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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2010 / 2012
63-99, Finished 5th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (63-99)
Scored 619 runs, Allowed 804 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-100
Ballparks: Target Field · Attendance: 3,168,116 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 97
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| Season Summary | 63-99, Final Rank:5, GB: 32.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 32 | last on Wednesday, Sep 28, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | never | |
| Most Games under .500 | 38 | last on Monday, Sep 26 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 8 | Saturday, Jun 11 to Tuesday, Jun 21 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 11 | Friday, Sep 9 to Wednesday, Sep 21 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 20 | Monday, Jul 25 |
| Most Runs Scored | 13 | Friday, Sep 2 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 11 | Monday, May 9 and Saturday, May 14 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 13 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 8 | |
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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 | Friday, Apr 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 13 | 0-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Romero | Pavano | 2:45 | N | 47,984 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 6 | 0-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Drabek | Liriano | 2:30 | D | 27,194 | -- | ||
| 3 | 3 | Sunday, Apr 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 1-2 | 3 | 1.5 | Blackburn | Cecil | Nathan | 2:58 | D | 35,505 | + | |
| 4 | 4 | Monday, Apr 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 1-3 | 4 | 2.0 | Nova | Baker | Rivera | 2:38 | N | 40,311 | - | |
| 5 | 5 | Tuesday, Apr 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2-3 | 4 | 2.0 | Capps | Logan | Nathan | 3:17 | N | 40,267 | + |
| 6 | 6 | Thursday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 2-4 | 4 | 2.0 | Burnett | Liriano | Rivera | 3:04 | D | 41,512 | - | |
| 7 | 7 | Friday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 2 | 1 | 3-4 | 4 | 2.0 | Pavano | Anderson | Nathan | 2:22 | D | 40,714 | + | ||
| 8 | 8 | Saturday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 0 | 1 | 3-5 | 4 | 3.0 | Gonzalez | Blackburn | Fuentes | 3:05 | N | 39,936 | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Sunday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 3-6 | 4 | 4.0 | McCarthy | Baker | Fuentes | 2:50 | D | 38,484 | -- | ||
| 10 | 10 | Tuesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4-6 | 4 | 3.5 | Hughes | Tejeda | 3:17 | N | 38,154 | + | ||
| 11 | 11 | Wednesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 5 | 10 | 4-7 | 5 | 3.5 | Davies | Liriano | Jeffress | 2:46 | D | 36,286 | - | ||
| 12 | 12 | Thursday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4-8 | 5 | 4.0 | Farnsworth | Capps | 3:02 | N | 10,042 | -- | |
| 13 | 13 | Friday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 2 | 5 | 4-9 | 5 | 5.0 | Davis | Blackburn | Farnsworth | 2:34 | N | 15,342 | --- | |
| 14 | 14 | Saturday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 3 | 4 | 4-10 | 5 | 6.0 | Cruz | Nathan | 3:10 | D | 16,428 | ---- | ||
| 15 | 15 | Sunday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | W | 4 | 2 | 5-10 | 5 | 6.0 | Duensing | Hellickson | Capps | 2:51 | D | 22,426 | + | |
| 16 | 16 | Monday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 3 | 6-10 | 5 | 6.0 | Liriano | Tillman | Capps | 2:50 | N | 13,138 | ++ | |
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 11 | 6-11 | 5 | 6.0 | Arrieta | Pavano | 2:50 | N | 12,045 | - | ||
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 6-12 | 5 | 7.0 | Britton | Blackburn | Gregg | 2:18 | N | 13,825 | -- | |
| 19 | 19 | Thursday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 1 | 7-12 | 5 | 6.0 | Baker | Guthrie | Capps | 2:41 | N | 16,769 | + | |
| 20 | 20 | Saturday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 10 | 3 | 8-12 | 4 | 5.0 | Duensing | Hernandez | 2:23 | D | 39,459 | ++ | |||
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 9-12 | 4 | 4.0 | Pavano | Perez | Capps | 2:44 | D | 39,388 | +++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Wednesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 2 | 8 | 9-13 | 4 | 5.5 | Davis | Liriano | 3:18 | N | 36,714 | - | |||
| 23 | 23 | Thursday, Apr 28 (1) | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 3 | 15 | 9-14 | 4 | 7.0 | Hellickson | Blackburn | 3:27 | D | 38,215 | -- | |||
| 24 | 24 | Thursday, Apr 28 (2) | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 1 | 6 | 9-15 | 4 | 7.0 | Niemann | Swarzak | 2:29 | N | 36,456 | --- | |||
| 25 | 25 | Friday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 9-16 | 4 | 8.0 | Wood | Burnett | Soria | 2:53 | N | 31,407 | ---- | |
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 11 | 9-17 | 4 | 9.0 | Adcock | Duensing | 2:49 | N | 22,099 | ----- | ||
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 10 | 9-18 | 4 | 10.0 | Hochevar | Pavano | 2:39 | D | 18,108 | ------ | ||
| 28 | 28 | Tuesday, May 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 10-18 | 4 | 10.0 | Liriano | Jackson | 2:09 | N | 20,901 | + | ||
| 29 | 29 | Wednesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 11-18 | 4 | 9.0 | Blackburn | Danks | Capps | 2:30 | D | 18,028 | ++ | |
| 30 | 30 | Friday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 2 | 12-18 | 4 | 8.5 | Baker | Wakefield | 2:37 | N | 37,798 | +++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Saturday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 4 | 12-19 | 4 | 9.5 | Buchholz | Duensing | 2:45 | D | 37,234 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 9 | 12-20 | 4 | 9.5 | Matsuzaka | Pavano | 2:53 | D | 37,526 | -- | ||
| 33 | 33 | Monday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12-21 | 5 | 10.0 | Okajima | Hoey | 3:55 | N | 37,276 | --- | |
| 34 | 34 | Tuesday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 10 | 12-22 | 5 | 11.0 | Porcello | Liriano | 3:14 | N | 38,949 | ---- | |||
| 35 | 35 | Wednesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 7 | 9 | 12-23 | 5 | 11.0 | Benoit | Capps | Valverde | 3:52 | D | 38,938 | ----- | ||
| 36 | 36 | Friday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 0 | 2 | 12-24 | 5 | 11.5 | Romero | Burnett | Francisco | 2:58 | N | 38,809 | ------ | ||
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12-25 | 5 | 12.0 | Rauch | Perkins | 3:27 | D | 39,934 | ------- | ||
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 3 | 11 | 12-26 | 5 | 12.5 | Morrow | Duensing | 2:43 | D | 39,301 | -------- | |||
| 39 | 39 | Monday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 12-27 | 5 | 13.5 | Pineda | Baker | 2:31 | N | 14,859 | --------- | ||
| 40 | 40 | Tuesday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 2 | 1 | 13-27 | 5 | 13.5 | Liriano | Hernandez | Capps | 2:24 | N | 16,015 | + | |
| 41 | 41 | Wednesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14-27 | 5 | 12.5 | Nathan | Fuentes | Capps | 2:38 | N | 15,355 | ++ |
| 42 | 42 | Thursday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 11 | 1 | 15-27 | 5 | 11.5 | Blackburn | Ross | 2:41 | D | 22,320 | +++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Friday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | L | 7 | 8 | 15-28 | 5 | 12.5 | Kennedy | Duensing | Paterson | 2:46 | N | 27,450 | - | |
| 44 | 44 | Saturday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | L | 6 | 9 | 15-29 | 5 | 13.5 | Heilman | Capps | Putz | 3:23 | N | 39,776 | -- | |
| 45 | 45 | Sunday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | L | 2 | 3 | 15-30 | 5 | 14.5 | Hudson | Burnett | Putz | 2:26 | D | 31,017 | --- | |
| 46 | 46 | Monday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 7 | 8 | 10 | 15-31 | 5 | 15.5 | Wright | Swarzak | League | 3:40 | N | 37,498 | ---- | |
| 47 | 47 | Tuesday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 16-31 | 5 | 14.5 | Blackburn | Fister | 2:20 | N | 37,691 | + | |||
| 48 | 48 | Wednesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 0 | 3 | 16-32 | 5 | 14.5 | Bedard | Duensing | League | 2:30 | D | 38,860 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Friday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 5 | 6 | 16-33 | 5 | 14.5 | Downs | Hoey | Walden | 3:21 | N | 38,976 | -- | ||
| 50 | 50 | Saturday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17-33 | 5 | 14.5 | Burnett | Takahashi | 2:43 | N | 39,824 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Sunday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 5 | 6 | 17-34 | 5 | 14.5 | Haren | Pavano | Walden | 2:56 | D | 39,867 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Monday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 5 | 6 | 17-35 | 5 | 14.5 | Alburquerque | Burnett | Valverde | 3:09 | D | 30,198 | -- | |
| 53 | 53 | Tuesday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 7 | 8 | 17-36 | 5 | 15.5 | Alburquerque | Dumatrait | Benoit | 3:16 | N | 22,649 | --- | |
| 54 | 54 | Wednesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 4 | 17-37 | 5 | 16.5 | Porcello | Baker | Valverde | 2:46 | N | 24,363 | ---- | |
| 55 | 55 | Thursday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 2 | 18-37 | 5 | 15.5 | Swarzak | O'Sullivan | 2:49 | N | 14,584 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Friday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 19-37 | 5 | 14.5 | Pavano | Duffy | 2:42 | N | 32,443 | ++ | ||
| 57 | 57 | Saturday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 2 | 20-37 | 5 | 13.5 | Blackburn | Hochevar | 2:58 | N | 27,861 | +++ | ||
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 0 | 21-37 | 5 | 12.5 | Duensing | Francis | 2:24 | D | 21,704 | ++++ | ||
| 59 | 59 | Monday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 22-37 | 5 | 11.5 | Baker | Tomlin | Capps | 2:34 | N | 15,278 | +++++ | |
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 1 | 22-38 | 5 | 12.5 | Carrasco | Liriano | Perez | 2:13 | N | 15,498 | - | |
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23-38 | 5 | 11.5 | Capps | Perez | Dumatrait | 2:49 | D | 15,849 | + |
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 24-38 | 5 | 11.0 | Hoey | Lowe | 3:01 | N | 38,761 | ++ | |||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 3 | 9 | 24-39 | 5 | 11.0 | Wilson | Duensing | 3:07 | N | 38,907 | - | |||
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 8 | 1 | 25-39 | 5 | 10.0 | Baker | Lewis | 2:31 | D | 40,420 | + | |||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 6 | 1 | 26-39 | 5 | 9.0 | Liriano | Harrison | 2:14 | D | 39,281 | ++ | |||
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 27-39 | 5 | 9.0 | Pavano | Floyd | 2:06 | N | 37,437 | +++ | |||
| 67 | 67 | Thursday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 28-39 | 5 | 9.0 | Blackburn | Buehrle | Capps | 2:09 | D | 39,484 | ++++ | ||
| 68 | 68 | Friday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | SDP | W | 6 | 5 | 29-39 | 5 | 8.0 | Duensing | Richard | Capps | 2:53 | N | 39,205 | +++++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Saturday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | SDP | W | 1 | 0 | 30-39 | 4 | 8.0 | Baker | Stauffer | Capps | 2:28 | N | 40,225 | ++++++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Sunday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | SDP | W | 5 | 4 | 31-39 | 4 | 8.0 | Burnett | Qualls | 2:34 | D | 40,655 | +++++++ | |||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SFG | W | 9 | 2 | 32-39 | 4 | 6.5 | Pavano | Bumgarner | 2:39 | N | 41,958 | ++++++++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SFG | L | 1 | 5 | 32-40 | 4 | 7.5 | Vogelsong | Blackburn | 2:58 | N | 41,886 | - | ||
| 73 | 73 | Thursday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SFG | L | 1 | 2 | 32-41 | 4 | 8.0 | Lincecum | Duensing | Wilson | 2:22 | D | 42,481 | -- | |
| 74 | 74 | Friday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 32-42 | 4 | 8.0 | Wolf | Baker | Axford | 2:28 | N | 39,819 | --- | |
| 75 | 75 | Saturday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 11 | 32-43 | 4 | 8.0 | Gallardo | Liriano | 2:49 | N | 43,980 | ---- | ||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 6 | 32-44 | 4 | 9.0 | Narveson | Pavano | 2:44 | D | 41,624 | ----- | ||
| 77 | 77 | Monday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | LAD | L | 0 | 15 | 32-45 | 4 | 10.0 | Billingsley | Blackburn | 3:05 | N | 39,487 | ------ | |||
| 78 | 78 | Tuesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | MIN | LAD | W | 6 | 4 | 33-45 | 4 | 9.0 | Duensing | Lilly | Capps | 3:14 | N | 39,755 | + | ||
| 79 | 79 | Wednesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | LAD | W | 1 | 0 | 34-45 | 4 | 8.0 | Baker | De La Rosa | Capps | 2:49 | D | 39,655 | ++ | ||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 6 | 2 | 35-45 | 4 | 8.0 | Liriano | Gallardo | 2:30 | N | 40,812 | +++ | |||
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 7 | 8 | 35-46 | 4 | 9.0 | Saito | Capps | Axford | 3:04 | N | 41,378 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 9 | 7 | 36-46 | 4 | 8.0 | Dumatrait | Loe | Perkins | 3:14 | D | 41,195 | + | ||
| 83 | 83 | Monday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | W | 7 | 0 | 37-46 | 4 | 8.0 | Duensing | Price | 2:24 | D | 39,528 | ++ | |||
| 84 | 84 | Tuesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | W | 3 | 2 | 38-46 | 4 | 7.0 | Baker | Shields | Perkins | 2:45 | N | 38,613 | +++ | ||
| 85 | 85 | Wednesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 5 | 12 | 38-47 | 4 | 8.0 | Howell | Burnett | 3:34 | D | 39,841 | - | |||
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 39-47 | 4 | 8.0 | Pavano | Humber | 2:35 | N | 26,395 | + | ||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 5 | 40-47 | 4 | 7.0 | Blackburn | Floyd | Capps | 3:22 | N | 27,737 | ++ | |
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 40-48 | 4 | 7.0 | Crain | Mijares | 2:36 | D | 30,055 | - | ||
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 41-48 | 4 | 6.5 | Swarzak | Peavy | Capps | 3:00 | D | 30,042 | + | |
| 90 | 90 | Thursday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 42-48 | 4 | 6.0 | Liriano | Chen | 3:08 | N | 39,584 | ++ | |||
| 91 | 91 | Friday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 42-49 | 4 | 7.0 | Collins | Capps | Soria | 2:37 | N | 39,177 | - | ||
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 43-49 | 4 | 6.0 | Perkins | Francis | Nathan | 2:14 | N | 41,295 | + | ||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 44-49 | 4 | 5.0 | Duensing | Paulino | Nathan | 2:29 | D | 38,786 | ++ | ||
| 94 | 94 | Monday, Jul 18 (1) | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 44-50 | 4 | 7.0 | Huff | Swarzak | Pestano | 2:44 | D | 39,768 | - | ||
| 95 | 95 | Monday, Jul 18 (2) | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 44-51 | 4 | 7.0 | Hernandez | Diamond | 3:03 | N | 38,491 | -- | |||
| 96 | 96 | Tuesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 45-51 | 4 | 6.0 | Perkins | Perez | 2:34 | N | 38,473 | + | |||
| 97 | 97 | Wednesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 5 | 46-51 | 4 | 5.0 | Capps | Sipp | Nathan | 2:51 | D | 39,167 | ++ | ||
| 98 | 98 | Thursday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 6 | 46-52 | 4 | 6.0 | Verlander | Pavano | 2:55 | N | 40,149 | - | |||
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 8 | 46-53 | 4 | 7.0 | Scherzer | Duensing | 3:15 | N | 40,691 | -- | |||
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 1 | 47-53 | 4 | 6.0 | Baker | Penny | Nathan | 2:58 | D | 40,764 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 5 | 47-54 | 4 | 7.0 | Porcello | Liriano | Valverde | 3:17 | D | 40,789 | - | ||
| 102 | 102 | Monday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 6 | 20 | 47-55 | 4 | 7.0 | Holland | Blackburn | 3:25 | N | 35,573 | -- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Tuesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 8 | 48-55 | 4 | 7.0 | Perkins | Feliz | Nathan | 3:35 | N | 30,581 | + | |
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 2 | 49-55 | 4 | 6.0 | Duensing | Lewis | 3:06 | N | 35,950 | ++ | ||
| 105 | 105 | Thursday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 4 | 49-56 | 4 | 6.0 | Harrison | Baker | Feliz | 2:45 | N | 30,406 | - | |
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 9 | 5 | 50-56 | 4 | 6.0 | Liriano | Gonzalez | 3:07 | N | 25,656 | + | ||
| 107 | 107 | Saturday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 8 | 50-57 | 4 | 6.0 | Moscoso | Blackburn | 2:56 | N | 19,605 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 7 | 50-58 | 4 | 7.0 | McCarthy | Pavano | 2:49 | D | 22,452 | -- | ||
| 109 | 109 | Tuesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 5 | 50-59 | 4 | 8.0 | Santana | Duensing | 2:22 | N | 37,565 | --- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Wednesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 11 | 4 | 51-59 | 4 | 8.0 | Swarzak | Pineiro | 2:59 | N | 35,555 | + | ||
| 111 | 111 | Thursday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 7 | 51-60 | 4 | 8.0 | Haren | Liriano | 2:25 | N | 40,365 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Friday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 51-61 | 4 | 9.0 | Buehrle | Blackburn | Sale | 2:29 | N | 41,364 | -- | ||
| 113 | 113 | Saturday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 51-62 | 4 | 10.0 | Stewart | Pavano | 2:44 | N | 41,030 | --- | |||
| 114 | 114 | Sunday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 7 | 51-63 | 4 | 10.0 | Peavy | Duensing | 2:30 | D | 39,353 | ---- | |||
| 115 | 115 | Monday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 6 | 8 | 51-64 | 4 | 10.5 | Aceves | Perkins | Papelbon | 3:00 | N | 40,080 | ----- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Tuesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 51-65 | 4 | 10.5 | Albers | Capps | Papelbon | 3:19 | N | 39,974 | ------ | ||
| 117 | 117 | Wednesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 52-65 | 4 | 9.5 | Perkins | Lester | Nathan | 3:08 | N | 40,491 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Friday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 52-66 | 4 | 11.0 | Perez | Perkins | Perez | 2:31 | N | 31,364 | - | |
| 119 | 119 | Saturday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 52-67 | 4 | 12.0 | Tomlin | Duensing | Perez | 2:34 | N | 30,619 | -- | |
| 120 | 120 | Monday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 9 | 6 | 53-67 | 4 | 10.5 | Liriano | Porcello | Nathan | 2:49 | N | 36,211 | + | |
| 121 | 121 | Tuesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 7 | 53-68 | 4 | 11.5 | Verlander | Blackburn | 2:52 | N | 40,589 | - | ||
| 122 | 122 | Wednesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 54-68 | 4 | 10.5 | Capps | Valverde | Nathan | 3:30 | N | 34,835 | + | |
| 123 | 123 | Thursday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 4 | 8 | 54-69 | 4 | 11.0 | Sabathia | Duensing | 3:09 | N | 41,126 | - | |||
| 124 | 124 | Friday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 1 | 8 | 54-70 | 4 | 12.0 | Hughes | Slowey | 2:44 | N | 41,328 | -- | |||
| 125 | 125 | Saturday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 9 | 4 | 55-70 | 4 | 12.0 | Liriano | Burnett | 3:16 | N | 41,254 | + | |||
| 126 | 126 | Sunday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 0 | 3 | 55-71 | 4 | 13.0 | Nova | Dumatrait | Rivera | 3:07 | D | 41,242 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Monday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 55-72 | 4 | 14.0 | Britton | Pavano | Gregg | 2:44 | N | 38,986 | -- | ||
| 128 | 128 | Tuesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 8 | 55-73 | 4 | 15.0 | Simon | Duensing | 2:40 | N | 38,786 | --- | |||
| 129 | 129 | Wednesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 6 | 55-74 | 4 | 15.0 | Guthrie | Slowey | 2:34 | N | 37,778 | ---- | |||
| 130 | 130 | Thursday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 6 | 55-75 | 4 | 16.0 | Reyes | Swarzak | 2:39 | D | 38,406 | ----- | |||
| 131 | 131 | Friday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 1 | 8 | 55-76 | 4 | 17.0 | Porcello | Diamond | 2:55 | N | 38,918 | ------ | |||
| 132 | 132 | Saturday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 55-77 | 4 | 18.0 | Verlander | Pavano | Valverde | 2:51 | D | 40,179 | ------- | ||
| 133 | 133 | Sunday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 11 | 4 | 56-77 | 4 | 17.0 | Duensing | Penny | 2:49 | D | 39,130 | + | |||
| 134 | 134 | Monday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 3 | 56-78 | 4 | 17.0 | Buehrle | Slowey | Santos | 2:04 | N | 24,120 | - | |
| 135 | 135 | Tuesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 8 | 56-79 | 4 | 18.0 | Ohman | Swarzak | Santos | 2:57 | N | 21,632 | -- | |
| 136 | 136 | Wednesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 57-79 | 4 | 18.0 | Diamond | Peavy | Nathan | 2:42 | D | 20,346 | + | |
| 137 | 137 | Friday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | W | 13 | 5 | 58-79 | 4 | 17.5 | Pavano | Chatwood | 3:23 | N | 37,198 | ++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Saturday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 6 | 10 | 58-80 | 4 | 18.5 | Weaver | Dumatrait | 3:05 | N | 39,102 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Sunday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 4 | 58-81 | 4 | 19.5 | Pineiro | Slowey | Walden | 2:24 | D | 36,638 | -- | |
| 140 | 140 | Monday, Sep 5 (1) | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 58-82 | 5 | 21.0 | Humber | Swarzak | Sale | 2:27 | D | 40,252 | --- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Monday, Sep 5 (2) | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 58-83 | 5 | 21.0 | Stewart | Diamond | 2:26 | N | 39,849 | ---- | |||
| 142 | 142 | Tuesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 3 | 58-84 | 5 | 22.0 | Peavy | Hendriks | Santos | 2:29 | N | 36,959 | ----- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Wednesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 59-84 | 5 | 22.0 | Pavano | Danks | Nathan | 2:44 | N | 38,359 | + | ||
| 144 | 144 | Friday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 4 | 8 | 59-85 | 4 | 23.0 | Penny | Slowey | 2:46 | N | 35,996 | - | ||
| 145 | 145 | Saturday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 2 | 3 | 59-86 | 5 | 24.0 | Alburquerque | Perkins | 2:53 | D | 38,567 | -- | ||
| 146 | 146 | Sunday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 2 | 59-87 | 5 | 25.0 | Fister | Diamond | Valverde | 2:19 | D | 36,972 | --- | |
| 147 | 147 | Tuesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 4 | 59-88 | 5 | 26.5 | Chen | Pavano | 2:20 | N | 25,253 | ---- | ||
| 148 | 148 | Wednesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 59-89 | 5 | 27.5 | Hochevar | Hendriks | Holland | 2:56 | D | 19,076 | ----- | |
| 149 | 149 | Friday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 59-90 | 5 | 28.0 | Jimenez | Slowey | Perez | 2:58 | N | 37,942 | ------ | ||
| 150 | 150 | Saturday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 10 | 59-91 | 5 | 28.0 | Gomez | Swarzak | 3:08 | D | 38,805 | ------- | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Sunday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 59-92 | 5 | 29.0 | Masterson | Pavano | Perez | 3:18 | D | 37,012 | -------- | ||
| 152 | 152 | Monday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 59-93 | 5 | 29.5 | Wade | Diamond | Rivera | 3:20 | D | 40,045 | --------- | |
| 153 | 153 | Tuesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 59-94 | 5 | 29.5 | Vargas | Duensing | League | 2:59 | N | 35,995 | ---------- | ||
| 154 | 154 | Wednesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 59-95 | 5 | 30.5 | Jimenez | Slowey | League | 2:48 | N | 36,263 | ----------- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Thursday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 3 | 2 | 60-95 | 5 | 29.5 | Nathan | Delabar | 3:00 | D | 37,466 | + | |||
| 156 | 156 | Friday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 60-96 | 5 | 30.5 | Perez | Capps | 2:52 | N | 36,807 | - | ||
| 157 | 157 | Saturday, Sep 24 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 8 | 60-97 | 5 | 31.0 | Putnam | Liriano | 2:41 | D | 26,197 | -- | ||
| 158 | 158 | Saturday, Sep 24 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 60-98 | 5 | 31.0 | Hagadone | Mijares | Perez | 2:58 | N | 30,748 | --- | |
| 159 | 159 | Sunday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 10 | 61-98 | 5 | 31.0 | Waldrop | Sipp | Nathan | 3:09 | D | 22,539 | + |
| 160 | 160 | Monday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 61-99 | 5 | 32.0 | Paulino | Slowey | 2:46 | N | 34,847 | - | |||
| 161 | 161 | Tuesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 4 | 62-99 | 5 | 32.0 | Swarzak | O'Sullivan | 2:28 | N | 34,228 | + | |||
| 162 | 162 | Wednesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 1 | 0 | 63-99 | 5 | 32.0 | Pavano | Wood | 2:07 | N | 36,488 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |