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| Season Summary | 88-75, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0 | |
| Days in First | 44 | last on Sunday, Sep 28, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 54 | last on Sep 29, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | last on Sunday, May 4, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 6 | last on Tuesday, Jun 10, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 20 | last on Friday, Aug 22 |
| Most Games under .500 | 3 | last on Thursday, Jun 12 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 10 | Tuesday, Jun 17 to Friday, Jun 27 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Thursday, Jun 5 to Tuesday, Jun 10 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 19 | Saturday, May 24 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Saturday, Jul 19 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 12 | Monday, May 19, Tuesday, May 27, Saturday, May 31, Saturday, Jun 14, Sunday, Aug 10, Tuesday, Aug 12 and Thursday, Aug 21 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 10 | |
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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 | LAA | W | 3 | 2 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Hernandez | Weaver | Nathan | 2:40 | 49,596 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 1 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 1 | 9 | 1-1 | 3 | 0.5 | Garland | Bonser | 2:53 | 24,586 | - | |||
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 2 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 3 | 1.5 | Saunders | Blackburn | Rodriguez | 2:09 | 21,932 | -- | ||
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 3 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 4 | 5 | 1-3 | 4 | 2.5 | Santana | Slowey | Rodriguez | 3:06 | 17,084 | --- | ||
| 5 | 5 | Friday, Apr 4 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 2-3 | 4 | 1.5 | Baker | Bale | Nathan | 2:42 | 21,847 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 5 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 4 | 3-3 | 3 | 0.5 | Hernandez | Meche | Nathan | 2:16 | 21,262 | ++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 3 | 3-4 | 4 | 1.5 | Tomko | Bonser | Soria | 2:44 | 21,765 | - | ||
| 8 | 8 | Monday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 7 | 3-5 | 4 | 2.5 | Vazquez | Guerrier | Jenks | 2:55 | 38,082 | -- | |
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 12 | 5 | 4-5 | 3 | 2.5 | Baker | Danks | Bass | 3:01 | 16,499 | + | |
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 0 | 5-5 | 3 | 1.0 | Hernandez | Meche | 2:46 | 16,691 | ++ | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 0 | 6-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Bonser | Tomko | Nathan | 2:38 | 36,300 | +++ | |
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 5 | 6-6 | 3 | 1.5 | Bannister | Liriano | 2:10 | 13,886 | - | ||
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 9 | 11 | 6-7 | 3 | 2.0 | Beltran | Neshek | Jones | 3:16 | 32,002 | -- | |
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 5 | 6 | 6-8 | 3 | 2.5 | Rapada | Crain | Jones | 2:36 | 30,901 | --- | |
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | W | 6 | 5 | 7-8 | 3 | 2.5 | Rincon | Wheeler | Nathan | 2:49 | 20,209 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Thursday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 3 | 7 | 7-9 | 3 | 2.5 | Hammel | Bonser | Howell | 2:48 | 14,781 | - | ||
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 0 | 4 | 7-10 | 3 | 3.5 | Lee | Liriano | 2:24 | 22,366 | -- | |||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 8-10 | 3 | 2.5 | Blackburn | Westbrook | Nathan | 2:29 | 34,210 | + | ||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9-10 | 2 | 2.5 | Guerrier | Perez | 3:04 | 27,703 | ++ | ||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 10-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Rincon | Blanton | Nathan | 2:44 | 10,267 | +++ | |
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 3 | 10-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Gaudin | Bonser | Street | 2:18 | 15,242 | - | |
| 22 | 22 | Thursday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 11 | 10-12 | 2 | 2.5 | Smith | Liriano | 2:37 | 12,593 | -- | ||
| 23 | 23 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10-13 | 3 | 3.0 | Benoit | Rincon | 2:57 | 19,016 | --- | |
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 12 | 6 | 11-13 | 3 | 2.5 | Reyes | Wright | 3:31 | 33,053 | + | ||
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 10 | 11-14 | 3 | 3.5 | Padilla | Hernandez | 2:42 | 19,911 | - | ||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 12-14 | 2 | 2.0 | Bonser | Floyd | Nathan | 2:32 | 20,891 | + | ||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 13-14 | 2 | 1.0 | Blackburn | Wassermann | Nathan | 2:37 | 19,137 | ++ | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 11 | 1 | 14-14 | 1 | Tied | Hernandez | Galarraga | 3:00 | 33,628 | +++ | |||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 1 | 15-14 | 1 | up 1.0 | Bass | Verlander | Nathan | 2:39 | 28,985 | ++++ | ||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 6 | 16-14 | 1 | up 2.0 | Guerrier | Miner | Nathan | 2:46 | 29,821 | +++++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 7 | 16-15 | 1 | up 1.5 | Floyd | Blackburn | 2:27 | 23,480 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 13 | 1 | 17-15 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hernandez | Buehrle | 2:32 | 21,092 | + | ||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 6 | 17-16 | 1 | up 1.5 | Danks | Slowey | 3:15 | 25,193 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 18-16 | 1 | up 1.5 | Crain | Papelbon | 3:19 | 25,477 | + | |||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 18-17 | 1 | up 0.5 | Matsuzaka | Perkins | Papelbon | 2:44 | 33,839 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 9 | 8 | 19-17 | 1 | up 1.0 | Blackburn | Wakefield | Nathan | 3:04 | 26,511 | + | ||
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 20-17 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hernandez | Buchholz | 2:51 | 18,782 | ++ | |||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 20-18 | 1 | up 0.5 | Litsch | Slowey | Ryan | 2:59 | 18,110 | - | ||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 5 | 6 | 20-19 | 2 | 0.5 | Halladay | Bonser | Downs | 2:55 | 21,026 | -- | ||
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 20-20 | 2 | 1.5 | Camp | Crain | Ryan | 3:40 | 18,701 | --- | |
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | COL | W | 4 | 2 | 21-20 | 2 | 0.5 | Blackburn | Jimenez | Nathan | 2:40 | 35,336 | + | |
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | COL | L | 2 | 3 | 21-21 | 3 | 0.5 | Herges | Hernandez | Fuentes | 2:39 | 43,149 | - | |
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | COL | L | 2 | 6 | 21-22 | 3 | 1.5 | Francis | Slowey | 2:59 | 40,326 | -- | ||
| 44 | 44 | Monday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 7 | 6 | 12 | 22-22 | 2 | 1.0 | Korecky | German | 4:00 | 16,680 | + | ||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 11 | 4 | 23-22 | 2 | 1.0 | Perkins | Mathis | 2:39 | 19,376 | ++ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 1 | 10 | 23-23 | 2 | 2.0 | Ponson | Blackburn | 2:24 | 22,032 | - | |||
| 47 | 47 | Thursday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23-24 | 2 | 3.0 | Benoit | Bass | Wilson | 3:42 | 23,126 | -- | |
| 48 | 48 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 9 | 4 | 24-24 | 2 | 2.0 | Slowey | Galarraga | 3:22 | 40,732 | + | ||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 19 | 24-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Robertson | Bonser | 2:53 | 41,137 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 6 | 1 | 25-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Perkins | Cruceta | 2:42 | 42,413 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 12 | 26-25 | 2 | 1.5 | Crain | Nunez | Guerrier | 3:42 | 17,191 | ++ |
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 8 | 10 | 27-25 | 2 | 1.5 | Crain | Peralta | Nathan | 3:07 | 13,621 | +++ |
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 1 | 28-25 | 2 | 1.5 | Slowey | Hochevar | 2:27 | 12,336 | ++++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 28-26 | 2 | 1.5 | Mussina | Perkins | Rivera | 3:04 | 30,188 | - | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 7 | 12 | 28-27 | 2 | 1.5 | Ohlendorf | Rincon | Rivera | 4:35 | 36,441 | -- | |
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 29-27 | 2 | 0.5 | Bass | Rasner | 2:53 | 27,479 | + | |||
| 57 | 57 | Monday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 30-27 | 1 | Tied | Guerrier | Farnsworth | Nathan | 2:54 | 20,168 | ++ | ||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 30-28 | 2 | 1.0 | Liz | Slowey | Sherrill | 2:56 | 18,802 | - | ||
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 5 | 31-28 | 2 | 1.0 | Bonser | Cabrera | Nathan | 2:37 | 22,057 | + | ||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 31-29 | 2 | 2.0 | Olson | Bass | Sherrill | 2:55 | 19,621 | - | ||
| 61 | 61 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 10 | 31-30 | 2 | 3.0 | Vazquez | Blackburn | 2:53 | 26,459 | -- | ||
| 62 | 62 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 11 | 31-31 | 2 | 4.0 | Buehrle | Hernandez | 2:16 | 32,930 | --- | ||
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 12 | 31-32 | 2 | 5.0 | Floyd | Slowey | 2:25 | 30,565 | ---- | ||
| 64 | 64 | Monday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 31-33 | 2 | 6.0 | Thornton | Guerrier | Jenks | 2:58 | 21,126 | ----- | |
| 65 | 65 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 1 | 31-34 | 2 | 6.0 | Sabathia | Baker | 2:06 | 26,874 | ------ | ||
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 5 | 32-34 | 2 | 5.0 | Blackburn | Byrd | Nathan | 2:59 | 18,742 | + | |
| 67 | 67 | Thursday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 12 | 32-35 | 2 | 5.0 | Laffey | Hernandez | 2:57 | 21,716 | - | ||
| 68 | 68 | Friday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 10 | 2 | 33-35 | 2 | 5.0 | Slowey | Bush | 2:33 | 38,586 | + | ||
| 69 | 69 | Saturday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 9 | 4 | 12 | 34-35 | 2 | 4.0 | Bass | Tavarez | 3:44 | 43,812 | ++ | |
| 70 | 70 | Sunday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 4 | 34-36 | 2 | 4.0 | McClung | Baker | Torres | 2:50 | 41,693 | - | |
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | WSN | W | 2 | 1 | 35-36 | 2 | 4.0 | Hernandez | Lannan | Nathan | 1:59 | 20,920 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | WSN | W | 11 | 2 | 36-36 | 2 | 4.0 | Slowey | Bergmann | 2:52 | 23,841 | ++ | |||
| 73 | 73 | Thursday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | WSN | W | 9 | 3 | 37-36 | 2 | 4.0 | Perkins | Hill | 2:39 | 24,793 | +++ | |||
| 74 | 74 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | ARI | W | 7 | 2 | 38-36 | 2 | 3.0 | Baker | Johnson | 2:17 | 29,069 | ++++ | |||
| 75 | 75 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | ARI | W | 6 | 1 | 39-36 | 2 | 2.0 | Blackburn | Owings | 2:28 | 25,505 | +++++ | |||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | ARI | W | 5 | 3 | 40-36 | 2 | 1.0 | Hernandez | Webb | Nathan | 2:31 | 31,497 | ++++++ | ||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SDP | W | 3 | 1 | 41-36 | 2 | 1.0 | Reyes | Hoffman | Nathan | 2:48 | 36,948 | +++++++ | |
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SDP | W | 9 | 3 | 42-36 | 1 | Tied | Perkins | Maddux | 2:51 | 22,324 | ++++++++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Thursday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SDP | W | 4 | 3 | 43-36 | 1 | Tied | Baker | Banks | Nathan | 2:59 | 28,789 | +++++++++ | |
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 7 | 6 | 44-36 | 1 | Tied | Guerrier | Mota | Nathan | 2:50 | 30,104 | ++++++++++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 44-37 | 2 | 1.0 | Parra | Hernandez | 2:28 | 38,963 | - | |||
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 0 | 45-37 | 2 | 1.0 | Slowey | Sheets | 2:05 | 30,655 | + | |||
| 83 | 83 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 5 | 45-38 | 2 | 2.0 | Fossum | Guerrier | Zumaya | 3:09 | 22,196 | - | ||
| 84 | 84 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 4 | 46-38 | 2 | 2.0 | Baker | Robertson | Nathan | 2:46 | 23,754 | + | ||
| 85 | 85 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 0 | 47-38 | 2 | 2.0 | Blackburn | Bonine | 2:30 | 30,102 | ++ | |||
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 12 | 3 | 48-38 | 2 | 0.5 | Hernandez | Byrd | 3:02 | 22,634 | +++ | |||
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 6 | 49-38 | 2 | 0.5 | Slowey | Mastny | Nathan | 3:02 | 31,887 | ++++ | ||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 50-38 | 2 | 0.5 | Perkins | Lee | Nathan | 2:27 | 30,258 | +++++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 50-39 | 2 | 1.0 | Okajima | Bass | Papelbon | 2:43 | 37,912 | - | |
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 50-40 | 2 | 2.0 | Aardsma | Guerrier | Papelbon | 2:51 | 37,925 | -- | |
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 18 | 50-41 | 2 | 3.0 | Beckett | Hernandez | 3:59 | 37,470 | --- | ||
| 92 | 92 | Thursday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 51-41 | 2 | 2.0 | Guerrier | Dolsi | 3:57 | 41,952 | + | |
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 2 | 52-41 | 2 | 1.0 | Perkins | Galarraga | Nathan | 2:59 | 42,352 | ++ | |
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 53-41 | 2 | 1.0 | Baker | Robertson | Nathan | 3:04 | 41,301 | +++ | |
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 4 | 53-42 | 2 | 1.0 | Verlander | Blackburn | Jones | 2:27 | 41,453 | - | |
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 0 | 54-42 | 2 | 1.0 | Perkins | Millwood | 2:34 | 30,134 | + | |||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 14 | 2 | 55-42 | 1 | Tied | Hernandez | Harrison | 2:34 | 35,085 | ++ | |||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 0 | 1 | 55-43 | 1 | Tied | Padilla | Baker | Wilson | 2:25 | 36,029 | - | ||
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 12 | 55-44 | 1 | Tied | Ponson | Blackburn | 3:09 | 53,484 | -- | ||
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 55-45 | 2 | 1.0 | Robertson | Slowey | 3:00 | 53,406 | --- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 5 | 55-46 | 2 | 2.0 | Mussina | Perkins | Rivera | 2:31 | 54,114 | ---- | |
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 55-47 | 2 | 3.0 | Lee | Hernandez | Perez | 2:37 | 33,512 | ----- | |
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 11 | 4 | 56-47 | 2 | 3.0 | Baker | Carmona | 3:21 | 35,390 | + | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 57-47 | 2 | 2.0 | Guerrier | Perez | Nathan | 2:42 | 31,562 | ++ | |
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 58-47 | 2 | 1.0 | Slowey | Buehrle | 2:28 | 30,126 | +++ | |||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 59-47 | 1 | Tied | Perkins | Richard | Nathan | 2:50 | 35,999 | ++++ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 8 | 59-48 | 2 | 1.0 | Floyd | Hernandez | 2:52 | 42,705 | - | |||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 10 | 6 | 60-48 | 1 | Tied | Crain | Thornton | 3:23 | 31,493 | + | |||
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 61-48 | 1 | Tied | Blackburn | Sowers | Nathan | 2:25 | 33,709 | ++ | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 5 | 61-49 | 1 | Tied | Byrd | Slowey | 2:29 | 40,937 | - | |||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 62-49 | 1 | up 1.0 | Liriano | Ginter | 2:29 | 39,818 | + | |||
| 112 | 112 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 6 | 11 | 62-50 | 1 | up 0.5 | Corcoran | Bass | 3:01 | 27,758 | - | ||
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 7 | 8 | 62-51 | 2 | 0.5 | Putz | Guerrier | 3:14 | 26,083 | -- | ||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 63-51 | 2 | 0.5 | Blackburn | Washburn | 2:50 | 30,441 | + | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 64-51 | 1 | Tied | Slowey | Davies | Nathan | 3:27 | 33,653 | ++ | |
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 65-51 | 1 | up 1.0 | Liriano | Greinke | 3:15 | 27,960 | +++ | ||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 12 | 65-52 | 1 | Tied | Tejeda | Breslow | 4:06 | 23,163 | - | |
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 0 | 66-52 | 1 | up 1.0 | Perkins | Ponson | 2:14 | 30,126 | + | |||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 6 | 9 | 12 | 66-53 | 1 | Tied | Veras | Guerrier | Ramirez | 4:22 | 33,036 | - | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 67-53 | 1 | Tied | Slowey | Rasner | Nathan | 3:08 | 35,187 | + | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 9 | 3 | 68-53 | 1 | up 0.5 | Liriano | Silva | 2:28 | 32,208 | ++ | |||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 6 | 69-53 | 1 | up 0.5 | Reyes | Jimenez | 3:06 | 36,316 | +++ | |||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 11 | 8 | 70-53 | 1 | up 0.5 | Perkins | Feierabend | Nathan | 3:21 | 35,478 | ++++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 70-54 | 2 | 0.5 | Saarloos | Blackburn | Ziegler | 2:42 | 25,024 | - | ||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 13 | 2 | 71-54 | 2 | 0.5 | Slowey | Gallagher | 2:45 | 35,256 | + | |||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 72-54 | 2 | 0.5 | Liriano | Braden | Nathan | 2:56 | 30,888 | ++ | ||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 2 | 1 | 12 | 73-54 | 1 | Tied | Crain | Speier | Nathan | 3:16 | 41,367 | +++ |
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 9 | 0 | 74-54 | 1 | up 1.0 | Perkins | Saunders | 2:32 | 43,819 | ++++ | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 5 | 7 | 74-55 | 1 | up 1.0 | Oliver | Blackburn | Rodriguez | 2:52 | 43,906 | - | |
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 5 | 74-56 | 1 | Tied | Arredondo | Crain | Rodriguez | 2:34 | 40,011 | -- | |
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 4 | 11 | 74-57 | 2 | 1.0 | Dickey | Crain | 3:14 | 23,277 | --- | |
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 74-58 | 2 | 2.0 | Rowland-Smith | Baker | Corcoran | 2:31 | 26,292 | ---- | |
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 75-58 | 2 | 1.0 | Perkins | Green | Nathan | 2:40 | 23,581 | + | |
| 134 | 134 | Thursday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 75-59 | 2 | 1.5 | Devine | Breslow | 2:37 | 12,357 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 12 | 2 | 76-59 | 2 | 0.5 | Slowey | Meyer | Breslow | 2:44 | 22,355 | + | |
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 76-60 | 2 | 0.5 | Street | Nathan | 2:27 | 25,238 | - | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 12 | 4 | 77-60 | 2 | 0.5 | Baker | Smith | 3:13 | 18,427 | + | ||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 7 | 77-61 | 1 | Tied | Carlson | Bonser | Ryan | 2:53 | 21,254 | - | |
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 77-62 | 2 | 1.0 | Carlson | Guardado | 3:35 | 21,475 | -- | |
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 9 | 77-63 | 2 | 1.5 | Litsch | Slowey | 2:46 | 25,128 | --- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 10 | 2 | 78-63 | 2 | 1.5 | Liriano | Galarraga | 2:33 | 24,424 | + | |||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 78-64 | 2 | 2.5 | Rapada | Guerrier | Rodney | 3:07 | 42,606 | - | ||
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 5 | 7 | 78-65 | 2 | 2.5 | Lambert | Perkins | Rodney | 3:06 | 31,236 | -- | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 2 | 79-65 | 2 | 1.0 | Blackburn | Bannister | 2:35 | 17,015 | + | |||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 1 | 80-65 | 2 | 1.0 | Slowey | Davies | 2:50 | 20,421 | ++ | |||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 80-66 | 2 | 1.0 | Ramirez | Guerrier | Soria | 2:42 | 20,138 | - | |
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 12 | 2 | 81-66 | 1 | Tied | Baker | Cabrera | 3:03 | 0 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 12 | 6 | 82-66 | 1 | Tied | Korecky | Olson | 3:02 | 21,712 | ++ | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 82-67 | 2 | 1.5 | Liz | Blackburn | 2:43 | 18,559 | - | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 82-68 | 2 | 1.5 | Lewis | Slowey | Lewis | 2:48 | 19,607 | -- | |
| 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 | @ | CLE | L | 9 | 12 | 11 | 82-69 | 2 | 2.5 | Mastny | Nathan | 4:25 | 21,295 | --- | |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 82-70 | 2 | 2.5 | Mujica | Mijares | Lewis | 3:51 | 22,904 | ---- | |
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | W | 11 | 8 | 83-70 | 2 | 1.5 | Guardado | Wheeler | Nathan | 3:20 | 17,296 | + | |
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 1 | 11 | 83-71 | 2 | 2.5 | Jackson | Blackburn | 2:58 | 28,306 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 2 | 7 | 83-72 | 2 | 2.5 | Kazmir | Slowey | 3:26 | 36,048 | -- | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | W | 4 | 1 | 84-72 | 2 | 2.5 | Liriano | Sonnanstine | Nathan | 2:32 | 36,048 | + | |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 9 | 3 | 85-72 | 2 | 1.5 | Baker | Vazquez | 2:43 | 35,225 | ++ | |||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 86-72 | 2 | 0.5 | Blackburn | Buehrle | Nathan | 2:42 | 42,126 | +++ | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 10 | 87-72 | 1 | up 0.5 | Nathan | Jenks | 3:27 | 43,601 | ++++ | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 8 | 87-73 | 1 | up 0.5 | Davies | Liriano | 2:50 | 30,674 | - | |||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 87-74 | 1 | up 0.5 | Meche | Guerrier | Soria | 3:34 | 38,072 | -- | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 0 | 88-74 | 1 | up 0.5 | Baker | Duckworth | 3:10 | 42,942 | + | |||
| 163 | 163 | Tuesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 88-75 | 2 | 1.0 | Danks | Blackburn | Jenks | 2:20 | 40,354 | - | |
| 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.