2010 Minnesota Twins season
Introduction 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. Also leaving the team was backup catcher Mike Redmond. With Cabrera leaving, there were questions about the Twins infield. General Manager Bill Smith addressed these questions by trading center fielder Carlos Gómez to the Milwaukee Brewers for shortstop J. J. Hardy, and signing free agent second baseman Orlando Hudson. Smith also added some power to the bench by acquiring free agent and former White Sox and Indians designated hitter Jim Thome. 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.
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======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 MonthGamesWonLostPct April 23  15  8   May 28  16  12   June 27  12  15   July 26  15  11   August 28  18  10   September 27  17  10   October 3  1  2    162  94  68  ===Roster=== 2010 Minnesota Twins  '''Roster''' '''Pitchers'''* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   '''Catchers'''* * * * '''Infielders'''* * * * * * * * * * * '''Outfielders'''* * * * * '''Designated Hitter'''*   '''Manager'''* '''Coaches'''*  (pitching)*  (coach)*  (bench)*  (bullpen)*  (third base)*  (hitting)*  (first base)==Game log==  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 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 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 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  58–46 105  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  76–56 133  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  93–66 160  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 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 23000000.0000    2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000  0   4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  —  0    49  142  12  28  6  1  2  13  .197  0    69  152  26  42  7  4  1  20  .276  6    5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000  0    157  609  93  165  37  5  14  81  .271  7    5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000  0    4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  —  0   101  340  44  91  19  3  6  38  .268  1    43  108  11  17  3  0  1  4  .157  0    126  497  80  133  24  5  6  37  .268  10    2  7  1  2  0  0  1  1  .286  0    143  518  68  129  23  3  21  92  .249  0    1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000  0    5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  —  0   2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000  0 13751088167431975.3271  10000000 — 0 1936472007.194 0  8129653 1022511856.3450   2  6  0  3  0  0  0  0  .500  0    22  41  7  6  1  0  2  6  .146  0    88  252  24  60  11  1  1  20  .238  6    7  27  2  8  3  0  0  1  .296  0    2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  —  0   58  127  19  29  6  0  3  9  .228  3    13  28  1  5  0  0  0  2  .179  0   3  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000  0    153  629  85  166  24  10  3  58  .264  26    108  276  48  76  16  2  25  59  .283  0    48  87  8  20  4  3  1  18  .230  1    85  299  30  93  18  1  7  40  .311  2    153  570  77  170  46  1  21  112  .298  5 Pitcher Totals16217030000.1760 '''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   12  9  4.49  29  29  0  170.1  23  85  43  148   10  12  5.42  28  26  0  161.0  25  97  40  68   2  2  5.29  41  0  0  47.2  6  28  23  37   2  0  2.00  27  0  16  27.0  1  6  8  21   1  1  3.04  71  0  1  68.0  5  23  27  62   0  0  9.00  1  0  0  1.0  1  1 1  0   10  3  2.62  53  13  0  130.2  11  38  35  78   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   0  0  0.00  9  0  1  9.2  0  0  2  8   5  7  3.17  74  0  1  71.0  7  25  22  42   14  10  3.62  31  31  0  191.2  9  77  58  201   1  1  3.44  41  0  0  34.0  5  13  8  25   2  1  5.28  13  1  0  29.0  3  17  6  21   1  1  3.31  47  0  0  32.2  4  12  9  28   0  1  5.00  11  0  0  9.0  1  5  8  9   17  11  3.75  32  32  0  221.0  24  92  37  117   1  1  5.82  13  1  0  21.2  3  14  5  14   3  1  3.12  59  0  21  57.2  3  20  14  46   0  1  7.71  5  0  0  4.2  1  4  5  5   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===Game 2, October 7===6:00 p.m. (EDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota===Game 3, October 9===8:30 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York
Other post-season awards *Calvin R. Griffith Award ''(Most Valuable Twin)'' – Joe Mauer*Joseph W. Haynes Award ''(Twins Pitcher of the Year)'' – Carl Pavano*Bill Boni Award ''(Twins Outstanding Rookie)'' – Danny Valencia*Charles O. Johnson Award ''(Most Improved Twin)'' – Delmon Young*Dick Siebert Award ''(Upper Midwest Player of the Year)'' – Joe Mauer*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)'' – Jesse Crain*Sherry Robertson Award ''(Twins Outstanding Farm System Position Player)'' – Joe Benson*Jim Rantz Award ''(Twins Outstanding Farm System Pitcher)'' – Kyle Gibson*Kirby Puckett Award ''(Alumni Community Service)'' – Bert Blyleven*Herb Carneal Award ''(Lifetime Achievement Award)'' – Bert Blyleven
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References
External links  2010 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference