an 18–8 mark in September. Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Game log |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || March 31 || @ Tigers || 5 – 4 (11) || Núñez (1-0) || Bautista (0-1) || Soria (1) || 44,934 || 1-0 |- |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || April 2 || @ Tigers || 4 – 0 ||Bannister (1-0) ||Rogers (0-1) || ||32,348 || 2-0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 3 || @ Tigers || 4 – 1 ||Greinke (1-0) || Bonderman (0-1) || Soria (2) || 32,735 || 3-0 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 4 || @ Twins || 4 – 3 || Baker (1-0) || Bale (0-1) || Nathan (2) || 21,847 || 3-1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 5 || @ Twins || 6 – 4 || Hernández (2-0) || Meche (0-1) || Nathan (3) || 21,262 || 3-2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 6 || @ Twins || 3 – 1 || Tomko (1-0) || Bonser (0-2) || Soria (3) || 21,765 || 4-2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || April 8 || Yankees || 5 – 2 || Bannister (2-0) || Hughes (0-1) || Soria (4) || 37,296 || 5-2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || April 9 || Yankees || 4 – 0 || Greinke (2-0) || Farnsworth (0-1) || Gobble (1) || 19,007 || 6-2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 10 || Yankees || 6 – 1 || Pettitte (1-1) || Bale (0-2) || || 16,143 || 6-3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 11 || Twins || 5 – 0 || Hernández (3-0) || Meche (0-2) || || 16,691 || 6-4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 12 || Twins || 2 – 0 || Bonser (1-2) || Tomko (1-1) || Nathan (4) || 36,300 || 6-5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 || April 13 || Twins || 5 – 1 || Bannister (3-0) || Liriano (0-1) || || 13,886 || 7-5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 || April 14 || @ Mariners || 5 – 1 || Greinke (3-0) || Washburn (1-2) || || 16,751 || 8-5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 15 || @ Mariners || 11 – 6 || Batista (1-2) || Bale (0-3) || || 17,137 || 8-6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 || April 16 || @ Angels || 3 – 2 || Meche (1-2) || Weaver (1-3) || Soria (5) || 41,336 || 9-6 |-