | Weaver | Bonser | 2:40 | 43,911 | ---- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 58-60 | 3 | 7.0 | Putz | Guerrier | 2:36 | 37,902 | ----- | ||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 11 | 3 | 59-60 | 3 | 7.0 | Garza | Ramirez | 2:46 | 33,729 | + | ||
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 1 | 60-60 | 3 | 6.0 | Neshek | Washburn | 2:37 | 42,921 | ++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 61-60 | 3 | 6.0 | Guerrier | Wright | 2:44 | 30,924 | +++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 0 | 5 | 61-61 | 3 | 7.0 | Loe | Bonser | 2:36 | 41,037 | - | |||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 1 | 0 | 62-61 | 3 | 6.0 | Santana | Millwood | Nathan | 2:19 | 36,353 | + | ||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 4 | 9 | 62-62 | 3 | 6.5 | Ramirez | Garza | 2:23 | 31,755 | - | |||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 2 | 7 | 62-63 | 3 | 6.5 | Washburn | Baker | 2:49 | 42,373 | -- | |||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 8 | 4 | 63-63 | 3 | 6.5 | Silva | Batista | 2:16 | 29,881 | + | |||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 64-63 | 3 | 6.5 | Bonser | Trachsel | Guerrier | 2:51 | 19,389 | ++ | |
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 4 | 65-63 | 3 | 5.5 | Santana | Hoey | Nathan | 2:48 | 29,742 | +++ | |
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 1 | 66-63 | 3 | 5.5 | Garza | Liz | 3:01 | 28,700 | ++++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 11 | 3 | 67-63 | 3 | 5.5 | Baker | Bedard | 3:02 | 30,876 | +++++ | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 8 | 67-64 | 3 | 6.5 | Byrd | Silva | 2:36 | 23,178 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 67-65 | 3 | 7.5 | Westbrook | Bonser | Borowski | 2:49 | 24,784 | -- | |
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 67-66 | 3 | 8.5 | Sabathia | Santana | Borowski | 2:54 | 27,303 | --- | |
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 9 | 67-67 | 3 | 9.5 | Davies | Garza | 3:01 | 15,736 | ---- | |||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 0 | 68-67 | 3 | 9.5 | Baker | Meche | 2:16 | 24,986 | + | |||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 4 | 69-67 | 3 | 9.5 | Silva | Duckworth | Nathan | 2:44 | 21,738 | ++ | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 8 | 69-68 | 3 | 9.5 | Bannister | Bonser | 2:34 | 26,454 | - | |||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 0 | 5 | 69-69 | 3 | 10.5 | Sabathia | Santana | 2:40 | 24,105 | -- | |||
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 5 | 7 | 11 | 69-70 | 3 | 11.5 | Betancourt | DePaula | Borowski | 3:48 | 16,218 | --- | |
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 6 | 69-71 | 3 | 12.5 | Carmona | Baker | Perez | 3:01 | 13,977 | ---- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 10 | 11 | 13 | 69-72 | 3 | 12.0 | Phillips | Rincon | 4:29 | 34,104 | ----- | |
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 7 | 8 | 69-73 | 3 | 13.0 | Myers | Cali | Thornton | 3:25 | 31,747 | ------ | |
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 70-73 | 3 | 13.0 | Santana | Garland | Nathan | 2:37 | 32,250 | + | |
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 71-73 | 3 | 13.0 | Bonser | Buckner | Nathan | 3:07 | 10,525 | ++ | |
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 72-73 | 3 | 13.0 | Baker | Davies | Nathan | 3:20 | 12,891 | +++ | |
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 6 | 72-74 | 3 | 13.0 | Meche | Silva | 2:36 | 10,102 | - | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 4 | 72-75 | 3 | 14.0 | Robertson | Garza | Jones | 2:48 | 22,282 | -- | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 4 | 72-76 | 3 | 15.0 | Zumaya | Santana | Jones | 2:53 | 35,230 | --- | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 72-77 | 3 | 15.0 | Jurrjens | Baker | Jones | 3:06 | 21,771 | ---- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 73-77 | 3 | 15.0 | Nathan | Benoit | 3:12 | 14,197 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 74-77 | 3 | 15.0 | Silva | Millwood | Nathan | 2:47 | 18,226 | ++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 75-77 | 3 | 15.0 | Garza | Padilla | Nathan | 2:57 | 17,842 | +++ | ||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 75-78 | 3 | 16.0 | Buehrle | Santana | Jenks | 2:29 | 27,928 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 8 | 75-79 | 3 | 16.0 | Vazquez | Baker | 2:57 | 31,737 | -- | |||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 1 | 76-79 | 3 | 16.0 | Slowey | Floyd | 2:43 | 29,382 | + | |||
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 2 | 0 | 77-79 | 3 | 15.5 | Silva | Robertson | Nathan | 2:41 | 32,716 | ++ | |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 8 | 77-80 | 3 | 16.5 | Bazardo | Garza | 2:31 | 31,394 | - | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 9 | 6 | 77-81 | 3 | 17.0 | Byrdak | Blackburn | 1:47 | 35,375 | -- | |
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 78-81 | 3 | 16.0 | Bonser | Beckett | Nathan | 3:14 | 36,743 | + | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 78-82 | 3 | 17.0 | Matsuzaka | Slowey | Papelbon | 2:33 | 36,843 | - | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 6 | 78-83 | 3 | 17.0 | Wakefield | Blackburn | Okajima | 2:17 | 36,619 | -- | |
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 79-83 | 3 | 17.0 | Garza | Tavarez | Nathan | 2:47 | 36,364 | + | |
| 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.