2010 Minnesota Twins season

2010 Minnesota Twins
AL Central Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Target Field (since 2010)
Minneapolis (since 1961)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Pohlad
General manager(s)	Bill Smith
Manager(s)	Ron Gardenhire
Local television	Fox Sports North WFTC (My 29) (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Local radio	1500 AM ESPN Radio Twin Cities (KSTP-AM) (John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2010 Minnesota Twins season was the 50th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 110th overall in the American League.

It was their first season in their new stadium, Target Field, which made its regular-season debut on April 12 as the Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox 5–2. This marked the return of outdoor professional baseball to the state of Minnesota for the first time since the end of the 1981 season, the last played at Metropolitan Stadium. 3,223,640 fans attended Twins games, setting a new franchise record.

The Twins clinched their sixth AL Central division championship in nine seasons on September 21 after a win against the Cleveland Indians and a Chicago White Sox loss. They were again swept by the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series to end the season.

Offseason

New uniforms

The Twins altered their uniforms for the 2010 season. Their new home outfits as well as their alternate uniforms feature a redesigned primary wordmark that was shown for the first time as a sign was hoisted into place atop the scoreboard at Target Field in May 2009. The team's colors remained unchanged (Red, navy and white) but the nameplate that had been in use since the 1980s on the uniforms was eliminated. The new road uniforms discards the navy pinstripes for a gray uniform with a script "Minnesota" on the front in navy with red and white trim. The franchise also wore a 1961 throwback uniform as part of the team's 50th season on Opening Day and all Saturday dates. The team donned a special Inaugural Season patch for Target Field on all home uniforms, and a Golden Anniversary season patch on their road outfits.

Roster moves

Before spring training, the Twins parted ways with 2009 trade deadline acquisition Orlando Cabrera, who would go on to sign a free agent deal with the Cincinnati Reds.^[1] Also leaving the team was backup catcher Mike Redmond.^[2] With Cabrera leaving, there were questions about the Twins infield.^[3] General Manager Bill Smith addressed these questions by trading center fielder Carlos Gómez to the Milwaukee Brewers for shortstop J. J. Hardy,^[4] and signing free agent second baseman Orlando Hudson.^[5] Smith also added some power to the bench by acquiring free agent and former White Sox and Indians designated hitter Jim Thome.^[6] With regular closer Joe Nathan out for the season after elbow surgery, Gardenhire named Jon Rauch the closer to begin the season. Later, the Twins traded catcher Wilson Ramos and Joe Testa to the Washington Nationals to acquire Matt Capps to bolster the bullpen. Other pitching changes included the late additions of Brian Fuentes and Randy Flores.

On March 22, catcher Joe Mauer signed a contract extension for eight years. The $184 million contract, paying him $23 million each year, is the richest ever for the Twins, and the fourth largest in major league history.^[7]

Regular season

Finally, the Twins win a stadium opener at home. They'd lost the Home Openers at Metropolitan Stadium (April 21, 1961) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (April 6, 1982). At Target Field on April 12 this year, DH Jason Kubel drove in two runs and hit the stadium's first home run in a 5-2 win over Boston.

On April 28, third baseman Luke Hughes hit a home run in his first-ever major league at bat, joining four other Twins who've accomplished the feat: Rick Renick (1968), Dave McKay (1975), Gary Gaetti (1981) and Andre David (1984). They'll be joined by Eddie Rosario in 2015.

On July 3, new Twin Jim Thome homered in the first inning for his 574th career home run. With that four-bagger, he passed Twins legend Harmon Killebrew's 573 on the all-time career home run list.

July 13: At Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau represented the Twins at the All-Star Game. Mauer was the starting AL catcher and Morneau was not used as a reserve.

Kevin Slowey's win on September 12 was the club's 4,000th win, dating back to win no. 1 on April 11, 1961.

Ron Gardenhire was named American League Manager of the Year; he'd been the runner-up five times. Pitcher Francisco Liriano, who'd missed all of 2007 following Tommy John surgery, saw limited action in 2008 and 2009 due to injuries. In 2010, he threw the second-most innings of any pitcher for the Twins, led the team in ERA, and allowed the fewest home runs per nine innings of any pitcher in the AL (0.4). He was voted the American League's Comeback Player of the Year. (He'll win it a second time, as a 2013 Pittsburgh Pirate He's the first player to win it twice and the only one to win it in both leagues.)

Joe Mauer won his fourth Silver Slugger Award and his third Gold Glove Award.

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	94	68	.580	—	53–28	41–40
Chicago White Sox	88	74	.543	6	45–36	43–38
Detroit Tigers	81	81	.500	13	52–29	29–52
Cleveland Indians	69	93	.426	25	38–43	31–50
Kansas City Royals	67	95	.414	27	38–43	29–52

Detailed record

Team Home Away Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 2–2 3–1 5–3 Boston Red Sox 2–1 0–2 2–3 New York Yankees 1–2 1–2 2–4 Tampa Bay Rays 1–3 2–2 3–5 Toronto Blue Jays 1–3 2–3 3–6 7–10 8–10 15–21 AL Central Chicago White Sox 6–3 7–2 13–5 Cleveland Indians 6–3 6–3 12–6 Detroit Tigers 7–2 2–7 9–9 Kansas City Royals 7–2 6–3 13–5 26–10 21–15 47–25 AL West Los Angeles Angels 2–1 3–1 5–2 Oakland Athletics 4–2 2–1 6–3 Seattle Mariners 3–0 3–4 6–4 Texas Rangers 6–0 1–3 4–3 15–3 9–9 25–12 National League Atlanta Braves 1–2 N/A 1–2 Colorado Rockies 2–1 N/A 2–1 Milwaukee Brewers 2–1 0–3 2–4 New York Mets N/A 1–2 1–2 Philadelphia Phillies N/A 2–1 2–1 5–4 3–6 8–10

Month Games Won Lost April 23 15 8 May 28 16 12 June 27 12 15 July 26 15 11 August 28 18 10 September 27 17 10 October 3 1 2 162 94 68

Roster

2010 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 30 Scott Baker 53 Nick Blackburn 31 Alex Burnett 55 Matt Capps 28 Jesse Crain 56 Rob Delaney 52 Brian Duensing 44 Randy Flores 61 Matt Fox 51 Brian Fuentes 54 Matt Guerrier 47 Francisco Liriano 32 Ron Mahay 49 Jeff Manship 50 José Mijares 17 Pat Neshek 48 Carl Pavano 15 Glen Perkins 60 Jon Rauch 39 Anthony Slama 59 Kevin Slowey		Catchers 41 Drew Butera  7 Joe Mauer 26 José Morales 44 Wilson Ramos Infielders 12 Alexi Casilla  5 Michael Cuddyer 27 J. J. Hardy 23 Brendan Harris  1 Orlando Hudson 38 Luke Hughes 33 Justin Morneau 24 Trevor Plouffe  8 Nick Punto 20 Matt Tolbert 19 Danny Valencia Outfielders 16 Jason Kubel 18 Jason Repko 37 Ben Revere  2 Denard Span 21 Delmon Young Designated Hitter 25 Jim Thome		Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Coaches 40 Rick Anderson (pitching) 75 Nate Dammann (coach)  9 Steve Liddle (bench) 43 Rick Stelmaszek (bullpen) 45 Scott Ullger (third base) 46 Joe Vavra (hitting) 13 Jerry White (first base)

Game log

2010 Game Log
April (15–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Angels 6–3 Weaver (1–0) Baker (0–1) Fuentes (1) 43,504 0–1 2 April 6 @ Angels 5–3 Blackburn (1–0) Saunders (0–1) Rauch (1) 43,510 1–1 3 April 7 @ Angels 4–2 Pavano (1–0) Santana (0–1) Rauch (2) 41,533 2–1 4 April 8 @ Angels 10–1 Slowey (1–0) Piñeiro (0–1) 39,709 3–1 5 April 9 @ White Sox 4–3 (11) Duensing (1–0) Peña (0–1) Rauch (3) 21,416 4–1 6 April 10 @ White Sox 2–1 Baker (1–1) García (0–1) Rauch (4) 28,337 5–1 7 April 11 @ White Sox 5–4 Buehrle (2–0) Blackburn (1–1) Jenks (1) 25,550 5–2 8 April 12 Red Sox 5–2 Pavano (2–0) Lester (0–1) Rauch (5) 38,145 6–2 9 April 14 Red Sox 6–3 Lackey (1–0) Slowey (1–1) Papelbon (3) 38,164 6–3 10 April 15 Red Sox 8–0 Liriano (1–0) Wakefield (0–1) 38,341 7–3 11 April 16 Royals 10–3 Baker (2–1) Greinke (0–2) 38,532 8–3 12 April 17 Royals 6–5 Duensing (2–0) Parrish (1–1) Rauch (6) 38,564 9–3 13 April 18 Royals 10–5 Hochevar (2–0) Pavano (2–1) Soria (3) 38,544 9–4 14 April 20 Indians 5–1 Slowey (2–1) Masterson (0–2) 38,985 10–4 15 April 21 Indians 6–0 Liriano (2–0) Huff (1–2) 39,044 11–4 16 April 22 Indians 8–1 Talbot (2–1) Baker (2–2) 38,810 11–5 17 April 23 @ Royals 8–3 Pavano (3–1) Meche (0–2) 16,605 12–5 18 April 24 @ Royals 9–7 (12) Rauch (1–0) Tejeda (1–2) 26,649 13–5 19 April 25 @ Royals 4–3 Bannister (1–1) Slowey (2–2) Soria (5) 15,601 13–6 20 April 27 @ Tigers 2–0 Liriano (3–0) Verlander (1–2) Rauch (7) 22,008 14–6 21 April 28 @ Tigers 11–6 Thomas (1–0) Mahay (0–1) 19,900 14–7 22 April 29 @ Tigers 3–0 Willis (1–1) Pavano (3–2) Valverde (7) 25,595 14–8 23 April 30 @ Indians 9–3 Slowey (3–2) Carmona (3–1) 14,124 15–8
May (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Indians 5–4 (11) Wright (1–1) Burnett (0–1) 13,832 15–9 25 May 2 @ Indians 8–3 Liriano (4–0) Huff (1–4) 12,619 16–9 26 May 3 Tigers 10–4 Baker (3–2) Scherzer (1–2) 38,728 17–9 27 May 4 Tigers 4–3 Blackburn (2–1) Perry (1–2) 39,020 18–9 28 May 5 Tigers 5–4 Slowey (4–2) Porcello (2–3) Rauch (8) 39,037 19–9 29 May 6 Orioles 2–0 Bergesen (2–2) Pavano (3–3) Simón (3) 38,489 19–10 May 7 Orioles Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 8 30 May 8 Orioles 7–3 Guthrie (1–4) Liriano (4–1) 38,608 19–11 31 May 8 Orioles 6–1 Baker (4–2) Millwood (0–4) 38,863 20–11 32 May 9 Orioles 6–0 Blackburn (3–1) Matusz (2–3) 38,641 21–11 33 May 11 White Sox 5–2 García (2–2) Slowey (4–3) Jenks (6) 38,764 21–12 34 May 12 White Sox 3–2 Pavano (4–3) Danks (3–2) Rauch (9) 38,895 22–12 35 May 14 @ Yankees 8–4 Chamberlain (1–1) Baker (4–3) 45,195 22–13 36 May 15 @ Yankees 7–1 Pettitte (5–0) Liriano (4–2) 46,347 22–14 37 May 16 @ Yankees 6–3 Blackburn (4–1) Chamberlain (1–2) Rauch (10) 46,628 23–14 38 May 17 @ Blue Jays 8–3 Slowey (5–3) Eveland (3–3) 13,892 24–14 39 May 18 @ Blue Jays 11–2 Marcum (3–1) Pavano (4–4) 27,981 24–15 40 May 19 @ Red Sox 3–2 Buchholz (5–3) Baker (4–4) Bard (1) 37,426 24–16 41 May 20 @ Red Sox 6–2 Lester (4–2) Liriano (4–3) 38,144 24–17 42 May 21 Brewers 15–3 Blackburn (5–1) Bush (1–5) 38,737 25–17 43 May 22 Brewers 8–7 (12) Crain (1–0) Parra (0–3) 39,152 26–17 44 May 23 Brewers 4–3 Parra (1–3) Pavano (4–5) Axford (1) 38,952 26–18 45 May 25 Yankees 1–0 Burnett (5–2) Duensing (2–1) Rivera (9) 38,962 26–19 46 May 26 Yankees 3–2 Pettitte (6–1) Rauch (1–1) Rivera (10) 39,353 26–20 47 May 27 Yankees 8–2 Blackburn (6–1) Vázquez (3–5) 39,087 27–20 48 May 28 Rangers 2–1 Slowey (6–3) Lewis (4–3) Rauch (11) 39,581 28–20 49 May 29 Rangers 8–3 Pavano (5–5) Wilson (3–3) 39,659 29–20 50 May 30 Rangers 6–3 Baker (5–4) Holland (2–1) Rauch (12) 39,873 30–20 51 May 31 @ Mariners 5–4 Liriano (5–3) Fister (3–3) Rauch (13) 19,795 31–20
June (12–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 @ Mariners 7–1 Vargas (4–2) Blackburn (6–2) 18,740 31–21 53 June 2 @ Mariners 2–1 (10) League (5–5) Guerrier (0–1) 20,414 31–22 54 June 3 @ Mariners 4–1 Hernández (3–4) Pavano (5–6) Aardsma (12) 21,291 31–23 55 June 4 @ Athletics 5–4 Guerrier (1–1) Bailey (0–2) Rauch (14) 21,703 32–23 56 June 5 @ Athletics 4–3 Burnett (1–1) Ziegler (2–3) Rauch (15) 16,421 33–23 57 June 6 @ Athletics 5–4 Gonzalez (6–3) Blackburn (6–3) Wuertz (1) 20,059 33–24 58 June 8 Royals 7–3 Slowey (7–3) Greinke (1–8) Guerrier (1) 38,970 34–24 59 June 9 Royals 6–2 Pavano (6–6) Davies (4–5) 40,323 35–24 60 June 10 Royals 9–8 Chen (3–0) Baker (5–5) Soria (14) 39,022 35–25 61 June 11 Braves 2–1 Liriano (6–3) Hudson (6–2) Rauch (16) 39,428 36–25 62 June 12 Braves 3–2 Venters (2–0) Guerrier (1–2) Wagner (11) 40,001 36–26 63 June 13 Braves 7–3 Medlen (4–1) Slowey (7–4) 39,772 36–27 64 June 15 Rockies 9–3 Pavano (7–6) Cook (2–4) 39,812 37–27 65 June 16 Rockies 2–1 Baker (6–5) Chacín (3–6) Rauch (17) 40,814 38–27 66 June 17 Rockies 5–1 Jiménez (13–1) Liriano (6–4) 40,741 38–28 67 June 18 @ Phillies 9–5 Blanton (2–5) Blackburn (6–4) 45,120 38–29 68 June 19 @ Phillies 13–10 (11) Rauch (2–0) Báez (2–3) 45,254 39–29 69 June 20 @ Phillies 4–1 Pavano (8–6) Halladay (8–6) 45,202 40–29 70 June 22 @ Brewers 7–5 Narveson (6–4) Baker (6–6) Axford (5) 36,995 40–30 71 June 23 @ Brewers 5–3 Parra (2–5) Liriano (6–5) Axford (6) 33,362 40–31 72 June 24 @ Brewers 5–0 Gallardo (7–3) Blackburn (6–5) 35,898 40–32 73 June 25 @ Mets 5–2 Pelfrey (10–2) Slowey (7–5) Rodríguez (17) 36,244 40–33 74 June 26 @ Mets 6–0 Pavano (9–6) Santana (5–5) 37,510 41–33 75 June 27 @ Mets 6–0 Niese (5–2) Baker (6–7) 37,644 41–34 76 June 28 Tigers 7–5 Bonderman (4–5) Liriano (6–6) 40,681 41–35 77 June 29 Tigers 11–4 Blackburn (7–5) Galarraga (3–2) 40,593 42–35 78 June 30 Tigers 5–1 Slowey (8–5) Oliver (0–2) 40,671 43–35
July (15–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Rays 5–4 (10) Cormier (3–1) Guerrier (1–3) Soriano (19) 40,665 43–36 80 July 2 Rays 2–1 Baker (7–7) Price (11–4) Rauch (18) 39,266 44–36 81 July 3 Rays 8–6 Choate (1–2) Guerrier (1–4) Soriano (20) 40,852 44–37 82 July 4 Rays 7–4 Shields (7–8) Blackburn (7–6) Soriano (21) 40,328 44–38 83 July 6 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Mijares (1–0) Frasor (3–2) Rauch (19) 15,072 45–38 84 July 7 @ Blue Jays 6–5 Downs (3–5) Guerrier (1–5) Gregg (19) 14,886 45–39 85 July 8 @ Blue Jays 8–1 Cecil (8–5) Baker (7–8) 15,601 45–40 86 July 9 @ Tigers 7–3 Verlander (11–5) Liriano (6–7) 42,549 45–41 87 July 10 @ Tigers 7–4 Bonderman (5–6) Blackburn (7–7) Valverde (19) 41,461 45–42 88 July 11 @ Tigers 6–3 Pavano (10–6) Oliver (0–3) Rauch (20) 39,689 46–42 All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 3–1. 89 July 15 White Sox 8–7 Danks (9–7) Burnett (1–2) Jenks (20) 40,697 46–43 90 July 16 White Sox 7–4 Liriano (7–7) Floyd (5–8) Crain (1) 40,427 47–43 91 July 17 White Sox 3–2 Pavano (11–6) Buehrle (8–8) 40,637 48–43 92 July 18 White Sox 7–6 Duensing (3–1) Jenks (1–2) 40,336 49–43 93 July 19 Indians 10–4 Laffey (2–3) Baker (7–9) 40,853 49–44 94 July 20 Indians 4–3 R. Perez (3–0) Mijares (1–1) C. Perez (9) 40,745 49–45 95 July 21 Indians 6–0 Liriano (8–7) Westbrook (6–6) 40,799 50–45 96 July 22 @ Orioles 5–0 Pavano (12–6) Millwood (2–9) 20,108 51-45 97 July 23 @ Orioles 3–2 Guthrie (4–10) Slama (0–1) Simón (14) 19,013 51–46 98 July 24 @ Orioles 7–2 Baker (8–9) Matusz (3–11) 22,299 52–46 99 July 25 @ Orioles 10–4 Slowey (9–5) Arrieta (3–3) 17,408 53–46 100 July 26 @ Royals 19–1 Liriano (9–7) Greinke (6–10) 19,306 54–46 101 July 27 @ Royals 11–2 Pavano (13–6) Chen (5–5) 16,749 55–46 102 July 28 @ Royals 6–4 Duensing (4–1) Bannister (7–10) Rauch (21) 15,484 56–46 103 July 30 Mariners 5–3 Baker (9–9) Fister (3–7) Capps (1) 40,596 57–46 104 July 31 Mariners 4–0 Slowey (10–5) Hernández (7–8) 40,799 58–46
August (18–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Mariners 4–0 Liriano (10–7) French (0–2) 40,374 59–46 106 August 2 @ Rays 4–2 Hellickson (1–0) Pavano (13–7) Wheeler (3) 17,689 59–47 107 August 3 @ Rays 6–4 Niemann (10–3) Guerrier (1–6) Soriano (31) 18,261 59–48 108 August 4 @ Rays 2–1 (13) Guerrier (2–6) Cormier (3–3) 19,172 60–48 109 August 5 @ Rays 8–6 Capps (1–0) Benoit (0–1) 29,210 61–48 110 August 6 @ Indians 7–6 C. Perez (1–2) Guerrier (2–7) 25,275 61–49 111 August 7 @ Indians 7–2 Pavano (14–7) Carmona (11–9) 27,638 62–49 112 August 8 @ Indians 5–4 Duensing (5–1) Huff (2–11) Capps (2) 17,427 63–49 113 August 10 @ White Sox 12–6 Baker (10–9) García (10–5) 30,900 64–49 114 August 11 @ White Sox 6–1 Danks (12–8) Perkins (0–1) 32,033 64–50 115 August 12 @ White Sox 6–1 Liriano (11–7) Floyd (8–9) 33,237 65–50 116 August 13 Athletics 4–3 Pavano (15–7) Gonzalez (10–8) Capps (3) 40,622 66–50 117 August 14 Athletics 2–0 Duensing (6-1) Cahill (12–5) 40,830 67–50 118 August 15 Athletics 4–2 Slowey (11–5) Mazzaro (6–5) Capps (4) 40,602 68–50 119 August 17 White Sox 7–6 (10) Mahay (1–1) Thornton (3–4) 40,714 69–50 120 August 18 White Sox 7–6 Manship (1–0) Floyd (8–10) Capps (5) 40,702 70–50 121 August 19 White Sox 11–0 Buehrle (12–9) Pavano (15–8) 40,723 70–51 122 August 20 Angels 7–1 Duensing (7–1) Haren (8–12) 40,747 71–51 123 August 21 Angels 9–3 Rodríguez (1–3) Slowey (11–6) 40,966 71–52 124 August 22 Angels 4–0 Baker (11–9) Weaver (11–9) 40,385 72–52 125 August 23 @ Rangers 4–0 Harden (5–4) Blackburn (7–8) 22,757 72–53 126 August 24 @ Rangers 4–3 Oliver (1–1) Pavano (15–9) Feliz (32) 20,107 72–54 127 August 25 @ Rangers 4–3 Wilson (13–5) Duensing (7–2) Harrison (2) 29,926 72–55 128 August 26 @ Rangers 6–4 Liriano (12–7) Lee (10–8) Capps (6) 24,738 73–55 129 August 27 @ Mariners 6–3 Baker (12–9) Vargas (9–7) 37,798 74–55 130 August 28 @ Mariners 1–0 Blackburn (8–8) Fister (4–10) Fuentes (24) 29,892 75–55 131 August 29 @ Mariners 2–1 French (3–4) Pavano (15–10) Aardsma (25) 28,923 75–56 132 August 31 Tigers 4–3 Guerrier (3–7) Coke (7–4) Capps (7) 40,186 76–56
September (17–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Tigers 2–1 (10) Rauch (3–1) Perry (2–5) 39,438 77–56 134 September 2 Tigers 10–9 (13) Valverde (2–3) Blackburn (8–9) 39,551 77–57 135 September 3 Rangers 4–3 Burnett (2–2) Holland (2–3) Capps (8) 40,134 78–57 136 September 4 Rangers 12–4 Pavano (16–10) Lewis (9–12) 40,496 79–57 137 September 5 Rangers 6–5 Blackburn (9–9) Wilson (14–6) Capps (9) 40,516 80–57 138 September 6 Royals 5–4 Manship (2–0) O'Sullivan (2–5) Capps (10) 40,228 81–57 139 September 7 Royals 10–3 Liriano (13–7) Bannister (7–12) 38,816 82–57 140 September 8 Royals 4–3 Duensing (8–2) Greinke (8–12) Capps (11) 39,376 83–57 141 September 10 @ Indians 2–0 Carmona (12–14) Pavano (16–11) 26,207 83–58 142 September 11 @ Indians 1–0 (12) Guerrier (4–7) Germano (0–2) Capps (12) 24,972 84–58 143 September 12 @ Indians 6–3 Slowey (12–6) Talbot (9–12) 22,988 85–58 144 September 14 @ White Sox 9–3 Liriano (14–7) Danks (13–11) 29,223 86–58 145 September 15 @ White Sox 9–3 Duensing (9–2) Floyd (10–13) 30,063 87–58 146 September 16 @ White Sox 8–5 Pavano (17–11) Buehrle (12–11) Capps (13) 27,180 88–58 147 September 17 Athletics 3–1 Anderson (6–6) Blackburn (9–10) Bailey (25) 40,681 88–59 148 September 18 Athletics 4–2 Slowey (13–6) Braden (9–13) Capps (14) 40,847 89–59 149 September 19 Athletics 6–2 Cramer (2–0) Liriano (14–8) 40,088 89–60 150 September 20 Indians 9–3 Duensing (10–2) Gómez (3–5) 39,228 90–60 151 September 21 Indians 6–4 Perkins (1–1) Masterson (6–13) Capps (15) 39,580 91–60 152 September 22 Indians 5–1 Blackburn (10–10) Carrasco (1–1) 40,139 92–60 153 September 24 @ Tigers 10–1 Verlander (18–8) Liriano (14–9) 30,083 92–61 154 September 25 @ Tigers 11–10 (13) Schlereth (1–0) Neshek (0–1) 34,129 92–62 155 September 26 @ Tigers 5–1 Porcello (10–11) Duensing (10–3) 32,021 92–63 156 September 27 @ Royals 10–8 Humber (2–1) Manship (2–1) Soria (42) 19,307 92–64 157 September 28 @ Royals 10–1 O'Sullivan (4–6) Blackburn (10–11) 18,487 92–65 158 September 29 @ Royals 4–2 Guerrier (5–7) Meche (0–5) Capps (16) 18,340 93–65 159 September 30 Blue Jays 13–2 Janssen (5–2) Liriano (14–10) 39,477 93–66
October (1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 Blue Jays 6–3 Romero (14–9) Crain (1–1) Gregg (37) 39,937 93–67 161 October 2 Blue Jays 5–4 Capps (2–0) Gregg (2–6) 40,235 94–67 162 October 3 Blue Jays 2–1 Rzepczynski (4–4) Blackburn (10–12) Camp (2) 40,664 94–68
American League Divisional Series # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 6 Yankees 6–4 Sabathia (1–0) Crain (0–1) Rivera (1) 42,032 0–1 2 October 7 Yankees 5–2 Pettitte (1–0) Pavano (0–1) Rivera (2) 42,035 0–2 3 October 9 @ Yankees 6–1 Hughes (1–0) Duensing (0–1) 50,840 0–3

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Baker, ScottScott Baker	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Blackburn, NickNick Blackburn	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Burnett, AlexAlex Burnett	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Butera, DrewDrew Butera	49	142	12	28	6	1	2	13	.197	0
Casilla, AlexiAlexi Casilla	69	152	26	42	7	4	1	20	.276	6
Crain, JesseJesse Crain	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Cuddyer, MichaelMichael Cuddyer	157	609	93	165	37	5	14	81	.271	7
Duensing, BrianBrian Duensing	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Guerrier, MattMatt Guerrier	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Hardy, J.J.J.J. Hardy	101	340	44	91	19	3	6	38	.268	1
Harris, BrendanBrendan Harris	43	108	11	17	3	0	1	4	.157	0
Hudson, OrlandoOrlando Hudson	126	497	80	133	24	5	6	37	.268	10
Hughes, LukeLuke Hughes	2	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	.286	0
Kubel, JasonJason Kubel	143	518	68	129	23	3	21	92	.249	0
Liriano, FranciscoFrancisco Liriano	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Mahay, RonRon Mahay	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Manship, JeffJeff Manship	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	137	510	88	167	43	1	9	75	.327	1
Mijares, JoséJosé Mijares	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Morales, JoséJosé Morales	19	36	4	7	2	0	0	7	.194	0
Morneau, JustinJustin Morneau	81	296	53	102	25	1	18	56	.345	0
Pavano, CarlCarl Pavano	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Plouffe, TrevorTrevor Plouffe	22	41	7	6	1	0	2	6	.146	0
Punto, NickNick Punto	88	252	24	60	11	1	1	20	.238	6
Ramos, WilsonWilson Ramos	7	27	2	8	3	0	0	1	.296	0
Rauch, JonJon Rauch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Repko, JasonJason Repko	58	127	19	29	6	0	3	9	.228	3
Revere, BenBen Revere	13	28	1	5	0	0	0	2	.179	0
Slowey, KevinKevin Slowey	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Span, DenardDenard Span	153	629	85	166	24	10	3	58	.264	26
Thome, JimJim Thome	108	276	48	76	16	2	25	59	.283	0
Tolbert, MattMatt Tolbert	48	87	8	20	4	3	1	18	.230	1
Valencia, DannyDanny Valencia	85	299	30	93	18	1	7	40	.311	2
Young, DelmonDelmon Young	153	570	77	170	46	1	21	112	.298	5
Totals	162	5568	781	1521	318	41	142	749	.273	68

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; HR = Home runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	HR	ER	BB	K
Baker, ScottScott Baker	12	9	4.49	29	29	0	170.1	23	85	43	148
Blackburn, NickNick Blackburn	10	12	5.42	28	26	0	161	25	97	40	68
Burnett, AlexAlex Burnett	2	2	5.29	41	0	0	47.2	6	28	23	37
Capps, MattMatt Capps	2	0	2.00	27	0	16	27	1	6	8	21
Crain, JesseJesse Crain	1	1	3.04	71	0	1	68	5	23	27	62
Delaney, RobRob Delaney	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Duensing, BrianBrian Duensing	10	3	2.62	53	13	0	130.2	11	38	35	78
Flores, RandyRandy Flores	0	0	4.91	11	0	0	3.2	2	2	2	2
Fuentes, BrianBrian Fuentes	0	0	0.00	9	0	1	9.2	0	0	2	8
Guerrier, MattMatt Guerrier	5	7	3.17	74	0	1	71	7	25	22	42
Liriano, FranciscoFrancisco Liriano	14	10	3.62	31	31	0	191.2	9	77	58	201
Mahay, RonRon Mahay	1	1	3.44	41	0	0	34	5	13	8	25
Manship, JeffJeff Manship	2	1	5.28	13	1	0	29	3	17	6	21
Mijares, JoséJosé Mijares	1	1	3.31	47	0	0	32.2	4	12	9	28
Neshek, PatPat Neshek	0	1	5.00	11	0	0	9	1	5	8	9
Pavano, CarlCarl Pavano	17	11	3.75	32	32	0	221	24	92	37	117
Perkins, GlenGlen Perkins	1	1	5.82	13	1	0	21.2	3	14	5	14
Rauch, JonJon Rauch	3	1	3.12	59	0	21	57.2	3	20	14	46
Slama, AnthonyAnthony Slama	0	1	7.71	5	0	0	4.2	1	4	5	5
Slowey, KevinKevin Slowey	13	6	4.45	30	28	0	155.2	21	77	29	116
Totals	94	68	3.95	162	162	40	1452.2	155	638	383	1048

Playoffs

The Twins were swept in three games by the New York Yankees in the Division Series.

Game 1, October 6

8:30 p.m. (EDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	6	9	0
Minnesota	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	8	0
WP: CC Sabathia (1–0)   LP: Jesse Crain (0–1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1) Home runs: NYY: Mark Teixeira (1) MIN: Michael Cuddyer (1)

Game 2, October 7

6:00 p.m. (EDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	5	12	0
Minnesota	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1–0)   LP: Carl Pavano (0–1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: NYY: Lance Berkman (1) MIN: Orlando Hudson (1)

Game 3, October 9

8:30 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	1
New York	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	X	6	12	0
WP: Phil Hughes (1–0)   LP: Brian Duensing (0–1) Home runs: MIN: None NYY: Marcus Thames (1), Nick Swisher (1)

Other post-season awards

• Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Joe Mauer
• Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Carl Pavano
• Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Danny Valencia
• Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Delmon Young
• Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Joe Mauer
• Bob Allison Award (Leadership Award) – Michael Cuddyer
• Mike Augustin Award ("Media Good Guy" Award) – Michael Cuddyer
  • The above awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA
• Carl R. Pohlad Award (Outstanding Community Service) – Jesse Crain
• Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Joe Benson
• Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – Kyle Gibson
• Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Bert Blyleven
• Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – Bert Blyleven

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Tom Nieto
AA	New Britain Rock Cats	Eastern League	Jeff Smith
A	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	Jake Mauer
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Nelson Prada
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Ray Smith
Rookie	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	Chris Heintz and Ramon Borrego

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