2010 Minnesota Twins season

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2010  Minnesota Twins
American League Central Champions
Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Target Field
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record94–68 (.580)
Divisional place1st
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
Baseball 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.

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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

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9468.580—53‍–‍2841‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 8874.543645‍–‍3643‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers 8181.5001352‍–‍2929‍–‍52
Cleveland Indians 6993.4262538‍–‍4331‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals 6795.4142738‍–‍4329‍–‍52

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 9666.593
Minnesota Twins 9468.580
Texas Rangers 9072.556
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 9567.586—
Boston Red Sox 8973.5496
Chicago White Sox 8874.5437
Toronto Blue Jays 8577.52510
Detroit Tigers 8181.50014
Oakland Athletics 8181.50014
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8082.49415
Cleveland Indians 6993.42626
Kansas City Royals 6795.41428
Baltimore Orioles 6696.40729
Seattle Mariners 61101.37734

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –9–94–33–35–52–46–03–55–133–73–67–116–43–157–11
Boston 9–9–1–64–43–34–39–13–29–94–57–37–114–612–613–5
Chicago 3–46–1–9–98–1010–87–25–132–44–59–13–44–53–515–3
Cleveland 3–34–49–9–9–910–85–46–122–63–63–42–72–46–45–13
Detroit 5–53–310–89–9–10–86–49–94–43–33–51–63–64–411–7
Kansas City 4–23-49–108–108–10–3-75–133–53–65–44–42–73–38–10
Los Angeles 0–61–92–74–54–67–3–2–54–411–815–44–59–106–311–7
Minnesota 5–32–313–512–69–913–55–2–2–46–36-43–57–33–68–10
New York 13–59–94–26-24–45–34–44–2–9–16–48–104–48–1011–7
Oakland 7–35–45–46–33–36–38–113–61–9–13–64–59–103–48–10
Seattle 6–33–71–94–35–34–54–154–64–66–13–2–77–122–39–9
Tampa Bay 11–711–74–37–26–14–45–45–310–85–47–2–4–210–87–11
Texas 4–66–45–44–26–37–210-93-74-410-912–72–4–3–714–4
Toronto 15–36–125–34–64–43–33–66–310–84–33–28–107–3–7–11
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Detailed record

TeamHomeAwayTotal
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 2–23–15–3
Boston Red Sox 2–10–22–3
New York Yankees 1–21–22–4
Tampa Bay Rays 1–32–23–5
Toronto Blue Jays 1–32–33–6
7–108–1015–21
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 6–37–213–5
Cleveland Indians 6–36–312–6
Detroit Tigers 7–22–79–9
Kansas City Royals 7–26–313–5
26–1021–1547–25
AL West
Los Angeles Angels 2–13–15–2
Oakland Athletics 4–22–16–3
Seattle Mariners 3–03–46–4
Texas Rangers 6–01–34–3
15–39–925–12
National League
Atlanta Braves 1–2N/A1–2
Colorado Rockies 2–1N/A2–1
Milwaukee Brewers 2–10–32–4
New York Mets N/A1–21–2
Philadelphia Phillies N/A2–12–1
5–43–68–10
MonthGamesWonLostPct
April23158.652
May281612.571
June271215.444
July261511.577
August281810.643
September271710.630
October312.333
1629468.580

Roster

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Game log

2010 Game Log
April (15–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Angels 6–3 Weaver (1–0) Baker (0–1) Fuentes (1)43,5040–1
2April 6@ Angels 5–3 Blackburn (1–0) Saunders (0–1) Rauch (1)43,5101–1
3April 7@ Angels 4–2 Pavano (1–0) Santana (0–1) Rauch (2)41,5332–1
4April 8@ Angels 10–1 Slowey (1–0) Piñeiro (0–1)39,7093–1
5April 9@ White Sox 4–3 (11) Duensing (1–0) Peña (0–1) Rauch (3)21,4164–1
6April 10@ White Sox 2–1 Baker (1–1) García (0–1) Rauch (4)28,3375–1
7April 11@ White Sox 5–4 Buehrle (2–0) Blackburn (1–1) Jenks (1)25,5505–2
8April 12 Red Sox 5–2 Pavano (2–0) Lester (0–1) Rauch (5)38,1456–2
9April 14 Red Sox 6–3 Lackey (1–0) Slowey (1–1) Papelbon (3)38,1646–3
10April 15 Red Sox 8–0 Liriano (1–0) Wakefield (0–1)38,3417–3
11April 16 Royals 10–3 Baker (2–1) Greinke (0–2)38,5328–3
12April 17 Royals 6–5 Duensing (2–0) Parrish (1–1) Rauch (6)38,5649–3
13April 18 Royals 10–5 Hochevar (2–0) Pavano (2–1) Soria (3)38,5449–4
14April 20 Indians 5–1 Slowey (2–1) Masterson (0–2)38,98510–4
15April 21 Indians 6–0 Liriano (2–0) Huff (1–2)39,04411–4
16April 22 Indians 8–1 Talbot (2–1) Baker (2–2)38,81011–5
17April 23@ Royals 8–3 Pavano (3–1) Meche (0–2)16,60512–5
18April 24@ Royals 9–7 (12) Rauch (1–0) Tejeda (1–2)26,64913–5
19April 25@ Royals 4–3 Bannister (1–1) Slowey (2–2) Soria (5)15,60113–6
20April 27@ Tigers 2–0 Liriano (3–0) Verlander (1–2) Rauch (7)22,00814–6
21April 28@ Tigers 11–6 Thomas (1–0) Mahay (0–1)19,90014–7
22April 29@ Tigers 3–0 Willis (1–1) Pavano (3–2) Valverde (7)25,59514–8
23April 30@ Indians 9–3 Slowey (3–2) Carmona (3–1)14,12415–8
May (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Indians 5–4 (11) Wright (1–1) Burnett (0–1)13,83215–9
25May 2@ Indians 8–3 Liriano (4–0) Huff (1–4)12,61916–9
26May 3 Tigers 10–4 Baker (3–2) Scherzer (1–2)38,72817–9
27May 4 Tigers 4–3 Blackburn (2–1) Perry (1–2)39,02018–9
28May 5 Tigers 5–4 Slowey (4–2) Porcello (2–3) Rauch (8)39,03719–9
29May 6 Orioles 2–0 Bergesen (2–2) Pavano (3–3) Simón (3)38,48919–10
May 7 Orioles Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 8
30May 8 Orioles 7–3 Guthrie (1–4) Liriano (4–1)38,60819–11
31May 8 Orioles 6–1 Baker (4–2) Millwood (0–4)38,86320–11
32May 9 Orioles 6–0 Blackburn (3–1) Matusz (2–3)38,64121–11
33May 11 White Sox 5–2 García (2–2) Slowey (4–3) Jenks (6)38,76421–12
34May 12 White Sox 3–2 Pavano (4–3) Danks (3–2) Rauch (9)38,89522–12
35May 14@ Yankees 8–4 Chamberlain (1–1) Baker (4–3)45,19522–13
36May 15@ Yankees 7–1 Pettitte (5–0) Liriano (4–2)46,34722–14
37May 16@ Yankees 6–3 Blackburn (4–1) Chamberlain (1–2) Rauch (10)46,62823–14
38May 17@ Blue Jays 8–3 Slowey (5–3) Eveland (3–3)13,89224–14
39May 18@ Blue Jays 11–2 Marcum (3–1) Pavano (4–4)27,98124–15
40May 19@ Red Sox 3–2 Buchholz (5–3) Baker (4–4) Bard (1)37,42624–16
41May 20@ Red Sox 6–2 Lester (4–2) Liriano (4–3)38,14424–17
42May 21 Brewers 15–3 Blackburn (5–1) Bush (1–5)38,73725–17
43May 22 Brewers 8–7 (12) Crain (1–0) Parra (0–3)39,15226–17
44May 23 Brewers 4–3 Parra (1–3) Pavano (4–5) Axford (1)38,95226–18
45May 25 Yankees 1–0 Burnett (5–2) Duensing (2–1) Rivera (9)38,96226–19
46May 26 Yankees 3–2 Pettitte (6–1) Rauch (1–1) Rivera (10)39,35326–20
47May 27 Yankees 8–2 Blackburn (6–1) Vázquez (3–5)39,08727–20
48May 28 Rangers 2–1 Slowey (6–3) Lewis (4–3) Rauch (11)39,58128–20
49May 29 Rangers 8–3 Pavano (5–5) Wilson (3–3)39,65929–20
50May 30 Rangers 6–3 Baker (5–4) Holland (2–1) Rauch (12)39,87330–20
51May 31@ Mariners 5–4 Liriano (5–3) Fister (3–3) Rauch (13)19,79531–20
June (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Mariners 7–1 Vargas (4–2) Blackburn (6–2)18,74031–21
53June 2@ Mariners 2–1 (10) League (5–5) Guerrier (0–1)20,41431–22
54June 3@ Mariners 4–1 Hernández (3–4) Pavano (5–6) Aardsma (12)21,29131–23
55June 4@ Athletics 5–4 Guerrier (1–1) Bailey (0–2) Rauch (14)21,70332–23
56June 5@ Athletics 4–3 Burnett (1–1) Ziegler (2–3) Rauch (15)16,42133–23
57June 6@ Athletics 5–4 Gonzalez (6–3) Blackburn (6–3) Wuertz (1)20,05933–24
58June 8 Royals 7–3 Slowey (7–3) Greinke (1–8) Guerrier (1)38,97034–24
59June 9 Royals 6–2 Pavano (6–6) Davies (4–5)40,32335–24
60June 10 Royals 9–8 Chen (3–0) Baker (5–5) Soria (14)39,02235–25
61June 11 Braves 2–1 Liriano (6–3) Hudson (6–2) Rauch (16)39,42836–25
62June 12 Braves 3–2 Venters (2–0) Guerrier (1–2) Wagner (11)40,00136–26
63June 13 Braves 7–3 Medlen (4–1) Slowey (7–4)39,77236–27
64June 15 Rockies 9–3 Pavano (7–6) Cook (2–4)39,81237–27
65June 16 Rockies 2–1 Baker (6–5) Chacín (3–6) Rauch (17)40,81438–27
66June 17 Rockies 5–1 Jiménez (13–1) Liriano (6–4)40,74138–28
67June 18@ Phillies 9–5 Blanton (2–5) Blackburn (6–4)45,12038–29
68June 19@ Phillies 13–10 (11) Rauch (2–0) Báez (2–3)45,25439–29
69June 20@ Phillies 4–1 Pavano (8–6) Halladay (8–6)45,20240–29
70June 22@ Brewers 7–5 Narveson (6–4) Baker (6–6) Axford (5)36,99540–30
71June 23@ Brewers 5–3 Parra (2–5) Liriano (6–5) Axford (6)33,36240–31
72June 24@ Brewers 5–0 Gallardo (7–3) Blackburn (6–5)35,89840–32
73June 25@ Mets 5–2 Pelfrey (10–2) Slowey (7–5) Rodríguez (17)36,24440–33
74June 26@ Mets 6–0 Pavano (9–6) Santana (5–5)37,51041–33
75June 27@ Mets 6–0 Niese (5–2) Baker (6–7)37,64441–34
76June 28 Tigers 7–5 Bonderman (4–5) Liriano (6–6)40,68141–35
77June 29 Tigers 11–4 Blackburn (7–5) Galarraga (3–2)40,59342–35
78June 30 Tigers 5–1 Slowey (8–5) Oliver (0–2)40,67143–35
July (15–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1 Rays 5–4 (10) Cormier (3–1) Guerrier (1–3) Soriano (19)40,66543–36
80July 2 Rays 2–1 Baker (7–7) Price (11–4) Rauch (18)39,26644–36
81July 3 Rays 8–6 Choate (1–2) Guerrier (1–4) Soriano (20)40,85244–37
82July 4 Rays 7–4 Shields (7–8) Blackburn (7–6) Soriano (21)40,32844–38
83July 6@ Blue Jays 7–6 Mijares (1–0) Frasor (3–2) Rauch (19)15,07245–38
84July 7@ Blue Jays 6–5 Downs (3–5) Guerrier (1–5) Gregg (19)14,88645–39
85July 8@ Blue Jays 8–1 Cecil (8–5) Baker (7–8)15,60145–40
86July 9@ Tigers 7–3 Verlander (11–5) Liriano (6–7)42,54945–41
87July 10@ Tigers 7–4 Bonderman (5–6) Blackburn (7–7) Valverde (19)41,46145–42
88July 11@ Tigers 6–3 Pavano (10–6) Oliver (0–3) Rauch (20)39,68946–42
All-Star Break : National League defeats American League 3–1.
89July 15 White Sox 8–7 Danks (9–7) Burnett (1–2) Jenks (20)40,69746–43
90July 16 White Sox 7–4 Liriano (7–7) Floyd (5–8) Crain (1)40,42747–43
91July 17 White Sox 3–2 Pavano (11–6) Buehrle (8–8)40,63748–43
92July 18 White Sox 7–6 Duensing (3–1) Jenks (1–2)40,33649–43
93July 19 Indians 10–4 Laffey (2–3) Baker (7–9)40,85349–44
94July 20 Indians 4–3 R. Perez (3–0) Mijares (1–1) C. Perez (9)40,74549–45
95July 21 Indians 6–0 Liriano (8–7) Westbrook (6–6)40,79950–45
96July 22@ Orioles 5–0 Pavano (12–6) Millwood (2–9)20,10851-45
97July 23@ Orioles 3–2 Guthrie (4–10) Slama (0–1) Simón (14)19,01351–46
98July 24@ Orioles 7–2 Baker (8–9) Matusz (3–11)22,29952–46
99July 25@ Orioles 10–4 Slowey (9–5) Arrieta (3–3)17,40853–46
100July 26@ Royals 19–1 Liriano (9–7) Greinke (6–10)19,30654–46
101July 27@ Royals 11–2 Pavano (13–6) Chen (5–5)16,74955–46
102July 28@ Royals 6–4 Duensing (4–1) Bannister (7–10) Rauch (21)15,48456–46
103July 30 Mariners 5–3 Baker (9–9) Fister (3–7) Capps (1)40,59657–46
104July 31 Mariners 4–0 Slowey (10–5) Hernández (7–8)40,79958–46
August (18–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1 Mariners 4–0 Liriano (10–7) French (0–2)40,37459–46
106August 2@ Rays 4–2 Hellickson (1–0) Pavano (13–7) Wheeler (3)17,68959–47
107August 3@ Rays 6–4 Niemann (10–3) Guerrier (1–6) Soriano (31)18,26159–48
108August 4@ Rays 2–1 (13) Guerrier (2–6) Cormier (3–3)19,17260–48
109August 5@ Rays 8–6 Capps (1–0) Benoit (0–1)29,21061–48
110August 6@ Indians 7–6 C. Perez (1–2) Guerrier (2–7)25,27561–49
111August 7@ Indians 7–2 Pavano (14–7) Carmona (11–9)27,63862–49
112August 8@ Indians 5–4 Duensing (5–1) Huff (2–11) Capps (2)17,42763–49
113August 10@ White Sox 12–6 Baker (10–9) García (10–5)30,90064–49
114August 11@ White Sox 6–1 Danks (12–8) Perkins (0–1)32,03364–50
115August 12@ White Sox 6–1 Liriano (11–7) Floyd (8–9)33,23765–50
116August 13 Athletics 4–3 Pavano (15–7) Gonzalez (10–8) Capps (3)40,62266–50
117August 14 Athletics 2–0 Duensing (6-1) Cahill (12–5)40,83067–50
118August 15 Athletics 4–2 Slowey (11–5) Mazzaro (6–5) Capps (4)40,60268–50
119August 17 White Sox 7–6 (10) Mahay (1–1) Thornton (3–4)40,71469–50
120August 18 White Sox 7–6 Manship (1–0) Floyd (8–10) Capps (5)40,70270–50
121August 19 White Sox 11–0 Buehrle (12–9) Pavano (15–8)40,72370–51
122August 20 Angels 7–1 Duensing (7–1) Haren (8–12)40,74771–51
123August 21 Angels 9–3 Rodríguez (1–3) Slowey (11–6)40,96671–52
124August 22 Angels 4–0 Baker (11–9) Weaver (11–9)40,38572–52
125August 23@ Rangers 4–0 Harden (5–4) Blackburn (7–8)22,75772–53
126August 24@ Rangers 4–3 Oliver (1–1) Pavano (15–9) Feliz (32)20,10772–54
127August 25@ Rangers 4–3 Wilson (13–5) Duensing (7–2) Harrison (2)29,92672–55
128August 26@ Rangers 6–4 Liriano (12–7) Lee (10–8) Capps (6)24,73873–55
129August 27@ Mariners 6–3 Baker (12–9) Vargas (9–7)37,79874–55
130August 28@ Mariners 1–0 Blackburn (8–8) Fister (4–10) Fuentes (24)29,89275–55
131August 29@ Mariners 2–1 French (3–4) Pavano (15–10) Aardsma (25)28,92375–56
132August 31 Tigers 4–3 Guerrier (3–7) Coke (7–4) Capps (7)40,18676–56
September (17–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1 Tigers 2–1 (10) Rauch (3–1) Perry (2–5)39,43877–56
134September 2 Tigers 10–9 (13) Valverde (2–3) Blackburn (8–9)39,55177–57
135September 3 Rangers 4–3 Burnett (2–2) Holland (2–3) Capps (8)40,13478–57
136September 4 Rangers 12–4 Pavano (16–10) Lewis (9–12)40,49679–57
137September 5 Rangers 6–5 Blackburn (9–9) Wilson (14–6) Capps (9)40,51680–57
138September 6 Royals 5–4 Manship (2–0) O'Sullivan (2–5) Capps (10)40,22881–57
139September 7 Royals 10–3 Liriano (13–7) Bannister (7–12)38,81682–57
140September 8 Royals 4–3 Duensing (8–2) Greinke (8–12) Capps (11)39,37683–57
141September 10@ Indians 2–0 Carmona (12–14) Pavano (16–11)26,20783–58
142September 11@ Indians 1–0 (12) Guerrier (4–7) Germano (0–2) Capps (12)24,97284–58
143September 12@ Indians 6–3 Slowey (12–6) Talbot (9–12)22,98885–58
144September 14@ White Sox 9–3 Liriano (14–7) Danks (13–11)29,22386–58
145September 15@ White Sox 9–3 Duensing (9–2) Floyd (10–13)30,06387–58
146September 16@ White Sox 8–5 Pavano (17–11) Buehrle (12–11) Capps (13)27,18088–58
147September 17 Athletics 3–1 Anderson (6–6) Blackburn (9–10) Bailey (25)40,68188–59
148September 18 Athletics 4–2 Slowey (13–6) Braden (9–13) Capps (14)40,84789–59
149September 19 Athletics 6–2 Cramer (2–0) Liriano (14–8)40,08889–60
150September 20 Indians 9–3 Duensing (10–2) Gómez (3–5)39,22890–60
151September 21 Indians 6–4 Perkins (1–1) Masterson (6–13) Capps (15)39,58091–60
152September 22 Indians 5–1 Blackburn (10–10) Carrasco (1–1)40,13992–60
153September 24@ Tigers 10–1 Verlander (18–8) Liriano (14–9)30,08392–61
154September 25@ Tigers 11–10 (13) Schlereth (1–0) Neshek (0–1)34,12992–62
155September 26@ Tigers 5–1 Porcello (10–11) Duensing (10–3)32,02192–63
156September 27@ Royals 10–8 Humber (2–1) Manship (2–1) Soria (42)19,30792–64
157September 28@ Royals 10–1 O'Sullivan (4–6) Blackburn (10–11)18,48792–65
158September 29@ Royals 4–2 Guerrier (5–7) Meche (0–5) Capps (16)18,34093–65
159September 30 Blue Jays 13–2 Janssen (5–2) Liriano (14–10)39,47793–66
October (1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1 Blue Jays 6–3 Romero (14–9) Crain (1–1) Gregg (37)39,93793–67
161October 2 Blue Jays 5–4 Capps (2–0) Gregg (2–6)40,23594–67
162October 3 Blue Jays 2–1 Rzepczynski (4–4) Blackburn (10–12) Camp (2)40,66494–68
American League Divisional Series
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 6 Yankees 6–4 Sabathia (1–0) Crain (0–1) Rivera (1)42,0320–1
2October 7 Yankees 5–2 Pettitte (1–0) Pavano (0–1) Rivera (2)42,0350–2
3October 9@ Yankees 6–1 Hughes (1–0) Duensing (0–1)50,8400–3

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Scott Baker 23000000.0000
Nick Blackburn 21000000.0000
Alex Burnett 40000000—0
Drew Butera 49142122861213.1970
Alexi Casilla 69152264274120.2766
Jesse Crain 51000000.0000
Michael Cuddyer 157609931653751481.2717
Brian Duensing 51000000.0000
Matt Guerrier 40000000—0
J.J. Hardy 1013404491193638.2681
Brendan Harris 4310811173014.1570
Orlando Hudson 12649780133245637.26810
Luke Hughes 27120011.2860
Jason Kubel 143518681292332192.2490
Francisco Liriano 12000000.0000
Ron Mahay 50000000—0
Jeff Manship 21000000.0000
Joe Mauer 13751088167431975.3271
José Mijares 10000000—0
José Morales 1936472007.1940
Justin Morneau 81296531022511856.3450
Carl Pavano 26030000.5000
Trevor Plouffe 2241761026.1460
Nick Punto 882522460111120.2386
Wilson Ramos 727283001.2960
Jon Rauch 20000000—0
Jason Repko 5812719296039.2283
Ben Revere 1328150002.1790
Kevin Slowey 32000000.0000
Denard Span 153629851662410358.26426
Jim Thome 10827648761622559.2830
Matt Tolbert 488782043118.2301
Danny Valencia 852993093181740.3112
Delmon Young 1535707717046121112.2985
Pitcher Totals16217030000.1760
Team Totals1625568781152131841142749.27368

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Scott Baker 1294.4929290170.1238543148
Nick Blackburn 10125.4228260161.025974068
Alex Burnett 225.29410047.26282337
Matt Capps 202.002701627.016821
Jesse Crain 113.04710168.05232762
Rob Delaney 009.001001.01110
Brian Duensing 1032.6253130130.211383578
Randy Flores 004.9111003.22222
Matt Fox 003.181105.20210
Brian Fuentes 000.009019.20028
Matt Guerrier 573.17740171.07252242
Francisco Liriano 14103.6231310191.297758201
Ron Mahay 113.44410034.0513825
Jeff Manship 215.28131029.0317621
José Mijares 113.31470032.2412928
Pat Neshek 015.0011009.01589
Carl Pavano 17113.7532320221.0249237117
Glen Perkins 115.82131021.2314514
Jon Rauch 313.125902157.23201446
Anthony Slama 017.715004.21455
Kevin Slowey 1364.4530280155.2217729116
Team Totals94683.95162162401452.21556383831048

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

Team123456789 R H E
New York000004200690
Minnesota021001000480
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

Team123456789 R H E
New York0001102015120
Minnesota010001000260
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

Team123456789 R H E
Minnesota000000010171
New York01130010X6120
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)

Other post-season awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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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