11 || Pirates || 7–4 || Andy Ashby (1–0) || Doug Drabek (1–1) || None || 24,967 || 3–2 |- style="background:#fbb" | 6 || April 12 || Pirates || 1–6 || Zane Smith (2–0) || Terry Mulholland (0–2) || None || 32,624 || 3–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 7 || April 13 || @ Mets || 3–2 || Curt Schilling (1–0) || Sid Fernandez (0–2) || Mitch Williams (1) || 14,810 || 4–3 |- style="background:#fbb" | 8 || April 14 || @ Mets || 5–8 || John Franco (1–0) || Cliff Brantley (0–1) || None || 15,274 || 4–4 |- style="background:#fbb" | 9 || April 15 || @ Mets || 2–7 || Dwight Gooden (1–1) || Kyle Abbott (0–2) || None || 17,448 || 4–5 |- style="background:#fbb" | 10 || April 17 || @ Pirates || 4–7 || Doug Drabek (2–1) || Barry Jones (0–1) || Stan Belinda (3) || 16,417 || 4–6 |- style="background:#fbb" | 11 || April 18 || @ Pirates || 2–9 || Zane Smith (3–0) || Tommy Greene (1–1) || None || 23,411 || 4–7 |- style="background:#fbb" | 12 || April 19 || @ Pirates || 0–11 || Bob Patterson (1–0) || Danny Cox (1–1) || None || 11,812 || 4–8 |- style="background:#fbb" | 13 || April 20 || @ Cubs || 3–8 || Greg Maddux (3–0) || Kyle Abbott (0–3) || None || 23,515 || 4–9 |- style="background:#bfb" | 14 || April 21 || @ Cubs || 7–5 (10) || Mitch Williams (1–0) || Heathcliff Slocumb (0–1) || Curt Schilling (1) || 8,886 || 5–9 |- style="background:#fbb" | 15 || April 22 || @ Cubs || 5–9 || Shawn Boskie (3–0) || Terry Mulholland (0–3) || None || 8,167 || 5–10 |- style="background:#bfb" | 16 || April 23 || @ Cubs || 8–2 || Tommy Greene (2–1) || Frank Castillo (0–1) || None || 9,086 || 6–10 |- style="background:#bfb" | 17 || April 24 || Mets || 4–3 || Mitch Williams (2–0) || Wally Whitehurst (0–1) || None || 25,482 || 7–10 |- style="background:#fbb" | 18 || April 25 || Mets || 2–3 || Sid Fernandez (1–2) || Kyle Abbott (0–4) || John Franco (3) || 29,374 || 7–11 |- style="background:#bfb" | 19 || April 26 || Mets || 5–4 || Barry Jones (1–1) || Wally Whitehurst (0–2) || Mitch Williams (2) || 44,194 || 8–11 |- style="background:#bfb" | 20 || April 27 || @ Padres