Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
Franchise Encyclopedia: 2009 / 2011
94-68, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (94-68)
Scored 781 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70
Ballparks: Target Field · Attendance: 3,223,640 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
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Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to New York Yankees |
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| Season Summary | 94-68, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 127 | last on Sunday, Oct 3, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 144 | last on Oct 3, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 12 | last on Wednesday, Sep 22, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 4.5 | last on Thursday, Jul 15, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 32 | last on Wednesday, Sep 22 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Monday, Apr 5 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 8 | Saturday, Jul 24 to Sunday, Aug 1 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Friday, Sep 24 to Tuesday, Sep 28 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 13 | Thursday, Sep 30 |
| Most Runs Scored | 19 | Monday, Jul 26 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Wednesday, Aug 4, Thursday, Sep 2 and Saturday, Sep 25 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 8 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 13 | |
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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 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 6 | 0-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Weaver | Baker | Fuentes | 3:00 | N | 43,504 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | 3 | 0.5 | Blackburn | Saunders | Rauch | 2:41 | N | 43,510 | + | |
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 4 | 2 | 2-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pavano | Santana | Rauch | 2:38 | N | 41,533 | ++ | |
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 10 | 1 | 3-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Slowey | Pineiro | 3:02 | N | 39,709 | +++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Friday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Duensing | Pena | Rauch | 3:43 | N | 21,416 | ++++ |
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 5-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Baker | Garcia | Rauch | 2:35 | D | 28,337 | +++++ | |
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 5-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Buehrle | Blackburn | Jenks | 2:14 | D | 25,550 | - | |
| 8 | 8 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 6-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pavano | Lester | Rauch | 2:59 | D | 38,145 | + | ||
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 6 | 6-3 | 1 | Tied | Lackey | Slowey | Papelbon | 3:24 | D | 38,164 | - | ||
| 10 | 10 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 8 | 0 | 7-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | Liriano | Wakefield | 2:38 | D | 38,341 | + | |||
| 11 | 11 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 10 | 3 | 8-3 | 1 | up 1.5 | Baker | Greinke | 3:04 | N | 38,532 | ++ | |||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 9-3 | 1 | up 2.5 | Duensing | Parrish | Rauch | 2:37 | D | 38,564 | +++ | ||
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 5 | 10 | 9-4 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hochevar | Pavano | Soria | 3:10 | D | 38,544 | - | ||
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 10-4 | 1 | up 3.0 | Slowey | Masterson | 2:23 | N | 38,985 | + | |||
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 0 | 11-4 | 1 | up 3.0 | Liriano | Huff | 2:29 | N | 39,044 | ++ | |||
| 16 | 16 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 1 | 8 | 11-5 | 1 | up 2.0 | Talbot | Baker | 2:46 | D | 38,810 | - | |||
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 3 | 12-5 | 1 | up 3.0 | Pavano | Meche | 2:53 | N | 16,605 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 7 | 12 | 13-5 | 1 | up 3.0 | Rauch | Tejeda | 4:15 | N | 26,649 | ++ | |
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 13-6 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bannister | Slowey | Soria | 2:58 | D | 15,601 | - | |
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 2 | 0 | 14-6 | 1 | up 3.5 | Liriano | Verlander | Rauch | 2:51 | N | 22,008 | + | |
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 6 | 11 | 14-7 | 1 | up 2.5 | Thomas | Mahay | 3:08 | N | 19,900 | - | ||
| 22 | 22 | Thursday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 3 | 14-8 | 1 | up 1.5 | Willis | Pavano | Valverde | 2:18 | D | 25,595 | -- | |
| 23 | 23 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 3 | 15-8 | 1 | up 1.5 | Slowey | Hernandez | 3:15 | N | 14,124 | + | ||
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15-9 | 1 | up 0.5 | Wright | Burnett | 3:23 | N | 13,832 | - | |
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 3 | 16-9 | 1 | up 0.5 | Liriano | Huff | 3:16 | D | 12,619 | + | ||
| 26 | 26 | Monday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 10 | 4 | 17-9 | 1 | up 1.5 | Baker | Scherzer | 2:29 | N | 38,728 | ++ | |||
| 27 | 27 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 18-9 | 1 | up 2.5 | Blackburn | Perry | 2:32 | N | 39,020 | +++ | |||
| 28 | 28 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 19-9 | 1 | up 3.5 | Slowey | Porcello | Rauch | 2:38 | D | 39,037 | ++++ | ||
| 29 | 29 | Thursday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 0 | 2 | 19-10 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bergesen | Pavano | Simon | 2:17 | N | 38,489 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 8 (1) | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 19-11 | 1 | up 2.5 | Guthrie | Liriano | 2:36 | D | 38,608 | -- | |||
| 31 | 31 | Saturday, May 8 (2) | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 1 | 20-11 | 1 | up 2.5 | Baker | Millwood | 2:23 | N | 38,863 | + | |||
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 0 | 21-11 | 1 | up 3.5 | Blackburn | Matusz | 2:24 | D | 38,641 | ++ | |||
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 5 | 21-12 | 1 | up 2.5 | Garcia | Slowey | Jenks | 2:39 | N | 38,764 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 22-12 | 1 | up 3.0 | Pavano | Danks | Rauch | 2:22 | D | 38,895 | + | ||
| 35 | 35 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 8 | 22-13 | 1 | up 2.5 | Chamberlain | Baker | 3:11 | N | 45,195 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 7 | 22-14 | 1 | up 1.5 | Pettitte | Liriano | 3:01 | D | 46,347 | -- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 23-14 | 1 | up 1.5 | Blackburn | Chamberlain | Rauch | 3:21 | D | 46,628 | + | |
| 38 | 38 | Monday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 3 | 24-14 | 1 | up 2.0 | Slowey | Eveland | 2:57 | N | 13,892 | ++ | ||
| 39 | 39 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 11 | 24-15 | 1 | up 2.0 | Marcum | Pavano | 2:33 | D | 27,981 | - | ||
| 40 | 40 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 24-16 | 1 | up 1.0 | Buchholz | Baker | Bard | 2:59 | N | 37,426 | -- | |
| 41 | 41 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 6 | 24-17 | 1 | Tied | Lester | Liriano | 2:32 | N | 38,144 | --- | ||
| 42 | 42 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 15 | 3 | 25-17 | 1 | up 1.0 | Blackburn | Bush | 2:51 | N | 38,737 | + | |||
| 43 | 43 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 8 | 7 | 12 | 26-17 | 1 | up 2.0 | Crain | Parra | 4:45 | D | 39,152 | ++ | ||
| 44 | 44 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 26-18 | 1 | up 1.0 | Parra | Pavano | Axford | 2:48 | D | 38,952 | - | ||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 0 | 1 | 26-19 | 1 | up 1.0 | Burnett | Duensing | Rivera | 2:39 | N | 38,962 | -- | ||
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 26-20 | 1 | up 1.0 | Pettitte | Rauch | Rivera | 2:41 | N | 39,353 | --- | ||
| 47 | 47 | Thursday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 8 | 2 | 27-20 | 1 | up 1.5 | Blackburn | Vazquez | 3:00 | N | 39,087 | + | |||
| 48 | 48 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 2 | 1 | 28-20 | 1 | up 2.5 | Slowey | Lewis | Rauch | 2:42 | N | 39,581 | ++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 8 | 3 | 29-20 | 1 | up 3.5 | Pavano | Wilson | 2:49 | D | 39,659 | +++ | |||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 3 | 30-20 | 1 | up 3.5 | Baker | Holland | Rauch | 3:08 | N | 39,873 | ++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 31-20 | 1 | up 4.5 | Liriano | Fister | Rauch | 2:22 | N | 19,795 | +++++ | |
| 52 | 52 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 7 | 31-21 | 1 | up 4.5 | Vargas | Blackburn | 2:45 | N | 18,740 | - | ||
| 53 | 53 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 31-22 | 1 | up 3.5 | League | Guerrier | 2:47 | N | 20,414 | -- | |
| 54 | 54 | Thursday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 4 | 31-23 | 1 | up 2.5 | Hernandez | Pavano | Aardsma | 2:21 | N | 21,291 | --- | |
| 55 | 55 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 32-23 | 1 | up 3.5 | Guerrier | Bailey | Rauch | 2:58 | N | 21,703 | + |
| 56 | 56 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 33-23 | 1 | up 3.5 | Burnett | Ziegler | Rauch | 2:51 | N | 16,421 | ++ | |
| 57 | 57 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 33-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Gonzalez | Blackburn | Wuertz | 2:45 | D | 20,059 | - | |
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 34-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Slowey | Greinke | Guerrier | 2:45 | N | 38,970 | + | ||
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 6 | 2 | 35-24 | 1 | up 4.5 | Pavano | Davies | 2:27 | N | 40,323 | ++ | |||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 8 | 9 | 35-25 | 1 | up 4.5 | Chen | Baker | Soria | 3:05 | N | 39,022 | - | ||
| 61 | 61 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | ATL | W | 2 | 1 | 36-25 | 1 | up 4.5 | Liriano | Hudson | Rauch | 2:06 | N | 39,428 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | ATL | L | 2 | 3 | 36-26 | 1 | up 3.5 | Venters | Guerrier | Wagner | 2:45 | N | 40,001 | - | ||
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | ATL | L | 3 | 7 | 36-27 | 1 | up 2.5 | Medlen | Slowey | 2:47 | D | 39,772 | -- | |||
| 64 | 64 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | COL | W | 9 | 3 | 37-27 | 1 | up 2.5 | Pavano | Cook | 2:41 | N | 39,812 | + | |||
| 65 | 65 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | COL | W | 2 | 1 | 38-27 | 1 | up 2.5 | Baker | Chacin | Rauch | 2:47 | N | 40,814 | ++ | ||
| 66 | 66 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | COL | L | 1 | 5 | 38-28 | 1 | up 1.5 | Jimenez | Liriano | 2:22 | D | 40,741 | - | |||
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PHI | L | 5 | 9 | 38-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | Blanton | Blackburn | 2:49 | N | 45,120 | -- | ||
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PHI | W | 13 | 10 | 11 | 39-29 | 1 | up 1.5 | Rauch | Baez | 3:53 | D | 45,254 | + | |
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PHI | W | 4 | 1 | 40-29 | 1 | up 1.5 | Pavano | Halladay | 2:17 | D | 45,202 | ++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 7 | 40-30 | 1 | up 1.5 | Narveson | Baker | Axford | 3:17 | N | 36,995 | - | |
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 40-31 | 1 | up 1.5 | Parra | Liriano | Axford | 3:19 | N | 33,362 | -- | |
| 72 | 72 | Thursday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 5 | 40-32 | 1 | up 0.5 | Gallardo | Blackburn | 2:22 | D | 35,898 | --- | ||
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 5 | 40-33 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pelfrey | Slowey | Rodriguez | 2:41 | N | 36,244 | ---- | |
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYM | W | 6 | 0 | 41-33 | 1 | up 1.5 | Pavano | Santana | 2:34 | D | 37,510 | + | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYM | L | 0 | 6 | 41-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Niese | Baker | 3:14 | D | 37,644 | - | ||
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 5 | 7 | 41-35 | 2 | 0.5 | Bonderman | Liriano | Valverde | 3:18 | N | 40,681 | -- | ||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 11 | 4 | 42-35 | 1 | up 0.5 | Blackburn | Galarraga | 2:58 | N | 40,593 | + | |||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 5 | 1 | 43-35 | 1 | up 1.5 | Slowey | Oliver | 2:32 | D | 40,671 | ++ | |||
| 79 | 79 | Thursday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 43-36 | 1 | up 1.0 | Cormier | Guerrier | Soriano | 3:49 | N | 40,665 | - | |
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | W | 2 | 1 | 44-36 | 1 | up 1.0 | Baker | Price | Rauch | 2:49 | N | 39,266 | + | ||
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 6 | 8 | 44-37 | 1 | Tied | Choate | Guerrier | Soriano | 3:12 | D | 40,852 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 4 | 7 | 44-38 | 1 | Tied | Shields | Blackburn | Soriano | 3:09 | D | 40,328 | -- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 6 | 45-38 | 2 | 0.5 | Mijares | Frasor | Rauch | 2:35 | N | 15,072 | + | |
| 84 | 84 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 6 | 45-39 | 3 | 1.5 | Downs | Guerrier | Gregg | 2:54 | N | 14,886 | - | |
| 85 | 85 | Thursday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 8 | 45-40 | 3 | 2.0 | Cecil | Baker | 2:15 | N | 15,601 | -- | ||
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 7 | 45-41 | 3 | 3.0 | Verlander | Liriano | 3:13 | N | 42,549 | --- | ||
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 7 | 45-42 | 3 | 4.0 | Bonderman | Blackburn | Valverde | 2:38 | D | 41,461 | ---- | |
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 6 | 3 | 46-42 | 3 | 3.5 | Pavano | Oliver | Rauch | 2:47 | D | 39,689 | + | |
| 89 | 89 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 7 | 8 | 46-43 | 3 | 4.5 | Danks | Burnett | Jenks | 3:34 | N | 40,697 | - | ||
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 47-43 | 3 | 3.5 | Liriano | Floyd | Crain | 3:09 | N | 40,427 | + | ||
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 48-43 | 3 | 2.5 | Pavano | Buehrle | 1:52 | N | 40,637 | ++ | |||
| 92 | 92 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 49-43 | 2 | 1.5 | Duensing | Jenks | 3:07 | D | 40,336 | +++ | |||
| 93 | 93 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 10 | 49-44 | 2 | 2.5 | Laffey | Baker | 3:54 | N | 40,853 | - | |||
| 94 | 94 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 49-45 | 2 | 3.5 | Perez | Mijares | Perez | 2:50 | N | 40,745 | -- | ||
| 95 | 95 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 0 | 50-45 | 2 | 2.5 | Liriano | Westbrook | 2:51 | D | 40,799 | + | |||
| 96 | 96 | Thursday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 0 | 51-45 | 2 | 2.0 | Pavano | Millwood | 2:38 | N | 20,108 | ++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 51-46 | 3 | 3.0 | Guthrie | Slama | Simon | 2:26 | N | 19,013 | - | |
| 98 | 98 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 2 | 52-46 | 2 | 2.0 | Baker | Matusz | 2:55 | N | 22,299 | + | ||
| 99 | 99 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 10 | 4 | 53-46 | 2 | 1.0 | Slowey | Arrieta | 2:40 | D | 17,408 | ++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Monday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 19 | 1 | 54-46 | 2 | 1.0 | Liriano | Greinke | 3:01 | N | 19,306 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 11 | 2 | 55-46 | 2 | 1.0 | Pavano | Chen | 3:21 | N | 16,749 | ++++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 4 | 56-46 | 2 | 1.0 | Duensing | Bannister | Rauch | 2:45 | D | 15,484 | +++++ | |
| 103 | 103 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 5 | 3 | 57-46 | 2 | 1.5 | Baker | Fister | Capps | 2:58 | N | 40,596 | ++++++ | ||
| 104 | 104 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 0 | 58-46 | 2 | 0.5 | Slowey | Hernandez | 2:07 | N | 40,799 | +++++++ | |||
| 105 | 105 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 0 | 59-46 | 2 | 0.5 | Liriano | French | 2:14 | D | 40,374 | ++++++++ | |||
| 106 | 106 | Monday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 2 | 4 | 59-47 | 2 | 1.0 | Hellickson | Pavano | Wheeler | 2:48 | N | 17,689 | - | |
| 107 | 107 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 4 | 6 | 59-48 | 2 | 1.5 | Niemann | Guerrier | Soriano | 2:55 | N | 18,261 | -- | |
| 108 | 108 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | W | 2 | 1 | 13 | 60-48 | 2 | 1.5 | Guerrier | Cormier | 3:52 | N | 19,172 | + | |
| 109 | 109 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | W | 8 | 6 | 61-48 | 2 | 1.5 | Capps | Benoit | 2:35 | D | 29,210 | ++ | ||
| 110 | 110 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 61-49 | 2 | 1.5 | Perez | Guerrier | 3:28 | N | 25,275 | - | ||
| 111 | 111 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 2 | 62-49 | 2 | 1.5 | Pavano | Hernandez | 2:47 | N | 27,638 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 63-49 | 2 | 0.5 | Duensing | Huff | Capps | 2:43 | D | 17,427 | ++ | |
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 12 | 6 | 64-49 | 1 | up 1.0 | Baker | Garcia | 2:52 | N | 30,900 | +++ | ||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 64-50 | 1 | Tied | Danks | Perkins | 2:35 | N | 32,033 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Thursday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 1 | 65-50 | 1 | up 1.0 | Liriano | Floyd | 3:09 | N | 33,237 | + | ||
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 66-50 | 1 | up 1.0 | Pavano | Gonzalez | Capps | 2:46 | N | 40,622 | ++ | ||
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 2 | 0 | 67-50 | 1 | up 2.0 | Duensing | Cahill | 2:15 | N | 40,830 | +++ | |||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 2 | 68-50 | 1 | up 3.0 | Slowey | Mazzaro | Capps | 2:45 | D | 40,602 | ++++ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 10 | 69-50 | 1 | up 4.0 | Mahay | Thornton | 3:11 | N | 40,714 | +++++ | ||
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 70-50 | 1 | up 5.0 | Manship | Floyd | Capps | 3:11 | N | 40,702 | ++++++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 11 | 70-51 | 1 | up 4.0 | Buehrle | Pavano | 2:31 | N | 40,723 | - | |||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 7 | 2 | 71-51 | 1 | up 4.5 | Duensing | Haren | 2:14 | N | 40,747 | + | |||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 3 | 9 | 71-52 | 1 | up 4.0 | Rodriguez | Slowey | 3:26 | D | 40,966 | - | |||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 4 | 0 | 72-52 | 1 | up 5.0 | Baker | Weaver | 2:48 | N | 40,385 | + | |||
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 4 | 72-53 | 1 | up 4.5 | Harden | Blackburn | 2:40 | N | 22,757 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 72-54 | 1 | up 3.5 | Oliver | Pavano | Feliz | 2:25 | N | 20,107 | -- | |
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 72-55 | 1 | up 3.5 | Wilson | Duensing | Harrison | 3:02 | N | 29,926 | --- | |
| 128 | 128 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 73-55 | 1 | up 3.5 | Liriano | Lee | Capps | 3:01 | N | 24,738 | + | |
| 129 | 129 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 3 | 74-55 | 1 | up 3.5 | Baker | Vargas | 2:56 | N | 37,798 | ++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 1 | 0 | 75-55 | 1 | up 4.5 | Blackburn | Fister | Fuentes | 2:13 | D | 29,892 | +++ | |
| 131 | 131 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 75-56 | 1 | up 4.5 | French | Pavano | Aardsma | 2:06 | D | 28,923 | - | |
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 76-56 | 1 | up 4.0 | Guerrier | Coke | Capps | 3:03 | N | 40,186 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 77-56 | 1 | up 4.0 | Rauch | Perry | 2:50 | N | 39,438 | ++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Thursday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 9 | 10 | 13 | 77-57 | 1 | up 3.5 | Valverde | Blackburn | 4:47 | N | 39,551 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 4 | 3 | 78-57 | 1 | up 4.0 | Burnett | Holland | Capps | 3:00 | N | 40,134 | + | ||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 12 | 4 | 79-57 | 1 | up 3.5 | Pavano | Lewis | 2:35 | D | 40,496 | ++ | |||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 5 | 80-57 | 1 | up 3.5 | Blackburn | Wilson | Capps | 2:55 | D | 40,516 | +++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 81-57 | 1 | up 3.5 | Manship | O'Sullivan | Capps | 2:48 | D | 40,228 | ++++ | ||
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 10 | 3 | 82-57 | 1 | up 4.5 | Liriano | Bannister | 2:38 | N | 38,816 | +++++ | |||
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 83-57 | 1 | up 5.5 | Duensing | Greinke | Capps | 2:19 | N | 39,376 | ++++++ | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 2 | 83-58 | 1 | up 5.0 | Hernandez | Pavano | 1:57 | N | 26,207 | - | ||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 12 | 84-58 | 1 | up 6.0 | Guerrier | Germano | Capps | 3:14 | N | 24,972 | + |
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 85-58 | 1 | up 6.0 | Slowey | Talbot | 2:33 | D | 22,988 | ++ | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 3 | 86-58 | 1 | up 7.0 | Liriano | Danks | 3:00 | N | 29,223 | +++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 3 | 87-58 | 1 | up 8.0 | Duensing | Floyd | 3:04 | N | 30,063 | ++++ | ||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 5 | 88-58 | 1 | up 9.0 | Pavano | Buehrle | Capps | 3:25 | N | 27,180 | +++++ | |
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 88-59 | 1 | up 9.0 | Anderson | Blackburn | Bailey | 2:34 | N | 40,681 | - | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 2 | 89-59 | 1 | up10.0 | Slowey | Braden | Capps | 2:29 | D | 40,847 | + | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 6 | 89-60 | 1 | up10.0 | Cramer | Liriano | 3:02 | D | 40,088 | - | |||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 9 | 3 | 90-60 | 1 | up11.0 | Duensing | Gomez | 2:42 | N | 39,228 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 91-60 | 1 | up12.0 | Perkins | Masterson | Capps | 3:08 | N | 39,580 | ++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 92-60 | 1 | up12.0 | Blackburn | Carrasco | 2:22 | D | 40,139 | +++ | |||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 10 | 92-61 | 1 | up11.0 | Verlander | Liriano | 2:49 | N | 30,083 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 10 | 11 | 13 | 92-62 | 1 | up10.0 | Schlereth | Neshek | 4:19 | N | 34,129 | -- | |
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 5 | 92-63 | 1 | up 9.0 | Porcello | Duensing | 2:15 | D | 32,021 | --- | ||
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 8 | 10 | 92-64 | 1 | up 9.0 | Humber | Manship | Soria | 3:06 | N | 19,307 | ---- | |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 10 | 92-65 | 1 | up 8.0 | O'Sullivan | Blackburn | 2:43 | N | 18,487 | ----- | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 93-65 | 1 | up 8.0 | Guerrier | Meche | Capps | 3:00 | N | 18,340 | + | |
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 13 | 93-66 | 1 | up 7.0 | Janssen | Liriano | 3:05 | N | 39,477 | - | |||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 93-67 | 1 | up 7.0 | Romero | Crain | Gregg | 2:46 | N | 39,937 | -- | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 94-67 | 1 | up 7.0 | Capps | Gregg | 2:38 | D | 40,235 | + | |||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 94-68 | 1 | up 6.0 | Rzepczynski | Blackburn | Camp | 2:01 | D | 40,664 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |