2011 Minnesota Twins season

March 2026 November 2013 Minnesota Twins 2011 Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg American League Central Target Field Minneapolis, Minnesota 63–99 (.389) 5th Jim Pohlad Ron Gardenhire Bill Smith Fox Sports North(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven) 1500 AM ESPN Radio Twin Cities (KSTP-AM)(John Gordon, Dan Gladden, Jack Morris, Kris Atteberry, Ted Robinson, Bob Kurtz) min MIN The 2011 Minnesota Twins season was the 51st season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 111th overall in the American League. The team drew 3,168,107 fans during the year. The Twins had a poor season, falling from first place the year before to last place in the American League Central with a 63–99 record. The Twins finished in last place in the division for the first time since 2000, and this was their first losing season since 2007. Regular season Longtime Twins pitcher and broadcaster Bert Blyleven was elected to the Hall of Fame on January 5, and inducted on July 24. On May 3, on a 42-degree Chicago Tuesday night, Francisco Liriano hurled the Twins' fifth no-hitter, closing down the White Sox. He struck out two and walked six on 123 pitches, but won 1–0.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA201105030.shtml Twins 1, White Sox 0 Baseball-Reference.com 2016-02-17 Liriano's gem follows previous no-hitters by Jack Kralick (1962), Dean Chance (1967), Scott Erickson (1994) and Eric Milton (1999). To date, the Twins have been no-hit four times in their history. The Twins opened their June 21 game against the San Francisco Giants and Madison Bumgarner with four singles and four doubles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN201106210.shtml Twins 9, Giants 2 Baseball-Reference.com 2016-02-17 The eight consecutive hits to open a game tied a major league record. After Ben Revere collected his second hit of the inning, Bumgarner was lifted. Only Michael Cuddyer represented the Twins at the All-Star Game. As a reserve outfielder, he was inserted at first base for two innings and went 0 for 1.https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/2011-allstar-game.shtml 2011 All-Star Game Baseball-Reference.com 2016-02-19 Slugger Jim Thome belted career homers number 599 and 600 on August 15.https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/6864854/minnesota-twins-slugger-jim-thome-clubs-600th-career-homer Jim Thome Hits 600th ESPN.com August 16, 2011 He was just the eighth player in history to reach 600. Six days later at Target Field, Thome on the diamond with New York's Alex Rodriguez marked the first time since July 17, 1973 that two 600-home-run club members squared off—on that date it was Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. A Twins first happened on September 6, when Chris Parmelee, Joe Benson and Liam Hendriks each made their major league debut in the same game. Starting pitcher Hendriks took the loss, striking out 4 but giving up four hits and all three Chicago White Sox runs. Parmelee's 2-for-4 night topped Benson's 0-for 3.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201109060.shtml 3 Twins Make Debuts Baseball-Reference.com 2016-02-18 At season's end, closer Joe Nathan finished with 260 Minnesota saves, topping Rick Aguilera's club record of 254. Nathan signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers in November. Season standings American League Central Minnesota Twins American League Wild Card Minnesota Twins Record vs opponents MIN Roster 2011 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers 30 Scott Baker 53 Nick Blackburn 31 Alex Burnett 55 Matt Capps 58 Scott Diamond 52 Brian Duensing 54 Phil Dumatrait 61 Eric Hacker 62 Liam Hendriks 37 Jim Hoey 56 Dusty Hughes 44 Chuck James 47 Francisco Liriano 49 Jeff Manship 50 José Mijares 36 Joe Nathan 17 Lester Oliveros 48 Carl Pavano 15 Glen Perkins 39 Anthony Slama 59 Kevin Slowey 51 Anthony Swarzak 57 Kyle Waldrop Catchers 41 Drew Butera 27 Steve Holm  7 Joe Mauer 32 René Rivera Infielders 12 Alexi Casilla 26 Brian Dinkelman 38 Luke Hughes 33 Justin Morneau  1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 64 Chris Parmelee 24 Trevor Plouffe 20 Matt Tolbert 19 Danny Valencia Outfielders 63 Joe Benson  5 Michael Cuddyer 16 Jason Kubel 18 Jason Repko 37,11 Ben Revere  2 Denard Span 23 Rene Tosoni 21 Delmon Young Designated hitters 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 Legend Twins Win Twins Loss Postponed background:#072754;color:#fff; 2011 Game Log y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; April (9–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 1 || @ Blue Jays || 13–3 || Romero (1–0) || Pavano (0–1) || || 47,984 || 0–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 2 || @ Blue Jays || 6–1 || Drabek (1–0) || Liriano (0–1) || || 27,194 || 0–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 3 || @ Blue Jays || 4–3 ||Blackburn (1–0) || Cecil (0–1) || Nathan (1) || 35,505 || 1–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 4 || @ Yankees || 4–3 || Nova (1–0) || Baker (0–1) || Rivera (3) || 40,311 || 1–3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 5 || April 5 || @ Yankees || 5–4 (10) || Capps (1–0) || Logan (0–1) || Nathan (2) || 40,267 || 2–3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || April 6 || @ Yankees || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 7 || @ Yankees || 4–3 || Burnett (2–0) || Liriano (0–2) || Rivera (4) || 41,512 || 2–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 7 || April 8 || Athletics || 2–1 || Pavano (1–1) || Anderson (0–1) || Nathan (3) || 40,714 || 3–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 9 || Athletics || 1–0 || Gonzalez (2–0) || Blackburn (1–1) || Fuentes (2) || 39,936 || 3–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 10 || Athletics || 5–3 || McCarthy (1–0) || Baker (0–2) || Fuentes (3) || 38,484 || 3–6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 12 || Royals || 4–3 (10) || Hughes (1–0) || Tejeda (0–1) || || 38,154 || 4–6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 13 || Royals || 10–5 || Davies (1–0) || Liriano (0–3) || Jeffress (1) || 36,286 || 4–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 14 || @ Rays || 4–3 (10) || Farnsworth (1–0) || Capps (1–1) || || 10,042 || 4–8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 15 || @ Rays || 5–2 || Davis (1–2) || Blackburn (1–2) || Farnsworth (3) || 15,342 || 4–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 16 || @ Rays || 4–3 || Cruz (1–0) || Nathan (0–1) || || 16,428 || 4–10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 17 || @ Rays || 4–2 || Duensing (1–0) || Hellickson (1–2) || Capps (1) || 22,426 || 5–10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 18 || @ Orioles || 5–3 || Liriano (1–3) || Tillman (0–2) || Capps (2) || 13,138 || 6–10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 17 || April 19 || @ Orioles || 11–0 || Arrieta (2–1) || Pavano (1–2) || || 12,045 || 6–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 20 || @ Orioles || 5–4 || Britton (3–1)|| Blackburn (1–3) || Gregg (2) || 13,825 || 6–12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 19 || April 21 || @ Orioles || 3–1 || Baker (1–2) || Guthrie (1–3) || Capps (3) || 16,769 || 7–12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || April 22 || Indians || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: 7/18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 23 || Indians || 10–3 || Duensing (2–0) || Carmona (1–3) || || 39,459 || 8–12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 21 || April 24 || Indians || 4–3 || Pavano (2–2) || Pérez (2–1) || Capps (4) || 39,388 || 9–12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || April 26 || Rays || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: 4/28 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 27 || Rays || 8–3 || Davis (3–2) || Liriano (1–4) || || 36,714 || 9–13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 28 || Rays || 15–3 || Hellickson (2–2) || Blackburn (1–4) || || 38,215 || 9–14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 24 || April 28 || Rays || 6–1 || Niemann (1–3) || Swarzak (0–1) || || 36,456|| 9–15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 25 || April 29 || @ Royals || 4–3 || Wood (1–0) || Burnett (0–1) || Soria (6) || 31,407 || 9–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 26 || April 30 || @ Royals || 11–2 || Adcock (1–0) || Duensing (2–1) || || 22,099 || 9–17 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; May (8–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 27 || May 1 || @ Royals || 10–3 || Hochevar (3–3) || Pavano (2–3) || || 18,108 || 9–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 28 || May 3 || @ White Sox || 1–0 || Liriano† (2–4) || Jackson (2–4) || || 20,901 || 10–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 4 || @ White Sox || 3–2 || Blackburn (2–4) || Danks (0–5) || Capps (5) || 18,028 || 11–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 30 || May 6 || @ Red Sox || 9–2 || Baker (2–2) || Wakefield (0–1) || || 37,798 || 12–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 7 || @ Red Sox || 4–0 || Buchholz (3–3) || Duensing (2–2) || || 37,234 || 12–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 32 || May 8 || @ Red Sox || 9–5 || Matsuzaka (3–3) || Pavano (2–4) || || 37,526 || 12–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 33 || May 9 || @ Red Sox || 2–1 || Okajima (1–0) || Hoey (0–1) || || 37,276 || 12–21 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 10 || Tigers || 10–2 || Porcello (3–2) || Liriano (2–5) || || 38,949 || 12–22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 11 || Tigers || 9–7 || Benoit (1–2) || Capps (1–2) || Valverde (8) || 38,938 || 12–23 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 13 || Blue Jays || 2–0 || Romero (3–4) || Burnett (0–2) || Francisco (3) || 38,809 || 12–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 14 || Blue Jays || 9–3 (11) || Rauch (2–2) || Perkins (0–1) || || 39,934 || 12–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 15 || Blue Jays || 11–3 || Morrow (2–2) || Duensing (2–3) || || 39,301 || 12–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 16 || @ Mariners || 5–2 || Pineda (5–2) || Baker (2–3) || || 14,859 || 12–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 40 || May 17 || @ Mariners || 2–1 || Liriano (3–5) || Hernández (4–4) || Capps (6) || 16,015 || 13–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 41 || May 18 || @ Athletics || 4–3 (10) || Nathan (1–1) || Fuentes (1–4) || Capps (7) || 15,355 || 14–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 19 || @ Athletics || 11–1 || Blackburn (3–4) || Ross (3–3) || || 22,320 || 15–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 20 || @ Diamondbacks || 8–7 || Kennedy (5–1) || Duensing (2–4) || Paterson (1) || 27,450 || 15–28 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 21 || @ Diamondbacks || 9–6 || Heilman (3–0) || Capps (1–3) || Putz (11) || 39,776 || 15–29 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 22 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–2 || Hudson (5–5) || Burnett (0–3) || Putz (12) || 31,017 || 15–30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 23 || Mariners || 8–7 (10) || Wright (1–1) || Swarzak (0–2) || League (11) || 37,498 || 15–31 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 47 || May 24 || Mariners || 4–2 || Blackburn (4–4) || Fister (2–5) || || 37,691 || 16–31 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 48 || May 25 || Mariners || 3–0 || Bédard (3–4) || Duensing (2–5) || League (12) || 38,860 || 16–32 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 49 || May 27 || Angels || 6–5 || Downs (3–1) || Hoey (0–2) ||Walden (11) || 38,976 || 16–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 28 || Angels || 1–0 (10) || Burnett (1–3) || Takahashi (1–1) || || 39,824 || 17–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 51 || May 29 || Angels || 6–5 || Haren (5–3) || Pavano (2–5) || Walden (12) || 39,867 || 17–34 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 52 || May 30 || @ Tigers || 6–5 || Alburquerque (2–1) || Burnett (1–4) || Valverde (13) || 30,198 || 17–35 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 53 || May 31 || @ Tigers || 8–7 || Alburquerque (3–1) || Dumatrait (0–1) || Benoit (2) || 22,649 || 17–36 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; June (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 54 || June 1 || @ Tigers || 4–2 || Porcello (5–3) || Baker (2–4) || Valverde (14) || 24,363 || 17–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 55 || June 2 || @ Royals || 8–2 || Swarzak (1–2)|| O'Sullivan (2–5) || || 14,584 || 18–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 56 || June 3 || @ Royals || 5–2 || Pavano (3–5) || Duffy (0–1) || || 32,443 || 19–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 57 || June 4 || @ Royals || 7–2 || Blackburn (5–4) || Hochevar (3–6) || || 27,861 || 20–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 58 || June 5 || @ Royals || 6–0 || Duensing (3–5) || Francis (2–6) || || 21,704 || 21–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 59 || June 6 || @ Indians || 6–4 || Baker (3–4) || Tomlin (7–3) || Capps (8) || 15,278 || 22–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 60 || June 7 || @ Indians || 1–0 || Carrasco (5–3) || Liriano (3–6) || C. Perez (15) || 15,498 || 22–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 61 || June 8 || @ Indians || 3–2 (10) || Capps (2–3) || C. Perez (2–2) || Dumatrait (1) || 15,849 || 23–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 62 || June 9 || Rangers || 5–4 || Hoey (1–2) || Lowe (1–1) || || 38,761 || 24–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 63 || June 10 || Rangers || 9–3 || Wilson (7–3) || Duensing (3–6) || || 38,907 || 24–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 64 || June 11 || Rangers || 8–1 || Baker (4–4) || Lewis (5–7) || || 40,420 || 25–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 65 || June 12 || Rangers || 6–1 || Liriano (4–6) || Harrison (5–6) || || 39,281 || 26–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || June 14 || White Sox || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 66 || June 15 || White Sox || 4–1 || Pavano (4–5) || Floyd (6–6) || || 37,437 || 27–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 16 || White Sox || 1–0 || Blackburn (6–4) || Buehrle (6–5) || Capps (9) || 39,484 || 28–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 68 || June 17 || Padres || 6–5 || Duensing (4–6) || Richard (2–9) || Capps (10) || 39,205 || 29–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 69 || June 18 || Padres || 1–0 || Baker (5–4) || Stauffer (2–5) || Capps (11) || 40,225 || 30–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 70 || June 19 || Padres || 5–4 || Burnett (2–4) || Qualls (3–3) || || 40,655 || 31–39 |- style="text-align:center; background: #bfb" | 71 || June 21 || @ Giants || 9–2 || Pavano (5–5) || Bumgarner (3–9) || || 41,958 || 32–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 72 || June 22 || @ Giants || 5–1 || Vogelsong (5–1) || Blackburn (6–5) || || 41,886 || 32–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 23 || @ Giants || 2–1 || Lincecum (6–6) || Duensing (4–7) || Wilson (21) || 42,481 || 32–41 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 24 || @ Brewers || 4–3 || Wolf (6–4) || Baker (5–5) || Axford (20) || 39,819 || 32–42 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 25 || @ Brewers || 11–1 || Gallardo (9–4) || Liriano (4–7) || || 43,980 || 32–43 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 76 || June 26 || @ Brewers || 6–2 || Narveson (5–5) || Pavano (5–6) || || 41,624 || 32–44 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 77 || June 27 || Dodgers || 15–0 || Billingsley (7–6) || Blackburn (6–6) || || 39,487 || 32–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 78 || June 28 || Dodgers || 6–4 || Duensing (5–7) || Lilly (5–8) || Capps (12) || 39,755 || 33–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 79 || June 29 || Dodgers || 1–0 || Baker (6–5) || De La Rosa (3–3) || Capps (13) || 39,655 || 34–45 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; July (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 80 || July 1 || Brewers || 6–4 || Liriano (5–7) || Gallardo (9–5) || || 40,812 || 35–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 81 || July 2 || Brewers || 8–7 || Saito (1–1) || Capps (2–4) || Axford (21) || 41,378 || 35–46 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 82 || July 3 || Brewers || 9–7 || Dumatrait (1–1) || Loe (2–7) || Perkins (1) || 41,195 || 36–46 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 83 || July 4 || Rays || 7–0 || Duensing (6–7) || Price (8–7) || || 39,528 || 37–46 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 84 || July 5 || Rays || 3–2 || Baker (7–5) || Shields (8–6) || Perkins (2) || 38,613 || 38–46 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 6 || Rays || 12–5 || Howell (2–1) || Burnett (2–5) || || 39,841 || 38–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 86 || July 7 || @ White Sox || 6–2 || Pavano (6–6)|| Humber (8–5) || || 26,395 || 39–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 87 || July 8 || @ White Sox || 8–5 || Blackburn (7–6) || Floyd (6–9) || Capps (14) || 27,737 || 40–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 88 || July 9 || @ White Sox || 4–3 || Crain (5–2) || Mijares (0–1) || || 30,055 || 40–48 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 89 || July 10 || @ White Sox || 6–3 || Swarzak (2–2) || Peavy (4–3) || Capps (15) || 30,042 || 41–48 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | colspan="9" | All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 5–1. |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 90 || July 14 || Royals || 8–4 || Liriano (6–7) || Chen (5–3) || || 39,584 || 42–48 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 15 || Royals || 2–1 || Collins (4–4) || Capps (2–5) || Soria (16) || 39,177 || 42–49 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 92 || July 16 || Royals || 4–3 || Perkins (1–1) || Francis (3–11) || Nathan (4) || 41,295 || 43–49 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 93 || July 17 || Royals || 4–3 || Duensing (7–7) || Paulino (1–3) || Nathan (5) || 38,786 || 44–49 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 18 || Indians || 5–2 || Huff (1–0) || Swarzak (2–3) || Pestano (2) || 39,768 || 44–50 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 95 || July 18 || Indians || 6–3 || Carmona (5–10) || Diamond (0–1) || || 38,491 || 44–51 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 96 || July 19 || Indians || 2–1 || Perkins (2–1) || Perez (2–5) || || 38,473 || 45–51 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 97 || July 20 || Indians || 7–5 || Capps (3–5) || Sipp (4–2) || Nathan (6) || 39,167 || 46–51 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 98 || July 21 || Tigers || 6–2 || Verlander (13–5) || Pavano (6–7) || || 40,149 || 46–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 22 || Tigers || 8–2 || Scherzer (11–5) || Duensing (7–8) || || 40,691 || 46–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 23 || Tigers || 4–1 || Baker (8–5) || Penny (7–7) || Nathan (7) || 40,764 || 47–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 101 || July 24 || Tigers || 5–2 || Porcello (10–6) || Liriano (6–8) || Valverde (26) || 40,789 || 47–54 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 102 || July 25 || @ Rangers || 20–6 || Holland (9–4) || Blackburn (7–7) || || 35,573 || 47–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 103 || July 26 || @ Rangers || 9–8 || Perkins (3–1) || Feliz (0–2) || Nathan (8) || 30,581 || 48–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 104 || July 27 || @ Rangers || 7–2 || Duensing (8–8) || Lewis (10–8) || || 35,950 || 49–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 105 || July 28 || @ Rangers || 4–1 || Harrison (9–7) || Baker (8–6) || Feliz (21) || 30,406 || 49–56 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 106 || July 29 || @ Athletics || 9–5 || Liriano (7–8) || Gonzalez (9–8) || || 25,656 || 50–56 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 107 || July 30 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Moscoso (4–5) || Blackburn (7–8) || || 19,605 || 50–57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 108 || July 31 || @ Athletics || 7–3 || McCarthy (4–5) || Pavano (6–8) || || 22,452 || 50–58 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; August (7–21) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 109 || August 2 || @ Angels || 5–1 || Santana (7–8) || Duensing (8–9) || || 37,565 || 50–59 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 110 || August 3 || @ Angels || 11–4 || Swarzak (3–3) || Piñeiro (5–6) || || 35,555 || 51–59 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 4 || @ Angels || 7–1 || Haren (12–6) || Liriano (7–9) || || 40,365 || 51–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 112 || August 5 || White Sox || 5–3 || Buehrle (9–5) || Blackburn (7–9) || Sale (3) || 41,364 || 51–61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 6 || White Sox || 6–1 || Stewart (1–1) || Pavano (6–9) || || 41,030 || 51–62 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 114 || August 7 || White Sox || 7–0 || Peavy (5–5) || Duensing (8–v10) || || 39,353 || 51–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 115 || August 8 || Red Sox || 8–6 || Aceves (8–1) || Perkins (3–2) || Papelbon (25) || 40,080 || 51–64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 9 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Albers (4–3) || Capps (3–6) || Papelbon (26) || 39,974 || 51–65 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 117 || August 10 || Red Sox || 5–2 || Perkins (4–2) || Lester (11–6) || Nathan (9) || 40,491 || 52–65 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 12 || @ Indians || 3–2 || R. Perez (5–2) || Perkins (4–3) || C. Perez (24) || 31,364 || 52–66 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 119 || August 13 || @ Indians || 3–1 || Tomlin (12–5) || Duensing (8–11) || C. Perez (25) || 30,619 || 52–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || August 14 || @ Indians || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: 9/24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 120 || August 15 || @ Tigers || 9–6 || Liriano (8–9) || Porcello (11–8) || Nathan (10) || 36,211 || 53–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 16 || @ Tigers || 7–1 || Verlander (18–5) || Blackburn (7–10) || || 40,589 || 53–68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 122 || August 17 || @ Tigers || 6–5 || Capps (4–6) || Valverde (2–4) || Nathan (11) || 34,835 || 54–68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 123 || August 18 || Yankees || 8–4 || Sabathia (17–7) || Duensing (8–12) || || 41,126 || 54–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 19 || Yankees || 8–1 || Hughes (4–4) || Slowey (0–1) || || 41,328 || 54–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 125 || August 20 || Yankees || 9–4 || Liriano (9–9) || Burnett (9–10) || || 41,254 || 55–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 126 || August 21 || Yankees || 3–0 || Nova (13–4) || Dumatrait (1–2) || Rivera (33) || 41,242 || 55–71 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 127 || August 22 || Orioles || 4–1 || Britton (7–9) || Pavano (6–10) || Gregg (18) || 38,986 || 55–72 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 23 || Orioles || 8–1 || Simón (4–6) || Duensing (8–13) || || 38,786 || 55–73 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 24 || Orioles || 6–1 || Guthrie (6–16) || Slowey (0–2) || || 37,778 || 55–74 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 130 || August 25 || Orioles || 6–1 || Reyes (7–10) || Swarzak (3–4) || || 38,406 || 55–75 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 131 || August 26 || Tigers || 8–1 || Porcello (12–8) || Diamond (0–2) || || 38,918 || 55–76 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 132 || August 27 || Tigers || 6–4 || Verlander (20–5) || Pavano (6–11) || Valverde (39) || 40,179 || 55–77 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 133 || August 28 || Tigers || 11–4 || Duensing (9–13) || Penny (9–10) || || 39,130 || 56–77 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 134 || August 29 || @ White Sox || 3–0 || Buehrle (11–6) || Slowey (0–3) || Santos (27) || 24,120 || 56–78 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 135 || August 30 || @ White Sox || 8–6 || Ohman (1–3) || Swarzak (3–5) || Santos (28) || 21,632 || 56–79 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 136 || August 31 || @ White Sox || 7–6 || Diamond (1–2) || Peavy (6–7) || Nathan (12) || 20,346 || 57–79 |- y background:#C6011F;color:#fff; September (6–20) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 137 || September 2 || @ Angels || 13–5 || Pavano (7–11) || Chatwood (6–10) || || 37,198 || 58–79 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 3 || @ Angels || 10–6 || Weaver (16–7) || Dumatrait (1–3) || || 39,102 || 58–80 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 4 || @ Angels || 4–1 || Piñeiro (6–6) || Slowey (0–4) || Walden (28) || 36,638 || 58–81 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 5 || White Sox || 2–1 || Humber (9–8) || Swarzak (3–6) || Sale (6) || 40,252 || 58–82 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 141 || September 5 || White Sox || 4–0 || Stewart (2–3) || Diamond (1–3) || || 39,849 || 58–83 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 142 || September 6 || White Sox || 3–0 || Peavy (7–7) || Hendriks (0–1) || Santos (29) || 36,959 || 58–84 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 143 || September 7 || White Sox || 5–4 || Pavano (8–11) || Danks (6–11) || Nathan (13) || 38,359 || 59–84 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 144 || September 9 || @ Tigers || 8–4 || Penny (10–10) || Slowey (0–5) || || 35,996 || 59–85 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 145 || September 10 || @ Tigers || 3–2 || Alburquerque (6–1) || Perkins (4–4) || || 38,567 || 59–86 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 11 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || Fister (8–13) || Diamond (1–4) || Valverde (43) || 36,972 || 59–87 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 147 || September 13 || @ Royals || 4–0 || Chen (11–7) || Pavano (8–12) || || 25,253 || 59–88 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 148 || September 14 || @ Royals || 7–3 || Hochevar (11–11) || Hendriks (0–2) || Holland (3) || 19,076 || 59–89 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 16 || Indians || 7–6 || Jiménez (4–2) || Slowey (0–6) || C. Perez (33) || 37,942 || 59–90 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 17 || Indians || 10–4 || Gómez (4–2) || Swarzak (3–7) || || 38,805 || 59–91 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 151 || September 18 || Indians || 6–5 || Masterson (12–10) || Pavano (8–13) || C. Perez (34) || 37,012 || 59–92 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 152 || September 19 || @ Yankees || 6–4 || Wade (6–1) || Diamond (1–5) || Rivera (43) || 40,045 || 59–93 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 153 || September 20 || Mariners || 5–4 || Vargas (9–13) || Duensing (9–14) || League (35) || 35,995 || 59–94 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 21 || Mariners || 5–4 || Jimenez (1–0) || Slowey (0–7) || League (36) || 36,263 || 59–95 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 155 || September 22 || Mariners || 3–2 || Nathan (2–1) || Delabar (1–1) || || 37,466 || 60–95 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 156 || September 23 || @ Indians || 6–5 || C. Perez (4–7) || Capps (4–7) || || 36,807 || 60–96 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 157 || September 24 || @ Indians || 8–2 || Putnam (1–1) || Liriano (9–10) || || 26,197 || 60–97 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 158 || September 24 || @ Indians || 7–6 || Hagadone (1–0) || Mijares (0–2) || || 30,748 || 60–98 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 159 || September 25 || @ Indians || 6–4 (10) || Waldrop (1–0) || Sipp (6–3) || || 22,539 || 61–98 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 160 || September 26 || Royals || 7–3 || Paulino (4–10) || Slowey (0–8) || || 34,847 || 61–99 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 161 || September 27 || Royals || 7–4 || Swarzak (4–7) || O'Sullivan (2–6) || || 34,228 || 62–99 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 162 || September 28 || Royals || 1–0 || Pavano (9–13) || Wood (5–3) || || 36,488 || 63–99 |- † No Hitter 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 Scott Baker (right-handed pitcher) 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 .400 0 Joe Benson 21 71 3 17 6 1 0 2 .239 2 Nick Blackburn 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Alex Burnett 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Drew Butera 93 234 19 39 9 1 2 23 .167 0 Matt Capps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Alexi Casilla 97 323 52 84 21 4 2 21 .260 15 Michael Cuddyer 139 529 70 150 29 2 20 70 .284 11 Brian Dinkelman 23 73 5 22 1 0 0 4 .301 2 Brian Duensing 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Phil Dumatrait 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Jim Hoey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Steve Holm 6 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 .118 0 Dusty Hughes Dusty Hughes (baseball) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Luke Hughes Luke Hughes (baseball) 96 287 31 64 12 0 7 30 .223 3 Jason Kubel 99 366 37 100 21 1 12 58 .273 1 Francisco Liriano 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 0 Joe Mauer 82 296 38 85 15 0 3 30 .287 0 José Mijares 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Justin Morneau 69 264 19 60 16 0 4 30 .227 0 Joe Nathan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 68 221 14 50 5 0 0 19 .226 2 Chris Parmelee 21 76 8 27 6 0 4 14 .355 0 Carl Pavano 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Glen Perkins 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Trevor Plouffe 81 286 47 68 18 1 8 31 .238 3 Jason Repko 67 133 21 30 2 0 2 11 .226 7 Ben Revere 117 450 56 120 9 5 0 30 .267 34 René Rivera 45 104 9 15 3 0 1 5 .144 0 Kevin Slowey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Denard Span 70 284 37 75 11 5 2 16 .264 6 Anthony Swarzak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Jim Thome 71 206 21 50 12 0 12 40 .243 0 Matt Tolbert 87 207 22 41 10 2 0 11 .198 3 Rene Tosoni 60 172 20 35 7 1 5 22 .203 0 Danny Valencia 154 564 63 139 28 2 15 72 .246 2 Delmon Young 84 305 26 81 16 0 4 32 .266 1 Team Totals 162 5487 619 1357 259 25 103 572 .247 92 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K Scott Baker Scott Baker (right-handed pitcher) 8 6 3.14 23 21 0 134.2 50 47 32 123 Nick Blackburn 7 10 4.49 26 26 0 148.1 91 74 54 76 Alex Burnett 2 5 5.51 66 0 0 50.2 32 31 21 33 Matt Capps 4 7 4.25 69 0 15 65.2 31 31 13 34 Michael Cuddyer 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 Scott Diamond 1 5 5.08 7 7 0 39.0 25 22 17 19 Brian Duensing 9 14 5.23 32 28 0 161.2 102 94 52 115 Phil Dumatrait 1 3 3.92 45 0 1 41.1 22 18 25 29 Eric Hacker 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 5.1 1 0 4 2 Liam Hendriks 0 2 6.17 4 4 0 23.1 16 16 6 16 Jim Hoey 1 2 5.47 26 0 0 24.2 20 15 13 14 Dusty Hughes Dusty Hughes (baseball) 1 0 9.95 15 0 0 12.2 14 14 8 11 Chuck James 0 0 6.10 8 0 0 10.1 7 7 4 8 Francisco Liriano 9 10 5.09 26 24 0 134.1 81 76 75 112 Jeff Manship 0 0 8.10 5 0 0 3.1 3 3 4 2 José Mijares 0 2 4.59 58 0 0 49.0 31 25 30 30 Joe Nathan 2 1 4.84 48 0 13 44.2 26 24 14 43 Lester Oliveros 0 0 4.05 10 0 0 13.1 6 6 7 9 Carl Pavano 9 13 4.30 33 33 0 222.0 123 106 40 102 Glen Perkins 4 4 2.48 65 0 2 61.2 19 17 21 65 Anthony Slama 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 2 3 Kevin Slowey 0 8 6.67 14 8 0 59.1 44 44 5 34 Anthony Swarzak 4 7 4.32 27 11 0 102.0 53 49 26 55 Kyle Waldrop 1 0 5.73 7 0 0 11.0 7 7 6 5 Team Totals 63 99 4.58 162 162 32 1421.2 804 724 480 940 Other post-season awards Calvin R. Griffith Award (Most Valuable Twin) – Michael Cuddyer Joseph W. Haynes Award (Twins Pitcher of the Year) – Glen Perkins Bill Boni Award (Twins Outstanding Rookie) – Ben Revere Charles O. Johnson Award (Most Improved Twin) – Glen Perkins Dick Siebert Award (Upper Midwest Player of the Year) – Jeremy Hellickson 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) – Carl Pavano Sherry Robertson Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player) – Brian Dozier Jim Rantz Award (Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher) – Liam Hendriks Kirby Puckett Award (Alumni Community Service) – Terry Steinbach Herb Carneal Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) – John Gordon Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 Ramon Borrego References 2011 Minnesota Twins at Baseball Reference Category:Minnesota Twins seasons Minnesota Twins Category:2011 in sports in Minnesota