2018 Minnesota Twins season

{{2018 AL Central standings|highlight=Minnesota Twins}}

{{2018 AL Wild Card standings|highlight=Minnesota Twins}}

{{2018 AL Record vs. opponents|team=MIN}}

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

Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2018-batting.shtml]

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2018-pitching.shtml]

The Twins played two games against the Cleveland Indians on April 17 and 18 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/indians-twins-to-play-in-puerto-rico-in-2018/c-237882428|title=Indians, Twins to play in Puerto Rico in 2018|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}{{Cite news|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2717109-twins-indians-to-play-2-game-series-in-puerto-rico-in-2018|title=Twins, Indians to Play 2-Game Series in Puerto Rico in 2018|last=Wells|first=Adam|work=Bleacher Report|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}} The games were considered home games for the Twins. An island-wide power outage occurred on April 18, but the game scheduled for that day was still played.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/04/18/massive-puerto-rico-power-outage-wont-stop-indians-twins-mlb-game-in-san-juan/|title=Massive Puerto Rico power outage won't stop Indians-Twins MLB game in San Juan|last=Bonesteel|first=Matt|date=2018-04-18|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23232305/island-wide-blackout-puerto-rico-impact-cleveland-indians-minnesota-twins-game|title=Puerto Rico blackout won't impact MLB game|work=ESPN.com|access-date=2018-04-18}}

{{Game log start|style={{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title=2018 game log: 78–84 (Home: 49–32; Away: 29–52)}}

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|1||March 29||@ Orioles || 2–3 || Bleier (1–0) || Rodney (0–1) ||—|| 45,469 || 0–1 || L1

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|2||March 30||@ Orioles || 6–2 || Gibson (1–0) || Cashner (0–1) ||—|| 17,763 || 1–1 || W1

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|3||April 1||@ Orioles || 7–0 || Berríos (1–0) || Gausman (0–1) ||—|| 17,212 || 2–1 || W2

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|4||April 2||@ Pirates || 4–5 || Taillon (1–0) || Lynn (0–1) || Kontos (1)|| 30,186 || 2–2 || L1

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|5||April 4||@ Pirates || 7–3 || Rogers (1–0) || Nova ||—|| 20,690 || 3–2 || W1

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|6||April 5|| Mariners || 4–2 || Duke (1–0) || Altavilla (0–1) || Rodney (1) || 39,214 || 4–2 || W2

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|7||April 7|| Mariners || 4–11 || Leake (2–0) || Berríos (1–1) ||—|| 18,416 || 4–3 || L1

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| – ||April 8|| Mariners || Colspan=7| Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: May 14.)

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|8||April 9|| Astros || 2–0 || Verlander (2–0) || Rogers (1–1) || Giles || 15,521 || 4–4 || L2

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|9||April 10|| Astros || 4–1 || Odorizzi (1–0) || Keuchel (0–2) || Rodney (2) || 15,500 || 5–4 || W1

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|10||April 11|| Astros ||9–8|| Rodney (1–1) || Peacock (1–1) ||—||15,438||6–4||W2

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|11||April 12|| White Sox || 4–0 || Berríos (2–1) || Giolito (0–2) ||—|| 15,474 || 7–4 || W3

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| – ||April 13|| White Sox || Colspan=7| Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: June 5)

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| – ||April 14|| White Sox || Colspan=7| Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: September 28)

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| – ||April 15|| White Sox || Colspan=7| Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: August 20)

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|12||April 17|| Indians || 1–6 || Kluber (2–1) || Odorizzi (1–1) ||—|| 19,519 || 7–5 || L1

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|13||April 18|| Indians || 2–1 (16) || Busenitz (1–0) || Tomlin (0–2) ||—|| 19,537 || 8–5 || W1

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|14||April 20||@ Rays || 7–8 (10) || Colomé (1–2) || Duke (1–1) ||—|| 9,786 || 8–6 || L1

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|15||April 21||@ Rays || 1–10 || Snell (3–1) || Gibson (1–1) ||—|| 10,106 || 8–7 || L2

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|16||April 22||@ Rays || 6–8 || Colomé (2–2) || Reed (0–1) ||—|| 12,515 || 8–8 || L3

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|17||April 23||@ Yankees || 1–14 || Tanaka (3–2) || Odorizzi (1–2) ||—|| 39,249 || 8–9 || L4

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|18||April 24||@ Yankees || 3–8 || Sabathia (1–0) || Berríos (2–2) ||—|| 39,025 || 8–10 || L5

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|19||April 25||@ Yankees || 4–7 || Green (2–0) || Lynn (0–2) || Chapman (4) || 39,243 || 8–11 || L6

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|20||April 26||@ Yankees || 3–4 || Betances (1–1) || Rodney (1–2) ||—|| 40,758 || 8–12 || L7

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|21||April 27|| Reds || 9–15 || Hernandez (1–0) || Duffey (0–1) || — || 25,002 || 8–13 || L8

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|22||April 28|| Reds || 3–1 || Odorizzi (2–2) || Romano (1–3) || Rodney (3) || 27,115 || 9–13 || W1

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|23||April 29|| Reds || 2–8 || Mahle (2–3) || Berríos (2–3) || — || 25,677 || 9–14 || L1

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|24||April 30|| Blue Jays || 5–7 || Sanchez (2–2) || Lynn (0–3) || Osuna (7) || 16,456 || 9–15 || L2

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|25||May 1|| Blue Jays || 4–7 (10) || Clippard (4–0) || Curtiss (0–1) || Osuna (8) || 16,245 || 9–16 || L3

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|26||May 2|| Blue Jays || 4–0 || Romero (1–0) || Stroman (0–4) ||—|| 16,420 || 10–16 || W1

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|27||May 3||@ White Sox || 5–6 || Jones (2–0) || Reed (0–2) ||—|| 13,260 || 10–17 || L1

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|28||May 4||@ White Sox || 6–4 || Berríos (3–3) || Fulmer (2–2)|| Rodney (4) || 15,936 || 11–17 || W1

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|29||May 5||@ White Sox || 8–4 || Lynn (1–3) || Santiago (0–1) ||—|| 23,765 || 12–17 || W2

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|30||May 6||@ White Sox || 5–3 || Duke (2–1) || Rondón (1–2) || Rodney (5) || 17,424 || 13–17 || W3

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|31||May 7||@ Cardinals || 6–0 || Romero (2–0) || Gant (1–1) ||—|| 40,182 || 14–17 || W4

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|32||May 8||@ Cardinals || 7–1 || Odorizzi (3–2) || Martínez (3–2) ||—|| 39,253 || 15–17 || W5

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|33||May 10||@ Angels || 4–7 || Álvarez (2–0) || Berríos (3–4) || Johnson (1) || 30,127 || 15–18 || L1

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|34||May 11||@ Angels || 5–4 || Magill (1–0) || Anderson (0–1) || Rodney (6) || 43,521 || 16–18 || W1

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|35||May 12||@ Angels || 5–3 {{small|(12)}} || Hildenberger (1–0) || Ramirez (1–2) || Rodney (7) || 40,117 || 17–18 || W2

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|36||May 13||@ Angels || 1–2 || Parker (1–1) || Duke (2–2) || — || 38,029 || 17–19 || L1

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|37||May 14|| Mariners || 0–1 || Pazos (1–0) || Hildenberger (1–1) || Diaz (14) || 16,581 || 17–20 || L2

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|38||May 15|| Cardinals || 4–1 || Berríos (4–4) || Cecil (0–1) || Rodney (8) || 24,259 || 18–20 || W1

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|39||May 16|| Cardinals || 5–7 || Hicks (2–1) || Lynn (1–4) || Norris (9) || 25,180 || 18–21 || L1

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|40||May 18|| Brewers || 3–8 || Suter (3–3) || Gibson (1–2) || — || 29,349 || 18–22 || L2

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|41||May 19|| Brewers || 4–5 || Hader (2–0) || Reed (0–3) ||—|| 30,182 || 18–23 || L3

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|42||May 20|| Brewers || 3–1 || Reed (1–3) || Guerra (0–2) || Rodney (9) || 28,577 || 19–23 ||W1

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|43||May 21|| Tigers || 4–2 || Berríos (5–4) || Stumpf (1–3) || Rodney (10) || 17,161 || 20–23 || W2

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|44||May 22|| Tigers || 6–0 || Lynn (2–4) || Boyd (2–4) ||—|| 25,559 || 21–23 || W3

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|45||May 23|| Tigers || 1–4 || Fulmer (2–3) || Gibson (1–3) || Greene (11)|| 23,891 || 21–24 || L1

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|46||May 25||@ Mariners || 1–2 || Paxton (4–1) || Romero (2–1) || Díaz (18) || 19,924 || 21–25 ||L2

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|47||May 26||@ Mariners || 3–4 (12) || Bradford (4–0) || Magill (1–1) ||—|| 23,986 || 21–26 ||L3

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|48||May 27||@ Mariners || 1–3 || Leake (5–3) || Berríos (5–5) || Colomé (12)|| 31,340 || 21–27 ||L4

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|49||May 28||@ Royals || 8–5 || Lynn (3–4) || Junis (5–4) || Rodney (11) || 18,572 || 22–27 || W1

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|50||May 29||@ Royals || 1–2 (10) || Barlow (1–0) || Rogers (1–2) ||—|| 20,533 || 22–28 || L1

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|51||May 30||@ Royals || 8–11 || McCarthy (4–2) || Romero (2–2) || Herrera (12) || 21,343 || 22–29 || L2

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|52||May 31|| Indians || 8–9 || Olson (1–1) || Reed (1–4) || Allen (9) || 19,148 || 22–30 || L3

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|53||June 1|| Indians || 7–4 || Berríos (6–5) || Carrasco (6–4) || Rodney (12) || 30,171 || 23–30 || W1

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|54||June 2|| Indians || 7–1 || Lynn (4–4) || Bauer (4–4) ||—|| 23,476 || 24–30 || W2

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|55||June 3|| Indians || 7–5 || Rodney (2–2) || Allen (2–2) ||—|| 26,096 || 25–30 || W3

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|56||June 5|| White Sox || 4–2 || Duffey (1–1) || Jones (2–2) || Rodney (13) || 26,261 || 26–30 || W4

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|57||June 5|| White Sox || 3–6 || Giolito (4–6) || Littell (0–1) || Soria (5) || 26,261 || 26–31 || L1

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|58||June 6|| White Sox || 2–5 || Santiago (2–2) || Odorizzi (3–3) || Soria (6) || 20,393 || 26–32 || L2

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|59||June 7|| White Sox || 7–2 || Berríos (7–5) || Shields (1–7) ||—|| 21,469 || 27–32 || W1

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|60||June 8|| Angels || 2–4 || Ramirez (2–2) || Pressly (0–1) || Parker (6) || 28,383 || 27–33 || L1

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|61||June 9|| Angels || 1–2 || Skaggs (5–4) || Gibson (1–4) || Parker (7) || 24,061 || 27–34 || L2

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|62||June 10|| Angels || 7–5 || Romero (3–2) || Tropeano (3–4) ||—|| 28,656 || 28–34 || W1

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|63||June 12||@ Tigers || 6–4 || Pressly (1–1) || Coleman (3–1) || Rodney (14) || 20,340 || 29–34 || W2

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|64||June 13||@ Tigers || 2–5 || Jiménez (3–0) || Reed (1–5) || Greene (16) || 19,206 || 29–35 || L1

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|65||June 14||@ Tigers || 1–3 ||Fulmer (3–5) ||Lynn (4–5) || Greene (17) || 27,573 || 29–36 || L2

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|66||June 15||@ Indians || 6–3 ||Gibson (2–4)||Kluber (10–3) || Rodney (15) || 32,637 || 30–36 || W1

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|67||June 16||@ Indians || 9–3 ||Magill (2–1) ||Carrasco (8–5) ||—|| 30,282 || 31–36 || W2

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|68||June 17||@ Indians || 1–4 ||Bieber (1–0) || Odorizzi (3–4) ||Allen (14) || 27,128 || 31–37 || L1

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|69||June 19|| Red Sox || 6–2 ||Duke (3–2) ||Scott (0–1) ||—|| 28,550 || 32–37 || W1

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|70||June 20|| Red Sox || 4–1 ||Lynn (5–5) ||Price (8–5) ||Rodney (16) || 33,153 || 33–37 || W2

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|71||June 21|| Red Sox || 2–9 ||Porcello (9–3)||Gibson (2–5) ||—|| 32,631 || 33–38 || L1

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|72||June 22|| Rangers || 1–8 ||Minor (5–4) ||Romero (3–3) || Chavez (1) || 28,004 ||33–39 ||L2

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|73||June 23|| Rangers || 6–9 ||Gallardo (1–0) ||Odorizzi (3–5) ||Kela (18) || 23,230 || 33–40 || L3

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|74||June 24|| Rangers || 2–0 || Berríos (8–5) ||Colón (4–5) ||Rodney (17) || 23,633 || 34–40 || W1

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|75||June 26||@ White Sox || 4–8 || Lopez (3–5) ||Lynn (5–6) ||—|| 16, 276 || 34–41 || L1

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|76||June 27||@ White Sox || 1–6 || Shields (3–9) || Gibson (2–6) ||—|| 19,466 ||34–42 || L3

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|77||June 28||@ White Sox || 2–1 (13) || Busenitz (2–0) || Santiago (2–3) ||—|| 21,610 ||35–42 || W1

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|78||June 29||@ Cubs || 6–10 || Montgomery (3–2) || Berríos (8–6) || Morrow (17) || 41,492 || 35–43 || L1

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|79||June 30||@ Cubs || 9–14 || Wilson (2–2) || Hildenberger (1–2) ||—|| 40,950 || 35–44 || L2

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|80||July 1||@ Cubs || 10–11 || Lester (11–2) || Lynn (5–7) || Morrow (18) || 40,051 || 35–45 || L3

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|81||July 2||@ Brewers || 5–6 (10) || Knebel (2–0) || Littell (0–2) ||—|| 31,353 || 35–46 || L4

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|82||July 3||@ Brewers || 0–2 || Guerra (5–5) || Odorizzi (3–6) || Knebel (9)|| 32,375 || 35–47 || L5

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|83||July 4||@ Brewers || 2–3 || Jeffress (6–1) || Berríos (8–7) || Knebel (10) || 36,700 || 35–48 || L6

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|84||July 5|| Orioles || 5–2 || Slegers (1–0) || Cashner (2–9) || Rodney (18) || 23,895 || 36–48 || W1

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|85||July 6|| Orioles || 6–2 || Lynn (6–7) || Bundy (6–8) ||—|| 27,570 || 37–48 || W2

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|86||July 7|| Orioles || 5–4 || Gibson (3–6) || Castro (2–5) || Rodney (19) || 25,974 || 38–48 || W3

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|87||July 8|| Orioles || 10–1 || Odorizzi (4–6) || Cobb (2–11) ||—|| 22,557 || 39–48 || W4

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|88||July 9|| Royals || 3–1 || Berríos (9–7) || Hill (1–3) || Rodney (20) || 20,199 || 40–48 || W5

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|89||July 10|| Royals || 4–9 || Flynn (1–1)|| Slegers (1–1) ||—|| 27,551 || 40–49 || L1

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|90||July 11|| Royals || 8–5 || Lynn (7–7) || Sparkman (0–1) ||—|| 26,708

|| 41–49 || W1

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|91||July 12|| Rays || 5–1 || Gibson (4–6) || Snell (12–5) ||Rodney (21) || 25,281 || 42–49 || W2

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|92||July 13|| Rays || 11–8 ||Hildenberger (2–2) || Eovaldi (3–4) ||—|| 28,756|| 43–49 || W3

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|93||July 14|| Rays || 6–19 || Schultz (1–0) || Duke (3–3) ||—|| 25,094 || 43–50 ||L1

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|94||July 15|| Rays || 11–7 (10) || Busenitz (3–0) || Andriese (2–4) ||—|| 25,561 || 44–50 || W1

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|colspan="10"|89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.

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|95||July 20||@ Royals || 5–6 || Duffy (6–8) || Gibson (4–7) ||Maurer (1)|| 27,719 || 44–51 || L1

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|96||July 21||@ Royals || 2–4 || Flynn (2–1) || Lynn (7–8) ||Peralta (3)|| 22,159 || 44–52 || L2

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|97||July 22||@ Royals || 3–4 || Keller (3–4) || Duke (3–4) ||Peralta (4)|| 18,107 || 44–53 || L3

|-style=background:#cfc

|98||July 23||@ Blue Jays || 8–3 || Mejia (1–0) || Santos (0–1) ||—|| 25,405 || 45–53 || W1

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|99||July 24||@ Blue Jays || 5–0 || Berríos (10–7) || Borucki (0–2) ||—|| 31,933 || 46–53 || W2

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|100||July 25||@ Blue Jays || 12–6 (11) || Belisle (1-0) || Petricka (1-1) ||—|| 32,686 || 47–53 || W3

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|101||July 26||@ Red Sox || 2–1 || Gibson (5-7) || Barnes (3-3) || Rodney (22)|| 37,439 || 48–53 || W4

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|102||July 27||@ Red Sox || 3–4 || Thornburg (1–0)|| Belisle (1–1) ||—|| 37,273 || 48–54 || L1

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|103||July 28||@ Red Sox || 4–10 || Porcello (13–4) || Odorizzi (4–7) ||—|| 36,798 || 48–55 || L2

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|104||July 29||@ Red Sox || 0–3 || Eovaldi (4–4) || Berríos (10–8) || Kimbrel (33)|| 36,785 || 48–56 || L3

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|105||July 30|| Indians || 5–4 || Rodney (3-2) || Ramirez (0-1) ||—|| 26,256 || 49–56 || W1

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|106||July 31|| Indians || 2–6 || Bauer (10–6) || Gibson (5–8) || Allen (21)|| 25,407 || 49–57 || L1

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|107||August 1|| Indians || 0–2 || Carrasco (13–5) || Magill (2–2) || Hand (26)|| 29,261 || 49–58 || L2

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|108||August 3|| Royals || 6–4 || Moya (1–0) || Flynn (2-3) || Rodney (23)|| 22,236 || 50–58 || W1

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|109||August 4|| Royals || 8–2 || Berríos (11-8) || Smith (1-3) ||—|| 27,909 || 51–58 || W2

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|110||August 5|| Royals || 6–5 || Moya (2-0) || Duffy (7-10) || Rodney (24)|| 25,390 || 52–58 || W3

|-style=background:#fbb

|111||August 6||@ Indians || 0–10 || Bauer (11–6) || Gibson (5–9) || — || 18,620|| 52–59 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|112||August 7||@ Indians || 3–2 || Mejia (2–0) || Carrasco (13–6) || Rodney (25) || 19,921 || 53–59 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|113||August 8||@ Indians || 2–5 || Allen (4-4) || Hildenberger (2-3) || — || 25,476 || 53–60 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

|114||August 9||@ Indians || 4–5 || Miller (2-3) || Reed (1-6) || — || 25,942 || 53–61 || L2

|-style=background:#cfc

|115||August 10||@ Tigers || 3–5 || Zimmermann (5–4) || Santana (0–1) || Greene (24) || 24,849 || 53–62 || W1

|-style=background:#cfc

|116||August 11||@ Tigers || 4–3 || Gibson (6–9) || Liriano (3–7) || Hildenberger (1) || 26,991 || 54–62 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|117||August 12||@ Tigers || 2–4 || Boyd (7–10) || Stewart (0–1) || Greene (25) || 30,105 || 54–63 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|118||August 14|| Pirates || 5–2 || Odorizzi (5–7) || Taillon (9–9) || Hildenberger (2) || 28,515 || 55–63 || W1

|-style=background:#cfc

|119||August 15|| Pirates || 6–4 || Moya (3–0) || Santana (2–2) || Hildenberger (3) || 26,191 || 56–63 || W2

|-style=background:#cfc

|120||August 16|| Tigers || 15–8 || May (1–0) || Liriano (3–8) || — || 25,108 || 57–63 || W3

|-style=background:#cfc

|121||August 17|| Tigers || 5–4 || Gibson (7–9) || Boyd (7–11) || Rogers (1) || 26,605 || 58–63 || W4

|-style=background:#fbb

|122||August 18|| Tigers || 5–7 || Carpenter (1–1) || Duffey (1–2) || Greene (26) || 31,904 || 58–64 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|123||August 19|| Tigers || 5–4 || Hildenberger (3–3) || Wilson (1–4) || — || 27,917 || 59–64 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|124||August 20||White Sox || 5–8 || Giolito (9–9) || Gonsalves (0–1) || — || 23,431 || 59–65 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|125||August 21||@ White Sox || 5–2 || May (2–0) || Covey (4–11) || Rogers (2) || 23,133 || 60–65 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|126||August 22||@ White Sox || 3–7 || Rodón (5–3) || Gibson (7–10) || — || 15,160 || 60–66 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|127||August 23|| A's || 6–4 || Busenitz (4–0) || Cahill (5–3) || Hildenberger (4) || 24,171 || 61–66 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|128||August 24|| A's || 1–7 || Manaea (12–9) || Odorizzi (5–8) || — || 22,568 || 61–67 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

|129||August 25|| A's || 2–6 || Fiers (10–6) || Gonsalves (0–2) || — || 28,772 || 61–68 || L2

|-style=background:#fbb

|130||August 26|| A's || 2–6 || Buchter (3–0) || Berríos (11–9) || — || 23,318 || 61–69 || L3

|-style=background:#fbb

|131||August 28||@ Indians || 1–8 || Carrasco (16-7) || Gibson (7-11) || — || 19,194 || 61–70 || L4

|-style=background:#cfc

|132||August 29||@ Indians || 4–3 || May (3–0) || Allen (4–6) || Hildenberger (5) || 20,398 || 62–70 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|133||August 30||@ Indians || 3–5 || Clevinger (10–7) || Odorizzi (5–9) || Hand (30) || 20,244 || 62–71 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|134||August 31||@ Rangers || 10–7 || Magill (3–2) || Moore (3–7) || — || 22,808 || 63–71 || W1

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|-style=background:#fbb

|135||September 1||@ Rangers || 4–7 || Gallardo (8–5) || Berríos (11–10) || Leclerc (8) || 32,175|| 63–72 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

|136||September 2||@ Rangers || 4–18 || Méndez (1–1) || Moya (3–1) || Butler (2) || 23,423 || 63–73 ||L2

|-style=background:#fbb

|137||September 3||@ Astros || 1–4 || Keuchel (11–10) || Gibson (7–12) || Peacock (3) || 39,559 || 63–74 ||L3

|-style=background:#fbb

|138||September 4||@ Astros || 2–5 || Verlander (14–9) || May (3–1) || Osuna (13) || 31,315 || 63–75 ||L4

|-style=background:#fbb

|139||September 5||@ Astros || 1–9 || Valdez (3–1) || Odorizzi (5–10) || — || 31,011 || 63–76 ||L5

|-style=background:#cfc

|140||September 7|| Royals || 10–6 || May (4–1) || Sparkman (0–3) || — || 19,944 || 64–76 ||W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|141||September 8|| Royals || 1–4 || López (2–4) || Berríos (11–11) || Peralta (9) || 25,814 || 64–77 ||L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|142||September 9|| Royals || 3–1 || Hildenberger (4–3) || Hammel (2–13) || — || 20,903 || 65–77 ||W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|143||September 10|| Yankees || 2–7 || Happ (16–6) || Gibson (7–13) || — || 21,565 || 65–78 ||L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|144||September 11|| Yankees || 10–5 || Stewart (1–1) || Gray (10–9) || — || 20,343 || 66–78 ||W1

|-style=background:#cfc

|145||September 12|| Yankees || 3–1 || Odorizzi (6–10) || Severino (17–8) || Hildenberger (4) || 24,134 || 67–78 ||W2

|-style=background:#fbb

|146||September 13||@ Royals || 4–6 || Fillmyer (3–1) || Busenitz (4–1) || Peralta (11) || 18,745 || 67–79 ||L1

|-style=background:#fbb

|147||September 14||@ Royals || 4–8 || Hammel (3–13) || Hildenberger (4–4) || — || 18,389 || 67–80 ||L2

|-style=background:#fbb

|148||September 15||@ Royals || 3–10 || Kennedy (2–8) || De Jong (0–1) || — || 19,505 || 67–81 ||L3

|-style=background:#cfc

|149||September 16||@ Royals || 9–6 || Gibson (8–13) || Vasto (0–1) ||—|| 20,286 || 68–81 ||W1

|-style=background:#cfc

|150||September 17||@ Tigers || 6–1 || Stewart (2–1) || Zimmermann (7–8) || — || 19,004 || 69–81 ||W2

|-style=background:#cfc

|151||September 18||@ Tigers || 5–3 || Odorizzi (7–10) || Norris (0–5) || Hildenberger (7) || 19,740 || 70–81 ||W3

|-style=background:#cfc

|152||September 19||@ Tigers || 8–2 || Gonsalves (1–2) || Turnbull (0–1) || — || 19,296 || 71–81 ||W4

|-style=background:#fbb

|153||September 21||@ A's || 6–7 (11) || Treinen (8–2) || Magill (3–3) || — || 27,558 || 71–82 ||L1

|-style=background:#fbb

|154||September 22||@ A's || 2–3 || Treinen (9–2) || Hildenberger (4–5) || — || 36,731 || 71–83 || L2

|-style=background:#cfc

|155||September 23||@ A's || 5–1 || Gibson (9–13) || Cahill (6–4) || May (1) || 35,754 || 72–83 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

|156||September 25|| Tigers || 2–4 || Alcántara (1–0) || Hildenberger (4–6) || Greene (32) || 23,849 || 72–84 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

|157||September 26|| Tigers || 11–4 || Duffey (2–2) || Boyd (9–13) || — || 21,316 || 73–84 || W1

|-style=background:#cfc

|158||September 27|| Tigers || 9–3 || Gonsalves (2–2) || Liriano (5–12) || — || 22,342 || 74–84 || W2

|-style=background:#cfc

|159||September 28|| White Sox || 2–1 || Berríos (12–11) || López (7–10) || May (2) || 20,245 || 75–84 || W3

|-style=background:#cfc

|160||September 28|| White Sox || 12–4 || Jong (1–1) || Giolito (10–13) || — || 28,191 || 76–84 || W4

|-style=background:#cfc

|161||September 29|| White Sox || 8–3 || Gibson (10–13) || Rodón (6–8) || — || 32,717 || 77–84 || W5

|-style=background:#cfc

|162||September 30|| White Sox || 5–4 || Vasquez (1–0) || Covey (5–14) || May (3) || 30,144 || 78–84 || W6

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| Legend:      {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} = Win      {{Color box|#fbb|border=darkgray}} = Loss      {{Color box|#bbb|border=darkgray}} = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

{{Game log end}}

Source{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2018-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2018 Minnesota Twins Schedule {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}

{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}

{{MLB Farm System|level11=AAA|team11=Rochester Red Wings|league11=International League|manager11= Joel Skinner

|level12=AA |team12=Chattanooga Lookouts|league12=Southern League|manager12= Tommy Watkins

|level13=A-Advanced |team13=Fort Myers Miracle|league13=Florida State League|manager13= Ramon Borrego

|level14=A|team14=Cedar Rapids Kernels|league14=Midwest League|manager14= Toby Gardenhire

|level16=Rookie|team16=Elizabethton Twins|league16=Appalachian League|manager16= Ray Smith

|level17=Rookie|team17=GCL Twins|league17=Arizona League|manager17= Dan Ramsay

|level19=Rookie|team19=DSL Twins|league19=Dominican Summer League|manager19= Robbie Robinson

}}

Source{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-announce-2018-minor-league-staff-assignments/c-263809624|title=Twins announce 2018 Minor League staff assignments|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2018.shtml 2018 Minnesota Twins season] at Baseball Reference

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