|| Marlins || 3–7 || Vladimir Núñez (1–0) || José Santiago (0–1) || None || 18,591 || 2–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 6 || April 7 || Marlins || 3–2 (11) || Cliff Politte (1–0) || Braden Looper (0–2) || None || 18,073 || 3–3 |- style="background:#fbb" | 7 || April 8 || Braves || 1–2 || Kevin Millwood (1–1) || Vicente Padilla (1–1) || John Smoltz (1) || 14,502 || 3–4 |- style="background:#bfb" | 8 || April 9 || Braves || 7–4 || José Santiago (1–1) || Jason Marquis (1–1) || José Mesa (3) || 13,020 || 4–4 |- style="background:#bfb" | 9 || April 10 || Braves || 7–5 (11) || Cliff Politte (2–0) || Kerry Ligtenberg (0–1) || None || 14,542 || 5–4 |- style="background:#fbb" | 10 || April 11 || Braves || 2–6 || Tom Glavine (2–0) || David Coggin (0–1) || Darren Holmes (1) || 14,111 || 5–5 |- style="background:#fbb" | 11 || April 12 || Reds || 5–8 || Jim Brower (1–0) || Rhéal Cormier (0–1) || Danny Graves (4) || 13,366 || 5–6 |- style="background:#fbb" | 12 || April 13 || Reds || 2–5 || Joey Hamilton (1–0) || Robert Person (0–2) || Danny Graves (5) || 15,606 || 5–7 |- style="background:#bfb" | 13 || April 14 || Reds || 3–1 || Vicente Padilla (2–1) || Elmer Dessens (0–3) || José Mesa (4) || 19,195 || 6–7 |- style="background:#fbb" | 14 || April 16 || @ Marlins || 6–7 || Gary Knotts (2–0) || José Mesa (0–1) || None || 6,107 || 6–8 |- style="background:#bfb" | 15 || April 17 || @ Marlins || 7–5 || Rhéal Cormier (1–1) || Braden Looper (0–3) || José Mesa (5) || 6,478 || 7–8 |- style="background:#fbb" | 16 || April 18 || @ Marlins || 7–8 || Vladimir Núñez (2–0) || Ricky Bottalico (0–1) || None || 6,898 || 7–9 |- style="background:#fbb" | 17 || April 19 || @ Pirates || 4–7 || Sean Lowe (1–0) || Vicente Padilla (2–2) || Mike Williams (7) || 23,321 || 7–10 |- style="background:#fbb" | 18 || April 20 || @ Pirates || 5–6 || Ron Villone (2–2) || Terry Adams (0–2) || Mike Williams (8) || 18,032 || 7–11 |- style="background:#fbb" | 19 || April 21 || @ Pirates || 3–9 || Kip Wells (3–1) || Brandon Duckworth (1–1) || None || 18,749 || 7–12 |- style="background:#bfb" | 20 || April