@ Braves || 1–5 || Denny Neagle (1–0) || Mike Grace (0–1) || None || 30,020 || 1–2 |- style="background:#fbb" | 4 || April 4 || @ Braves || 4–5 || Dennis Martínez (1–0) || Billy Brewer (0–1) || Mark Wohlers (1) || 39,154 || 1–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 5 || April 5 || @ Braves || 2–1 || Curt Schilling (1–0) || Greg Maddux (0–1) || None || 35,331 || 2–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 6 || April 7 || Marlins || 9–8 (10) || Ricky Bottalico (1–1) || Jesús Sánchez (0–1) || None || 41,158 || 3–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 7 || April 8 || Marlins || 9–5 || Mike Grace (1–1) || Eric Ludwick (0–2) || None || 11,769 || 4–3 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 9 || Marlins || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 24 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bfb" | 8 || April 10 || Braves || 1–0 || Curt Schilling (2–0) || Mike Cather (0–1) || None || 30,311 || 5–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 9 || April 11 || Braves || 6–5 || Tyler Green (1–0) || Dennis Martínez (1–1) || None || 17,676 || 6–3 |- style="background:#fbb" | 10 || April 12 || Braves || 2–3 || Tom Glavine (2–0) || Garrett Stephenson (0–1) || Mark Wohlers (3) || 18,760 || 6–4 |- style="background:#bfb" | 11 || April 13 || Braves || 11–8 || Jerry Spradlin (1–0) || Kerry Ligtenberg (1–1) || Ricky Bottalico (2) || 15,101 || 7–4 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 14 || @ Marlins || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 26 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 12 || April 15 || @ Marlins || 2–3 || Brian Meadows (1–2) || Curt Schilling (2–1) || Félix Heredia (1) || 23,008 || 7–5 |- style="background:#fbb" | 13 || April 16 || @ Marlins || 4–12 || Liván Hernández (2–1) || Tyler Green (1–1) || None || 16,708 || 7–6 |- style="background:#fbb" | 14 || April 17 || @ Cardinals || 5–8 || Cliff Politte (2–0) || Matt Whiteside (0–1) || Kent Bottenfield (3) || 33,995 || 7–7 |- style="background:#fbb" | 15 || April 18 || @ Cardinals || 5–6 || Manny Aybar (2–2) || Mike Grace (1–2) || Jeff Brantley (3) || 38,848 || 7–8 |- style="background:#fbb" | 16 || April 19 || @ Cardinals || 2–3 || Kent Mercker (2–0) || Matt Beech (0–1)