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66-96, Finished 5th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (66-96)
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 832 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94
Ballparks: Target Field · Attendance: 2,776,354 (6th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
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| Season Summary | 66-96, Final Rank:5, GB: 22.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 22 | last on Wednesday, Oct 3, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | never | |
| Most Games under .500 | 30 | last on Wednesday, Oct 3 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Saturday, Jun 30 to Tuesday, Jul 3 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Saturday, Apr 21 to Friday, Apr 27 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Sunday, May 20 |
| Most Runs Scored | 19 | Monday, Jul 16 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 15 | Sunday, Jun 17 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 11 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 6 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Friday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 0-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Arrieta | Pavano | Johnson | 2:38 | D | 46,773 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 8 | 0-2 | 4 | 2.0 | Hunter | Liriano | 2:37 | N | 31,532 | -- | ||
| 3 | 3 | Sunday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 3 | 0-3 | 5 | 3.0 | Hammel | Swarzak | Johnson | 2:14 | D | 14,738 | --- | |
| 4 | 4 | Monday, Apr 9 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 1 | 5 | 0-4 | 5 | 3.5 | Wilson | Blackburn | 2:50 | D | 39,414 | ---- | |||
| 5 | 5 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | 4 | 3.0 | Gray | Takahashi | Capps | 2:47 | N | 31,413 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Thursday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 10 | 9 | 2-4 | 4 | 3.0 | Gray | Thompson | Capps | 3:44 | D | 31,782 | ++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 1 | 4 | 2-5 | 5 | 3.0 | Harrison | Swarzak | Ogando | 2:28 | N | 31,400 | - | ||
| 8 | 8 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 2 | 6 | 2-6 | 5 | 3.5 | Ross | Duensing | 3:27 | D | 35,854 | -- | |||
| 9 | 9 | Sunday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 2-7 | 5 | 4.0 | Ross | Perkins | Nathan | 2:48 | D | 32,093 | --- | ||
| 10 | 10 | Monday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 3 | 3-7 | 4 | 4.0 | Pavano | Garcia | 3:04 | N | 40,218 | + | ||
| 11 | 11 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 8 | 3-8 | 4 | 5.0 | Sabathia | Liriano | 2:59 | N | 40,194 | - | ||
| 12 | 12 | Wednesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 4-8 | 4 | 5.0 | Marquis | Kuroda | Capps | 3:27 | N | 36,831 | + | |
| 13 | 13 | Thursday, Apr 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 7 | 4-9 | 4 | 5.0 | Hughes | Swarzak | Rivera | 3:13 | N | 40,327 | - | |
| 14 | 14 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | W | 5 | 4 | 5-9 | 4 | 4.5 | Maloney | Gomes | Capps | 3:09 | N | 18,763 | + | |
| 15 | 15 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 1 | 4 | 5-10 | 4 | 5.0 | Shields | Pavano | Rodney | 3:03 | N | 31,774 | - | |
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBR | L | 2 | 6 | 5-11 | 4 | 5.0 | Niemann | Liriano | 2:54 | D | 26,507 | -- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Monday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 5-12 | 4 | 5.5 | Bard | Capps | Aceves | 3:12 | N | 32,351 | --- | ||
| 18 | 18 | Tuesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 2 | 11 | 5-13 | 4 | 5.5 | Beckett | Blackburn | 3:03 | N | 33,651 | ---- | |||
| 19 | 19 | Wednesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 5-14 | 4 | 5.5 | Buchholz | Hendriks | Aceves | 3:32 | N | 32,254 | ----- | ||
| 20 | 20 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 6 | 7 | 5-15 | 5 | 6.0 | Mijares | Duensing | Broxton | 3:00 | N | 33,315 | ------ | ||
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 4 | 6-15 | 4 | 5.5 | Marquis | Chen | 3:02 | D | 34,201 | + | |||
| 22 | 22 | Monday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 4 | 6-16 | 5 | 6.0 | Wilson | Blackburn | Downs | 2:27 | N | 27,027 | - | |
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 0 | 4 | 6-17 | 5 | 6.0 | Williams | Liriano | 2:10 | N | 30,039 | -- | ||
| 24 | 24 | Wednesday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | LAA | L | 0 | 9 | 6-18 | 5 | 7.0 | Weaver | Hendriks | 2:28 | N | 27,288 | --- | ||
| 25 | 25 | Friday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 3 | 2 | 7-18 | 5 | 7.5 | Pavano | Wilhelmsen | Capps | 2:42 | N | 22,492 | + | |
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 7 | 7-19 | 5 | 7.5 | Hernandez | Marquis | 2:33 | N | 28,437 | - | ||
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 7-20 | 5 | 8.5 | Noesi | Blackburn | 2:30 | D | 23,913 | -- | ||
| 28 | 28 | Monday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 3 | 8 | 7-21 | 5 | 10.0 | Weaver | Liriano | 3:01 | N | 31,382 | --- | |||
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | W | 5 | 0 | 8-21 | 5 | 9.0 | Diamond | Haren | 2:37 | N | 30,776 | + | |||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | LAA | L | 2 | 6 | 8-22 | 5 | 9.0 | Santana | Pavano | 2:42 | N | 31,915 | - | |||
| 31 | 31 | Thursday, May 10 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 2 | 6 | 8-23 | 5 | 10.0 | Alvarez | Marquis | 2:45 | N | 31,438 | -- | |||
| 32 | 32 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 7 | 6 | 9-23 | 5 | 9.0 | Blackburn | Drabek | Capps | 3:17 | N | 33,387 | + | ||
| 33 | 33 | Saturday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 9-24 | 5 | 9.0 | Hutchison | Walters | Janssen | 2:50 | N | 38,820 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 10-24 | 5 | 8.0 | Diamond | Romero | Capps | 2:59 | D | 36,889 | + | ||
| 35 | 35 | Monday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 10-25 | 5 | 9.0 | Smith | Capps | Perez | 2:43 | N | 32,313 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 0 | 5 | 10-26 | 5 | 10.0 | Lowe | Marquis | 2:27 | D | 35,732 | -- | |||
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 11 | 7 | 11-26 | 5 | 10.0 | Burnett | Below | 3:25 | N | 33,955 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Thursday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 12-26 | 5 | 10.0 | Walters | Fister | Capps | 2:36 | D | 37,840 | ++ | |
| 39 | 39 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 11 | 3 | 13-26 | 5 | 9.0 | Diamond | Estrada | 3:35 | N | 32,421 | +++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14-26 | 5 | 9.0 | Gray | Parra | Capps | 3:45 | D | 42,398 | ++++ |
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 16 | 14-27 | 5 | 9.0 | Greinke | Marquis | 3:25 | D | 33,064 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 15-27 | 5 | 9.0 | Walters | Floyd | 2:23 | N | 20,026 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 6 | 15-28 | 5 | 10.0 | Sale | Diamond | 2:28 | N | 20,064 | - | ||
| 44 | 44 | Thursday, May 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 8 | 11 | 15-29 | 5 | 11.0 | Jones | De Vries | 3:13 | N | 20,167 | -- | ||
| 45 | 45 | Friday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 6 | 10 | 15-30 | 5 | 11.0 | Smyly | Swarzak | 3:29 | N | 37,688 | --- | |||
| 46 | 46 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 6 | 15-31 | 5 | 11.0 | Scherzer | Pavano | Valverde | 2:39 | D | 37,360 | ---- | ||
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 4 | 15-32 | 5 | 11.0 | Villarreal | Capps | Valverde | 3:21 | D | 38,710 | ----- | ||
| 48 | 48 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 16-32 | 5 | 11.0 | Burnett | Cook | Capps | 3:22 | D | 34,709 | + | ||
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 17-32 | 5 | 10.5 | Perkins | Fuentes | 3:25 | N | 31,781 | ++ | |||
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 0 | 18-32 | 5 | 10.5 | Liriano | Ross | 2:16 | D | 35,103 | +++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 7 | 18-33 | 5 | 11.5 | Lowe | Pavano | 2:32 | N | 19,904 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 4 | 19-33 | 5 | 10.5 | Duensing | Tomlin | Capps | 2:59 | N | 25,469 | + | |
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 20-33 | 5 | 10.5 | Diamond | Masterson | Capps | 2:47 | D | 21,238 | ++ | |
| 54 | 54 | Monday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 10 | 7 | 21-33 | 5 | 10.0 | De Vries | Smith | Capps | 3:07 | N | 16,531 | +++ | |
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 21-34 | 5 | 10.0 | Chen | Liriano | Broxton | 2:25 | N | 23,934 | - | |
| 56 | 56 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 22-34 | 5 | 9.0 | Blackburn | Mendoza | Capps | 3:04 | N | 18,386 | + | |
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | CHC | W | 8 | 7 | 10 | 23-34 | 5 | 8.5 | Capps | Camp | 3:37 | N | 38,014 | ++ | ||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | CHC | W | 11 | 3 | 24-34 | 5 | 8.5 | Diamond | Samardzija | 3:00 | D | 39,309 | +++ | |||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | CHC | L | 2 | 8 | 24-35 | 5 | 8.5 | Dempster | Liriano | 2:54 | D | 37,526 | - | |||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | PHI | W | 11 | 7 | 25-35 | 5 | 8.5 | Blackburn | Kendrick | 3:15 | N | 32,622 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | PHI | L | 8 | 9 | 25-36 | 5 | 8.5 | Hamels | Walters | Papelbon | 3:05 | N | 32,581 | - | ||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | MIN | PHI | L | 1 | 6 | 25-37 | 5 | 8.5 | Blanton | Diamond | 2:38 | N | 32,205 | -- | |||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 25-38 | 5 | 8.5 | Loe | Capps | Axford | 3:01 | N | 37,295 | --- | ||
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 2 | 6 | 25-39 | 5 | 9.5 | Fiers | Hendriks | 2:57 | D | 37,698 | ---- | |||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 15 | 26-39 | 5 | 8.5 | Swarzak | Dillard | 4:50 | D | 39,206 | + | ||
| 66 | 66 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PIT | L | 2 | 7 | 26-40 | 5 | 8.5 | Correia | Diamond | 3:10 | N | 19,936 | - | ||
| 67 | 67 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PIT | W | 2 | 1 | 27-40 | 5 | 8.5 | Burton | Grilli | Perkins | 2:42 | N | 19,878 | + | |
| 68 | 68 | Thursday, Jun 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | PIT | L | 1 | 9 | 27-41 | 5 | 9.0 | McDonald | Hendriks | 2:29 | N | 21,563 | - | ||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CIN | W | 5 | 4 | 28-41 | 5 | 9.0 | Blackburn | Bailey | Perkins | 3:20 | N | 33,531 | + | |
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CIN | L | 0 | 6 | 28-42 | 5 | 9.0 | Cueto | Duensing | 2:40 | D | 41,750 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CIN | W | 4 | 3 | 29-42 | 5 | 8.5 | Diamond | Chapman | Burton | 2:22 | D | 34,513 | + | |
| 72 | 72 | Monday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 30-42 | 5 | 7.5 | Liriano | Peavy | Burton | 3:01 | N | 35,659 | ++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 30-43 | 5 | 8.5 | Floyd | Hendriks | Reed | 2:41 | N | 35,102 | - | ||
| 74 | 74 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 5 | 12 | 30-44 | 5 | 9.5 | Sale | Blackburn | 2:48 | D | 36,539 | -- | |||
| 75 | 75 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 30-45 | 5 | 11.0 | Mendoza | Duensing | Broxton | 2:50 | N | 33,359 | --- | ||
| 76 | 76 | Saturday, Jun 30 (1) | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 7 | 2 | 31-45 | 5 | 9.5 | Diamond | Sanchez | 2:45 | D | 37,694 | + | |||
| 77 | 77 | Saturday, Jun 30 (2) | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 5 | 1 | 32-45 | 5 | 9.5 | De Vries | Hochevar | 2:43 | N | 37,629 | ++ | |||
| 78 | 78 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 10 | 8 | 33-45 | 5 | 8.5 | Gray | Chen | 3:05 | D | 37,819 | +++ | |||
| 79 | 79 | Monday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 6 | 4 | 34-45 | 5 | 8.0 | Swarzak | Fister | Perkins | 3:25 | N | 37,406 | ++++ | |
| 80 | 80 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 6 | 35-45 | 5 | 8.0 | Gray | Villarreal | Perkins | 3:26 | N | 36,757 | +++++ | |
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 1 | 5 | 35-46 | 5 | 9.0 | Verlander | Duensing | 2:33 | N | 41,023 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 3 | 7 | 35-47 | 5 | 10.0 | Dotel | Burnett | 2:59 | D | 33,350 | -- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 1 | 36-47 | 5 | 10.0 | Liriano | Perez | 2:58 | N | 47,240 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 36-48 | 5 | 11.0 | Nathan | Waldrop | 3:48 | N | 47,067 | - | |
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 13 | 36-49 | 5 | 11.0 | Feldman | Burnett | 4:32 | N | 43,268 | -- | |
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 36-50 | 5 | 12.0 | Griffin | Liriano | Cook | 2:44 | N | 33,230 | --- | ||
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 3 | 9 | 36-51 | 5 | 12.0 | Milone | De Vries | 2:57 | N | 39,084 | ---- | |||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 4 | 9 | 36-52 | 5 | 13.0 | Parker | Duensing | 3:14 | D | 36,853 | ----- | |||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 19 | 7 | 37-52 | 5 | 12.0 | Diamond | Tillman | 3:22 | N | 32,445 | + | |||
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 38-52 | 5 | 12.0 | Burnett | Ayala | Burton | 3:43 | N | 32,202 | ++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 38-53 | 5 | 12.0 | Hunter | Liriano | Johnson | 2:46 | N | 33,195 | - | ||
| 92 | 92 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 3 | 4 | 38-54 | 5 | 12.0 | Chen | Burnett | Johnson | 3:15 | D | 37,676 | -- | ||
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 11 | 39-54 | 5 | 11.0 | Fien | Broxton | Perkins | 3:23 | N | 25,719 | + |
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 39-55 | 5 | 11.5 | Mendoza | Diamond | Crow | 3:02 | N | 26,747 | - | |
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 5 | 40-55 | 5 | 11.5 | Deduno | Guthrie | 2:47 | D | 23,252 | + | ||
| 96 | 96 | Monday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 7 | 40-56 | 5 | 12.0 | Floyd | Liriano | Reed | 2:48 | N | 37,788 | - | |
| 97 | 97 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 11 | 40-57 | 5 | 12.0 | Jones | Fien | 3:08 | N | 34,715 | -- | ||
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 8 | 40-58 | 5 | 13.0 | Peavy | Blackburn | 3:09 | D | 32,261 | --- | ||
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 11 | 0 | 41-58 | 4 | 13.0 | Diamond | Tomlin | 2:25 | N | 37,820 | + | |||
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 12 | 5 | 42-58 | 4 | 13.0 | Deduno | Masterson | 2:54 | N | 39,166 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 43-58 | 4 | 12.0 | Duensing | Jimenez | 2:28 | D | 34,720 | +++ | |||
| 102 | 102 | Monday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 44-58 | 4 | 11.0 | Perkins | Myers | 3:08 | N | 35,018 | ++++ | |||
| 103 | 103 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 44-59 | 4 | 12.0 | Thornton | Gray | Reed | 2:41 | N | 36,424 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 44-60 | 4 | 13.0 | Peavy | Diamond | Reed | 2:49 | D | 34,823 | -- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Thursday, Aug 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 0 | 45-60 | 4 | 12.5 | Deduno | Lester | Perkins | 2:35 | N | 37,191 | + | |
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 46-60 | 4 | 12.5 | Gray | Padilla | Burton | 4:08 | N | 37,285 | ++ |
| 107 | 107 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 4 | 47-60 | 4 | 11.5 | Burnett | Aceves | Burton | 3:22 | N | 37,914 | +++ | |
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 6 | 47-61 | 4 | 12.5 | Morales | Blackburn | Aceves | 3:14 | D | 37,019 | - | |
| 109 | 109 | Monday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 14 | 3 | 48-61 | 4 | 12.5 | Diamond | McAllister | 3:01 | N | 18,775 | + | ||
| 110 | 110 | Tuesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 5 | 49-61 | 4 | 11.5 | Robertson | Perez | Perkins | 3:40 | N | 14,813 | ++ | |
| 111 | 111 | Wednesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 6 | 49-62 | 4 | 11.5 | Masterson | Duensing | 2:28 | D | 18,805 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Friday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 6 | 12 | 49-63 | 4 | 12.5 | Hellickson | De Vries | 3:06 | N | 38,108 | -- | |||
| 113 | 113 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 2 | 4 | 49-64 | 4 | 12.5 | Price | Blackburn | Rodney | 2:40 | N | 39,512 | --- | ||
| 114 | 114 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | TBR | L | 3 | 7 | 10 | 49-65 | 4 | 13.5 | Farnsworth | Burnett | Rodney | 3:22 | D | 35,327 | ---- | |
| 115 | 115 | Monday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 9 | 3 | 50-65 | 4 | 12.5 | Deduno | Sanchez | 3:05 | N | 34,366 | + | |||
| 116 | 116 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 8 | 50-66 | 5 | 13.5 | Fister | Duensing | 2:54 | N | 37,544 | - | |||
| 117 | 117 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 1 | 5 | 50-67 | 5 | 14.5 | Scherzer | De Vries | 3:08 | D | 37,118 | -- | |||
| 118 | 118 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 50-68 | 5 | 15.0 | Iwakuma | Blackburn | Wilhelmsen | 2:36 | N | 22,602 | --- | |
| 119 | 119 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 50-69 | 5 | 15.0 | Wilhelmsen | Robertson | 3:23 | N | 21,154 | ---- | ||
| 120 | 120 | Sunday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 5 | 50-70 | 5 | 15.0 | Beavan | Deduno | Kinney | 3:07 | D | 22,635 | ----- | |
| 121 | 121 | Monday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 7 | 2 | 51-70 | 5 | 15.0 | Duensing | McCarthy | 3:07 | N | 10,274 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 51-71 | 5 | 16.0 | Anderson | De Vries | Balfour | 2:32 | N | 13,116 | - | |
| 123 | 123 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 51-72 | 5 | 17.0 | Milone | Hendriks | 2:35 | D | 16,657 | -- | ||
| 124 | 124 | Thursday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 6 | 10 | 51-73 | 5 | 17.5 | Adams | Burton | Nathan | 3:39 | N | 33,762 | --- | |
| 125 | 125 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 8 | 51-74 | 5 | 18.5 | Harrison | Deduno | 2:16 | N | 45,823 | ---- | ||
| 126 | 126 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 9 | 51-75 | 5 | 19.5 | Dempster | Duensing | 3:07 | D | 44,215 | ----- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Sunday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 5 | 52-75 | 5 | 19.5 | De Vries | Feldman | Perkins | 3:10 | D | 37,785 | + | |
| 128 | 128 | Monday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 0 | 1 | 52-76 | 5 | 19.5 | Hernandez | Hendriks | 2:10 | N | 31,883 | - | |||
| 129 | 129 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 52-77 | 5 | 19.5 | Iwakuma | Diamond | Wilhelmsen | 2:55 | N | 29,854 | -- | ||
| 130 | 130 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 10 | 0 | 53-77 | 5 | 19.5 | Deduno | Vargas | 2:49 | N | 29,281 | + | |||
| 131 | 131 | Thursday, Aug 30 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 53-78 | 5 | 19.5 | Beavan | Duensing | Wilhelmsen | 3:11 | D | 32,578 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Saturday, Sep 1 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 54-78 | 5 | 17.5 | De Vries | Smith | Perkins | 2:31 | D | 0 | + | |
| 133 | 133 | Saturday, Sep 1 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 7 | 55-78 | 5 | 17.5 | Swarzak | Hochevar | Perkins | 3:07 | D | 23,189 | ++ | |
| 134 | 134 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 6 | 55-79 | 5 | 17.5 | Collins | Vasquez | Holland | 2:55 | D | 23,641 | - | |
| 135 | 135 | Monday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 4 | 55-80 | 5 | 18.5 | Santiago | Deduno | Reed | 3:00 | N | 21,676 | -- | |
| 136 | 136 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 18 | 9 | 56-80 | 5 | 17.5 | Diamond | Quintana | 3:24 | N | 15,698 | + | ||
| 137 | 137 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 6 | 56-81 | 5 | 18.5 | Peavy | Walters | 2:40 | D | 17,336 | - | ||
| 138 | 138 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 56-82 | 5 | 18.5 | Huff | Robertson | Perez | 3:21 | N | 30,111 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 57-82 | 5 | 18.5 | De Vries | McAllister | Perkins | 2:58 | N | 33,698 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 8 | 7 | 58-82 | 5 | 17.5 | Duensing | Pestano | 3:26 | D | 30,219 | ++ | |||
| 141 | 141 | Monday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 2 | 59-82 | 4 | 17.5 | Deduno | Masterson | 2:30 | N | 27,526 | +++ | |||
| 142 | 142 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 1 | 9 | 59-83 | 4 | 17.5 | Smith | Diamond | 2:56 | N | 28,993 | - | |||
| 143 | 143 | Wednesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 5 | 10 | 59-84 | 4 | 17.5 | Hochevar | Walters | 3:25 | N | 28,139 | -- | |||
| 144 | 144 | Thursday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 60-84 | 4 | 17.0 | Perkins | Bueno | 3:13 | N | 28,669 | + | ||
| 145 | 145 | Friday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 0 | 6 | 60-85 | 4 | 18.0 | Sale | Vasquez | 2:48 | N | 30,729 | - | |||
| 146 | 146 | Saturday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 60-86 | 4 | 19.0 | Liriano | Deduno | Thornton | 2:39 | D | 36,308 | -- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Sunday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 9 | 60-87 | 5 | 20.0 | Peavy | Diamond | 2:55 | D | 31,722 | --- | |||
| 148 | 148 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 12 | 61-87 | 4 | 20.5 | Robertson | Maine | Perkins | 4:00 | N | 10,342 | + |
| 149 | 149 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 62-87 | 4 | 19.5 | Hendriks | McAllister | Perkins | 3:10 | N | 13,519 | ++ | |
| 150 | 150 | Thursday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 62-88 | 4 | 19.5 | Rogers | Swarzak | 3:09 | D | 12,331 | - | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Saturday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 0 | 8 | 62-89 | 4 | 19.0 | Fister | Deduno | 2:23 | D | 40,586 | -- | ||
| 152 | 152 | Sunday, Sep 23 (1) | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 10 | 4 | 63-89 | 4 | 17.5 | Diamond | Scherzer | 3:05 | D | 40,438 | + | ||
| 153 | 153 | Sunday, Sep 23 (2) | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 64-89 | 4 | 17.5 | Burton | Valverde | Perkins | 3:07 | N | 39,839 | ++ |
| 154 | 154 | Monday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 3 | 6 | 64-90 | 4 | 18.5 | Pettitte | Hendriks | 2:46 | N | 33,720 | - | |||
| 155 | 155 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 65-90 | 4 | 17.5 | Fien | Hughes | Perkins | 2:58 | N | 33,346 | + | ||
| 156 | 156 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 65-91 | 4 | 18.5 | Sabathia | Duensing | 2:54 | D | 33,251 | - | |||
| 157 | 157 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 2 | 66-91 | 4 | 18.0 | Burton | Villarreal | Perkins | 2:30 | N | 30,315 | + | ||
| 158 | 158 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 66-92 | 4 | 19.0 | Verlander | Walters | Valverde | 3:23 | D | 32,839 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 1 | 2 | 66-93 | 5 | 20.0 | Coke | Burton | Valverde | 2:43 | D | 32,554 | -- | ||
| 160 | 160 | Monday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 66-94 | 5 | 21.0 | Lyon | Duensing | 3:14 | N | 12,359 | --- | |
| 161 | 161 | Tuesday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 66-95 | 5 | 21.0 | Jenkins | Swarzak | Janssen | 2:33 | N | 13,930 | ---- | |
| 162 | 162 | Wednesday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 66-96 | 5 | 22.0 | Morrow | Diamond | Lyon | 2:21 | N | 19,769 | ----- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |