2010 Minnesota Twins season

2010 Minnesota Twins
2010 Minnesota Twins
American League Central Champions
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	94–68 (.580)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Jim Pohlad
General managers	Bill Smith
Managers	Ron Gardenhire
Television	Fox Sports North; WFTC (My 29); (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Radio	1500 AM ESPN Radio Twin Cities (KSTP-AM); (John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

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 American League Central 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 ALDS 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 were 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

American League Central

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	94	68	0.580	—	53–28	41–40
Chicago White Sox	88	74	0.543	6	45–36	43–38
Detroit Tigers	81	81	0.500	13	52–29	29–52
Cleveland Indians	69	93	0.426	25	38–43	31–50
Kansas City Royals	67	95	0.414	27	38–43	29–52

American League Wild Card

v t e Division Winners	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	96	66	0.593
Minnesota Twins	94	68	0.580
Texas Rangers	90	72	0.556

v t e Wild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	95	67	0.586	—
Boston Red Sox	89	73	0.549	6
Chicago White Sox	88	74	0.543	7
Toronto Blue Jays	85	77	0.525	10
Detroit Tigers	81	81	0.500	14
Oakland Athletics	81	81	0.500	14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	80	82	0.494	15
Cleveland Indians	69	93	0.426	26
Kansas City Royals	67	95	0.414	28
Baltimore Orioles	66	96	0.407	29
Seattle Mariners	61	101	0.377	34

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	9–9	4–3	3–3	5–5	2–4	6–0	3–5	5–13	3–7	3–6	7–11	6–4	3–15	7–11
Boston	9–9	–	1–6	4–4	3–3	4–3	9–1	3–2	9–9	4–5	7–3	7–11	4–6	12–6	13–5
Chicago	3–4	6–1	–	9–9	8–10	10–8	7–2	5–13	2–4	4–5	9–1	3–4	4–5	3–5	15–3
Cleveland	3–3	4–4	9–9	–	9–9	10–8	5–4	6–12	2–6	3–6	3–4	2–7	2–4	6–4	5–13
Detroit	5–5	3–3	10–8	9–9	–	10–8	6–4	9–9	4–4	3–3	3–5	1–6	3–6	4–4	11–7
Kansas City	4–2	3-4	9–10	8–10	8–10	–	3-7	5–13	3–5	3–6	5–4	4–4	2–7	3–3	8–10
Los Angeles	0–6	1–9	2–7	4–5	4–6	7–3	–	2–5	4–4	11–8	15–4	4–5	9–10	6–3	11–7
Minnesota	5–3	2–3	13–5	12–6	9–9	13–5	5–2	–	2–4	6–3	6-4	3–5	7–3	3–6	8–10
New York	13–5	9–9	4–2	6-2	4–4	5–3	4–4	4–2	–	9–1	6–4	8–10	4–4	8–10	11–7
Oakland	7–3	5–4	5–4	6–3	3–3	6–3	8–11	3–6	1–9	–	13–6	4–5	9–10	3–4	8–10
Seattle	6–3	3–7	1–9	4–3	5–3	4–5	4–15	4–6	4–6	6–13	–	2–7	7–12	2–3	9–9
Tampa Bay	11–7	11–7	4–3	7–2	6–1	4–4	5–4	5–3	10–8	5–4	7–2	–	4–2	10–8	7–11
Texas	4–6	6–4	5–4	4–2	6–3	7–2	10-9	3-7	4-4	10-9	12–7	2–4	–	3–7	14–4
Toronto	15–3	6–12	5–3	4–6	4–4	3–3	3–6	6–3	10–8	4–3	3–2	8–10	7–3	–	7–11

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2010

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	Pct
April	23	15	8	.652
May	28	16	12	.571
June	27	12	15	.444
July	26	15	11	.577
August	28	18	10	.643
September	27	17	10	.630
October	3	1	2	.333
	162	94	68	.580

Roster

2010 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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
Scott Baker	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nick Blackburn	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Alex Burnett	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Drew Butera	49	142	12	28	6	1	2	13	.197	0
Alexi Casilla	69	152	26	42	7	4	1	20	.276	6
Jesse Crain	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Michael Cuddyer	157	609	93	165	37	5	14	81	.271	7
Brian Duensing	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Matt Guerrier	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
J.J. Hardy	101	340	44	91	19	3	6	38	.268	1
Brendan Harris	43	108	11	17	3	0	1	4	.157	0
Orlando Hudson	126	497	80	133	24	5	6	37	.268	10
Luke Hughes	2	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	.286	0
Jason Kubel	143	518	68	129	23	3	21	92	.249	0
Francisco Liriano	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ron Mahay	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jeff Manship	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Joe Mauer	137	510	88	167	43	1	9	75	.327	1
José Mijares	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
José Morales	19	36	4	7	2	0	0	7	.194	0
Justin Morneau	81	296	53	102	25	1	18	56	.345	0
Carl Pavano	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Trevor Plouffe	22	41	7	6	1	0	2	6	.146	0
Nick Punto	88	252	24	60	11	1	1	20	.238	6
Wilson Ramos	7	27	2	8	3	0	0	1	.296	0
Jon Rauch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jason Repko	58	127	19	29	6	0	3	9	.228	3
Ben Revere	13	28	1	5	0	0	0	2	.179	0
Kevin Slowey	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Denard Span	153	629	85	166	24	10	3	58	.264	26
Jim Thome	108	276	48	76	16	2	25	59	.283	0
Matt Tolbert	48	87	8	20	4	3	1	18	.230	1
Danny Valencia	85	299	30	93	18	1	7	40	.311	2
Delmon Young	153	570	77	170	46	1	21	112	.298	5
Pitcher Totals	162	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	.176	0
Team 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
Scott Baker	12	9	4.49	29	29	0	170.1	23	85	43	148
Nick Blackburn	10	12	5.42	28	26	0	161.0	25	97	40	68
Alex Burnett	2	2	5.29	41	0	0	47.2	6	28	23	37
Matt Capps	2	0	2.00	27	0	16	27.0	1	6	8	21
Jesse Crain	1	1	3.04	71	0	1	68.0	5	23	27	62
Rob Delaney	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0
Brian Duensing	10	3	2.62	53	13	0	130.2	11	38	35	78
Randy Flores	0	0	4.91	11	0	0	3.2	2	2	2	2
Matt Fox	0	0	3.18	1	1	0	5.2	0	2	1	0
Brian Fuentes	0	0	0.00	9	0	1	9.2	0	0	2	8
Matt Guerrier	5	7	3.17	74	0	1	71.0	7	25	22	42
Francisco Liriano	14	10	3.62	31	31	0	191.2	9	77	58	201
Ron Mahay	1	1	3.44	41	0	0	34.0	5	13	8	25
Jeff Manship	2	1	5.28	13	1	0	29.0	3	17	6	21
José Mijares	1	1	3.31	47	0	0	32.2	4	12	9	28
Pat Neshek	0	1	5.00	11	0	0	9.0	1	5	8	9
Carl Pavano	17	11	3.75	32	32	0	221.0	24	92	37	117
Glen Perkins	1	1	5.82	13	1	0	21.2	3	14	5	14
Jon Rauch	3	1	3.12	59	0	21	57.2	3	20	14	46
Anthony Slama	0	1	7.71	5	0	0	4.2	1	4	5	5
Kevin Slowey	13	6	4.45	30	28	0	155.2	21	77	29	116
Team Totals	94	68	3.95	162	162	40	1452.2	155	638	383	1048

Source:2010 Minnesota Twins at Baseball Reference

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
Starting pitchers: NYY: CC Sabathia (0–0) MIN: Francisco Liriano (0–0) --> 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
Starting pitchers: NYY: Andy Pettitte (0–0) MIN: Carl Pavano (0–0) --> 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
Starting pitchers: MIN: Brian Duensing (0–0) NYY: Phil Hughes (0–0) --> WP: Phil Hughes (1–0) LP: Brian Duensing (0–1) Home runs: MIN: None NYY: Marcus Thames (1), Nick Swisher (1)

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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