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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008 / 2010
87-76, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (87-76)
Scored 817 runs, Allowed 765 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-77
Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 2,416,237 (5th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
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Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to New York Yankees |
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| Season Summary | 87-76, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 7 | last on Tuesday, Oct 6, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 9 | last on Oct 6, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | last on Tuesday, Oct 6, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 7 | last on Sunday, Sep 6, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 11 | last on Tuesday, Oct 6 |
| Most Games under .500 | 6 | last on Monday, Aug 17 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Sunday, Sep 13 to Saturday, Sep 19 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Friday, May 15 to Wednesday, May 20 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Wednesday, Jul 22 |
| Most Runs Scored | 20 | Thursday, May 21 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 16 | Friday, Jul 3 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 4 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 7 | |
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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 | Monday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 1 | 6 | 0-1 | 3 | 0.5 | Hernandez | Liriano | 2:21 | N | 48,514 | - | |||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 1-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Ayala | Morrow | 2:49 | N | 23,755 | + | |||
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 2-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Slowey | Silva | Nathan | 2:34 | N | 22,270 | ++ | ||
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 0 | 2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Washburn | Perkins | Morrow | 2:11 | D | 20,105 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Friday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 12 | 5 | 3-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Dickey | Contreras | 2:59 | N | 25,422 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 8 | 3-3 | 1 | Tied | Colon | Liriano | 2:55 | D | 33,935 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 3-4 | 4 | 1.0 | Buehrle | Blackburn | Jenks | 2:30 | D | 25,571 | -- | |
| 8 | 8 | Monday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 6 | 8 | 3-5 | 4 | 1.5 | Frasor | Ayala | Ryan | 3:10 | N | 16,410 | --- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Tuesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4-5 | 4 | 1.5 | Crain | Carlson | 2:46 | N | 15,375 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 12 | 4-6 | 4 | 1.5 | Richmond | Baker | 2:49 | N | 19,471 | - | |||
| 11 | 11 | Thursday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 9 | 4-7 | 4 | 2.0 | Halladay | Liriano | 2:57 | N | 15,169 | -- | |||
| 12 | 12 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 11 | 9 | 5-7 | 4 | 2.0 | Guerrier | Bulger | Nathan | 3:15 | N | 24,168 | + | ||
| 13 | 13 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 9 | 2 | 6-7 | 4 | 2.0 | Slowey | Jepsen | 2:57 | N | 34,286 | ++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 3 | 1 | 7-7 | 4 | 1.0 | Perkins | Loux | Nathan | 2:16 | D | 28,302 | +++ | ||
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 22 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7-8 | 4 | 2.0 | Wakefield | Baker | 2:11 | D | 37,608 | - | |
| 16 | 16 | Wednesday, Apr 22 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 7 | 7-9 | 4 | 2.0 | Penny | Liriano | 2:28 | N | 37,494 | -- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 8-9 | 4 | 1.5 | Blackburn | Hernandez | 2:46 | N | 20,219 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 1 | 9-9 | 4 | 0.5 | Slowey | Pavano | 2:57 | N | 23,186 | ++ | ||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 9-10 | 4 | 1.5 | Laffey | Perkins | Wood | 2:56 | D | 20,153 | - | |
| 20 | 20 | Monday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 1 | 7 | 9-11 | 4 | 2.5 | Niemann | Baker | 2:53 | N | 17,988 | -- | |||
| 21 | 21 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | W | 4 | 3 | 10-11 | 4 | 1.5 | Nathan | Howell | 2:57 | N | 18,974 | + | |||
| 22 | 22 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | W | 8 | 3 | 11-11 | 4 | 0.5 | Blackburn | Kazmir | 2:35 | N | 21,715 | ++ | |||
| 23 | 23 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 5 | 12-11 | 2 | 0.5 | Slowey | Ponson | Nathan | 2:42 | N | 24,727 | +++ | ||
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12-12 | 4 | 1.0 | Soria | Breslow | 4:20 | N | 29,061 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 5 | 7 | 12-13 | 4 | 2.0 | Meche | Baker | Soria | 3:04 | D | 31,845 | -- | ||
| 26 | 26 | Monday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 7 | 2 | 13-13 | 3 | 2.0 | Liriano | Jackson | 2:41 | N | 21,298 | + | ||
| 27 | 27 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 9 | 13-14 | 3 | 3.0 | Porcello | Blackburn | 2:24 | N | 23,754 | - | ||
| 28 | 28 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13-15 | 3 | 4.0 | Bass | Slowey | 1:27 | N | 10,566 | -- | |
| 29 | 29 | Thursday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 13-16 | 4 | 5.0 | Johnson | Mijares | Sherrill | 2:47 | N | 11,399 | --- | |
| 30 | 30 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 11 | 0 | 14-16 | 3 | 4.0 | Baker | Jakubauskas | 2:47 | N | 29,714 | + | |||
| 31 | 31 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 9 | 6 | 15-16 | 3 | 3.0 | Liriano | Hernandez | Nathan | 2:56 | N | 29,552 | ++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 15-17 | 3 | 3.0 | Batista | Crain | Morrow | 3:19 | D | 25,555 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 2 | 16-17 | 3 | 2.0 | Slowey | Galarraga | 2:52 | N | 24,807 | + | |||
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 14 | 10 | 13 | 17-17 | 3 | 1.0 | Crain | Lyon | 4:48 | N | 22,178 | ++ | ||
| 35 | 35 | Thursday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 18-17 | 1 | Tied | Breslow | Seay | Nathan | 2:51 | D | 26,046 | +++ | ||
| 36 | 36 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 18-18 | 3 | 1.0 | Veras | Nathan | 3:37 | N | 43,856 | - | ||
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18-19 | 3 | 2.0 | Aceves | Breslow | 3:35 | D | 45,455 | -- | |
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18-20 | 3 | 3.0 | Aceves | Crain | 3:30 | D | 44,804 | --- | |
| 39 | 39 | Monday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 7 | 18-21 | 3 | 3.5 | Pettitte | Perkins | Coke | 3:29 | N | 43,244 | ---- | |
| 40 | 40 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 6 | 18-22 | 3 | 4.5 | Buehrle | Baker | 2:40 | N | 26,696 | ----- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 7 | 18-23 | 3 | 5.5 | Danks | Liriano | Jenks | 2:46 | N | 29,044 | ------ | |
| 42 | 42 | Thursday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 20 | 1 | 19-23 | 3 | 5.5 | Blackburn | Colon | 2:58 | D | 23,048 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 11 | 3 | 20-23 | 3 | 5.5 | Slowey | Parra | 2:43 | N | 30,297 | ++ | |||
| 44 | 44 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 6 | 2 | 21-23 | 3 | 4.5 | Swarzak | Looper | 2:34 | N | 40,547 | +++ | |||
| 45 | 45 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 6 | 3 | 22-23 | 3 | 3.5 | Baker | Bush | 2:49 | N | 38,959 | ++++ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Monday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 22-24 | 3 | 4.5 | Penny | Liriano | Papelbon | 3:01 | D | 27,636 | - | ||
| 47 | 47 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 23-24 | 3 | 3.5 | Blackburn | Lester | Nathan | 2:52 | N | 20,019 | + | ||
| 48 | 48 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 4 | 2 | 24-24 | 2 | 3.5 | Slowey | Matsuzaka | Nathan | 3:10 | N | 28,221 | ++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Thursday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 24-25 | 2 | 3.5 | Beckett | Swarzak | Papelbon | 2:56 | D | 23,958 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 3 | 5 | 24-26 | 2 | 3.5 | Shields | Baker | Choate | 3:03 | N | 19,358 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 2 | 5 | 24-27 | 3 | 4.5 | Price | Liriano | Choate | 2:54 | D | 36,052 | --- | |
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | W | 3 | 2 | 25-27 | 3 | 4.5 | Blackburn | Garza | Nathan | 3:09 | D | 26,579 | + | |
| 53 | 53 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 26-27 | 2 | 3.5 | Slowey | Huff | Nathan | 3:01 | N | 26,530 | ++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 10 | 26-28 | 2 | 3.5 | Lee | Swarzak | 2:53 | N | 29,336 | - | |||
| 55 | 55 | Thursday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 11 | 3 | 27-28 | 2 | 2.5 | Baker | Hernandez | 2:40 | D | 20,897 | + | |||
| 56 | 56 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 28-28 | 2 | 1.5 | Guerrier | Lowe | Nathan | 3:06 | N | 35,808 | ++ |
| 57 | 57 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 28-29 | 2 | 2.5 | Jakubauskas | Henn | Aardsma | 2:47 | D | 30,600 | - | |
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 4 | 28-30 | 2 | 3.5 | Bedard | Slowey | White | 3:32 | D | 37,714 | -- | |
| 59 | 59 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 28-31 | 2 | 4.0 | Outman | Ayala | Bailey | 2:47 | N | 10,181 | --- | |
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 10 | 5 | 29-31 | 2 | 4.0 | Baker | Anderson | Nathan | 3:03 | N | 10,127 | + | |
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 3 | 30-31 | 2 | 4.0 | Guerrier | Bailey | Nathan | 2:43 | N | 18,074 | ++ | |
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 30-32 | 2 | 4.0 | Ziegler | Henn | 2:15 | D | 13,383 | - | ||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHC | W | 7 | 4 | 31-32 | 2 | 4.0 | Slowey | Wells | Nathan | 2:56 | D | 41,509 | + | |
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHC | W | 2 | 0 | 32-32 | 2 | 3.0 | Swarzak | Harden | Nathan | 2:23 | D | 40,899 | ++ | |
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 32-33 | 2 | 3.0 | Marmol | Crain | 2:44 | D | 40,814 | - | ||
| 66 | 66 | Tuesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | PIT | W | 8 | 2 | 33-33 | 2 | 2.0 | Perkins | Maholm | 2:37 | N | 25,351 | + | |||
| 67 | 67 | Wednesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | PIT | L | 2 | 8 | 33-34 | 2 | 2.0 | Snell | Liriano | 3:02 | N | 30,057 | - | |||
| 68 | 68 | Thursday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | PIT | W | 5 | 1 | 34-34 | 2 | 2.0 | Blackburn | Duke | 2:06 | D | 30,670 | + | |||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | HOU | W | 5 | 2 | 35-34 | 2 | 2.0 | Slowey | Oswalt | Nathan | 2:41 | N | 32,218 | ++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | HOU | L | 5 | 6 | 35-35 | 2 | 3.0 | Moehler | Henn | Valverde | 3:03 | N | 34,710 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | HOU | L | 1 | 4 | 35-36 | 2 | 4.0 | Rodriguez | Perkins | Valverde | 2:12 | D | 39,659 | -- | ||
| 72 | 72 | Tuesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 3 | 36-36 | 2 | 4.0 | Liriano | Suppan | 3:12 | N | 42,008 | + | ||
| 73 | 73 | Wednesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 36-37 | 2 | 5.0 | Coffey | Blackburn | Hoffman | 2:27 | N | 34,480 | - | |
| 74 | 74 | Thursday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 4 | 37-37 | 2 | 5.0 | Baker | Burns | Nathan | 2:50 | D | 40,524 | + | |
| 75 | 75 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | STL | W | 3 | 1 | 38-37 | 2 | 4.0 | Perkins | Wainwright | Nathan | 2:28 | N | 44,159 | ++ | |
| 76 | 76 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | STL | L | 3 | 5 | 38-38 | 2 | 4.0 | Kinney | Slowey | Franklin | 2:59 | D | 42,986 | - | |
| 77 | 77 | Sunday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | STL | W | 6 | 2 | 39-38 | 2 | 4.0 | Liriano | Pineiro | Nathan | 2:50 | D | 42,705 | + | |
| 78 | 78 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 39-39 | 2 | 4.0 | Hochevar | Blackburn | Soria | 2:44 | N | 22,066 | - | |
| 79 | 79 | Tuesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 40-39 | 2 | 4.0 | Baker | Bannister | Nathan | 3:17 | N | 19,310 | + | |
| 80 | 80 | Wednesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 1 | 41-39 | 2 | 3.0 | Perkins | Meche | Nathan | 3:03 | D | 18,906 | ++ | |
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 9 | 11 | 16 | 41-40 | 3 | 4.0 | Dolsi | Dickey | 5:07 | N | 33,368 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 42-40 | 3 | 3.0 | Guerrier | Lyon | Nathan | 2:49 | D | 27,238 | + | ||
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 2 | 43-40 | 2 | 2.0 | Blackburn | Porcello | 2:25 | D | 33,274 | ++ | |||
| 84 | 84 | Tuesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 2 | 10 | 43-41 | 3 | 2.5 | Sabathia | Baker | 3:16 | N | 29,540 | - | |||
| 85 | 85 | Wednesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 43-42 | 3 | 3.5 | Burnett | Swarzak | Rivera | 3:00 | N | 38,115 | -- | ||
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 43-43 | 3 | 4.0 | Albaladejo | Liriano | Rivera | 3:18 | D | 40,142 | --- | ||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 44-43 | 3 | 4.0 | Blackburn | Dotel | Nathan | 2:40 | N | 29,628 | + | ||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 7 | 8 | 44-44 | 3 | 4.0 | Floyd | Perkins | Jenks | 3:07 | N | 41,146 | - | ||
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 13 | 7 | 45-44 | 3 | 4.0 | Baker | Buehrle | 2:47 | D | 36,254 | + | |||
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 46-44 | 3 | 3.0 | Perkins | Padilla | Nathan | 2:44 | N | 34,662 | ++ | |
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 47-44 | 3 | 2.0 | Baker | Feldman | Nathan | 3:08 | N | 31,041 | +++ | |
| 92 | 92 | Sunday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 12 | 47-45 | 3 | 2.0 | Nippert | Duensing | 3:50 | N | 27,204 | - | |
| 93 | 93 | Monday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 13 | 14 | 47-46 | 3 | 2.5 | Breslow | Mijares | Wuertz | 3:32 | N | 10,283 | -- | |
| 94 | 94 | Tuesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 48-46 | 3 | 2.5 | Guerrier | Bailey | Nathan | 2:48 | N | 12,027 | + |
| 95 | 95 | Wednesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 16 | 48-47 | 3 | 2.5 | Cahill | Perkins | 2:52 | D | 22,031 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Thursday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 48-48 | 3 | 2.5 | Fuentes | Crain | 3:41 | N | 38,145 | -- | |
| 97 | 97 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 6 | 48-49 | 3 | 4.0 | Lackey | Liriano | 2:33 | N | 39,272 | --- | ||
| 98 | 98 | Saturday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 5 | 11 | 48-50 | 3 | 5.0 | Palmer | Blackburn | 3:09 | D | 35,922 | ---- | ||
| 99 | 99 | Sunday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 10 | 1 | 49-50 | 3 | 4.0 | Swarzak | Santana | 3:00 | D | 36,386 | + | ||
| 100 | 100 | Monday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 50-50 | 3 | 3.0 | Perkins | Danks | Nathan | 2:15 | N | 32,354 | ++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 51-50 | 2 | 2.0 | Mijares | Buehrle | Nathan | 2:44 | N | 34,642 | +++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 52-50 | 2 | 2.0 | Crain | Contreras | Nathan | 2:34 | N | 39,002 | ++++ | ||
| 103 | 103 | Friday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 5 | 11 | 11 | 52-51 | 3 | 2.0 | Jepsen | Keppel | 3:33 | N | 31,767 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Saturday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 6 | 11 | 52-52 | 3 | 3.0 | Saunders | Swarzak | 3:10 | N | 40,828 | -- | |||
| 105 | 105 | Sunday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 4 | 13 | 52-53 | 3 | 3.0 | Weaver | Perkins | 3:12 | D | 41,079 | --- | |||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 10 | 1 | 53-53 | 3 | 2.5 | Baker | Huff | 2:49 | N | 17,518 | + | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 8 | 53-54 | 3 | 3.5 | Laffey | Liriano | 2:54 | N | 17,683 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 53-55 | 3 | 4.5 | Sipp | Blackburn | Wood | 2:37 | D | 21,657 | -- | |
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 8 | 10 | 53-56 | 3 | 5.5 | Galarraga | Swarzak | 3:17 | N | 36,444 | --- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 11 | 0 | 54-56 | 3 | 4.5 | Pavano | Verlander | 2:34 | N | 39,685 | + | ||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 7 | 8 | 54-57 | 3 | 5.5 | Lyon | Guerrier | Rodney | 3:01 | D | 35,423 | - | |
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 6 | 14 | 54-58 | 3 | 5.0 | Davies | Blackburn | 3:36 | N | 32,121 | -- | |||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 1 | 55-58 | 3 | 4.0 | Liriano | Bannister | 2:18 | N | 30,105 | + | |||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 55-59 | 3 | 5.0 | Meche | Pavano | Soria | 3:04 | D | 32,373 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 11 | 0 | 56-59 | 3 | 5.0 | Baker | Masterson | 2:45 | N | 34,845 | + | |||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 7 | 56-60 | 3 | 6.0 | Huff | Swarzak | 3:16 | D | 33,931 | - | |||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 56-61 | 3 | 6.0 | Laffey | Blackburn | 3:28 | D | 30,260 | -- | |||
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 8 | 56-62 | 3 | 6.5 | Hunter | Liriano | Francisco | 3:20 | N | 17,940 | --- | |
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 6 | 57-62 | 3 | 6.5 | Crain | Jennings | Nathan | 3:36 | N | 20,931 | + | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 58-62 | 3 | 5.5 | Baker | Millwood | Nathan | 3:18 | N | 33,479 | ++ | |
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 11 | 58-63 | 3 | 6.5 | Holland | Swarzak | 2:48 | N | 21,870 | - | ||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 59-63 | 3 | 6.5 | Nathan | Soria | 3:11 | N | 22,283 | + | |
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 7 | 60-63 | 3 | 5.5 | Duensing | Davies | Guerrier | 3:27 | N | 33,811 | ++ | |
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 10 | 3 | 61-63 | 3 | 4.5 | Pavano | Bannister | 2:55 | D | 18,680 | +++ | ||
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 62-63 | 3 | 4.5 | Baker | Tillman | Nathan | 2:38 | N | 20,271 | ++++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 7 | 6 | 63-63 | 2 | 4.5 | Mijares | Mickolio | 3:26 | N | 23,696 | +++++ | |||
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 63-64 | 2 | 4.5 | Guthrie | Blackburn | 2:47 | N | 28,446 | - | |||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 64-64 | 2 | 4.5 | Duensing | Hunter | Nathan | 2:26 | N | 21,641 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 0 | 3 | 64-65 | 2 | 4.5 | Feldman | Pavano | Francisco | 2:52 | N | 28,516 | - | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 65-65 | 2 | 4.5 | Rauch | Wilson | Nathan | 3:06 | D | 29,282 | + | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 66-65 | 2 | 3.5 | Blackburn | Floyd | Nathan | 2:39 | N | 19,426 | ++ | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 67-65 | 2 | 3.5 | Rauch | Thornton | 2:45 | N | 22,599 | +++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 4 | 67-66 | 2 | 4.5 | Carrasco | Nathan | Jenks | 2:32 | D | 21,007 | - | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 67-67 | 2 | 6.0 | Sowers | Pavano | Wood | 2:43 | N | 24,402 | -- | |
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 68-67 | 2 | 6.0 | Baker | Masterson | Nathan | 3:09 | D | 19,455 | + | |
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 68-68 | 2 | 7.0 | Huff | Blackburn | Wood | 2:26 | D | 17,911 | - | |
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 3 | 69-68 | 2 | 6.5 | Crain | Richmond | Nathan | 2:56 | D | 13,153 | + | |
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 69-69 | 2 | 6.5 | Romero | Rauch | Frasor | 2:54 | N | 13,488 | - | |
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 1 | 70-69 | 2 | 5.5 | Pavano | Halladay | Nathan | 2:23 | N | 11,159 | + | |
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 70-70 | 2 | 5.5 | Cecil | Baker | Frasor | 2:39 | D | 11,461 | - | |
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 5 | 12 | 70-71 | 2 | 5.5 | Mortensen | Blackburn | 3:15 | N | 21,084 | -- | |||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 4 | 70-72 | 3 | 5.5 | Anderson | Manship | Bailey | 2:58 | D | 24,283 | --- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 8 | 0 | 71-72 | 2 | 5.5 | Duensing | Gonzalez | 2:48 | D | 21,850 | + | |||
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 72-72 | 2 | 5.5 | Mahay | Perez | Nathan | 3:04 | N | 20,640 | ++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 73-72 | 2 | 4.5 | Rauch | Hernandez | Nathan | 3:14 | N | 19,035 | +++ | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 3 | 74-72 | 2 | 4.5 | Blackburn | Laffey | Nathan | 2:57 | D | 16,921 | ++++ | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 3 | 0 | 75-72 | 2 | 3.0 | Duensing | Porcello | Nathan | 2:42 | N | 32,693 | +++++ | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 2 | 76-72 | 2 | 2.0 | Crain | Verlander | 2:48 | D | 43,338 | ++++++ | |||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 6 | 76-73 | 2 | 3.0 | Robertson | Baker | 3:12 | D | 36,335 | - | |||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 77-73 | 2 | 2.5 | Blackburn | Hudson | 2:42 | N | 26,541 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 6 | 78-73 | 2 | 2.5 | Crain | Danks | Nathan | 2:40 | N | 25,290 | ++ | |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 6 | 79-73 | 2 | 2.5 | Duensing | Buehrle | Nathan | 3:10 | N | 26,097 | +++ | |
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 4 | 80-73 | 2 | 2.0 | Pavano | Tejeda | 3:11 | N | 23,307 | ++++ | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 11 | 6 | 81-73 | 2 | 2.0 | Baker | DiNardo | 3:03 | N | 30,690 | +++++ | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 81-74 | 2 | 2.0 | Greinke | Liriano | Soria | 2:49 | D | 28,721 | - | |
| 156 | 156 | Tuesday, Sep 29 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 82-74 | 2 | 2.0 | Rauch | Lyon | Nathan | 2:52 | D | 35,243 | + |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 29 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 5 | 6 | 82-75 | 2 | 2.0 | Verlander | Duensing | Rodney | 2:50 | N | 30,240 | - | |
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 7 | 82-76 | 2 | 3.0 | Bonine | Pavano | 2:59 | N | 34,775 | -- | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 3 | 83-76 | 2 | 2.0 | Baker | Robertson | 3:33 | D | 40,533 | + | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 10 | 7 | 84-76 | 2 | 1.0 | Manship | DiNardo | Nathan | 3:15 | N | 40,223 | ++ | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 85-76 | 1 | Tied | Rauch | Hughes | Nathan | 2:34 | D | 48,644 | +++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 13 | 4 | 86-76 | 1 | Tied | Pavano | Hochevar | 3:08 | D | 51,155 | ++++ | |||
| 163 | 163 | Tuesday, Oct 6 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 12 | 87-76 | 1 | up 1.0 | Keppel | Rodney | 4:37 | D | 54,088 | +++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |