|| 0–10 || Tony Cloninger (5–6) || Rick Wise (8–12) || None || 6,623 || 60–70 |- style="background:#fbb" | 131 || August 28 (1) || Braves || 2–9 || George Stone (4–3) || Woodie Fryman (11–13) || None || see 2nd game || 60–71 |- style="background:#fbb" | 132 || August 28 (2) || Braves || 1–2 || Pat Jarvis (14–9) || Jerry Johnson (1–2) || None || 6,713 || 60–72 |- style="background:#fbb" | 133 || August 29 || Braves || 0–6 || Phil Niekro (11–11) || Larry Jackson (12–16) || None || 4,396 || 60–73 |- style="background:#bfb" | 134 || August 30 || Reds || 7–4 || Chris Short (14–11) || Jim Maloney (11–9) || Turk Farrell (9) || 6,614 || 61–73 |- style="background:#bfb" | 135 || August 31 || Reds || 3–2 || Turk Farrell (4–5) || Clay Carroll (6–6) || None || 6,629 || 62–73 |- |- style="background:#bfb" | 136 || September 1 || Reds || 4–3 || Jerry Johnson (2–2) || Ted Abernathy (9–3) || None || 4,381 || 63–73 |- style="background:#bfb" | 137 || September 2 (1) || Dodgers || 5–4 || John Boozer (2–1) || John Purdin (2–3) || Gary Wagner (5) || see 2nd game || 64–73 |- style="background:#bfb" | 138 || September 2 (2) || Dodgers || 7–5 || Woodie Fryman (12–13) || Mike Kekich (2–9) || Turk Farrell (10) || 5,240 || 65–73 |- style="background:#fbb" | 139 || September 3 || Dodgers || 9–10 || Jim Brewer (7–3) || John Boozer (2–2) || None || 2,812 || 65–74 |- style="background:#fbb" | 140 || September 4 || Dodgers || 0–3 || Don Sutton (7–14) || Larry Jackson (12–17) || None || 3,282 || 65–75 |- style="background:#bfb" | 141 || September 6 || @ Cubs || 5–2 || Rick Wise (9–12) || Bill Hands (15–9) || None || 2,621 || 66–75 |- style="background:#bfb" | 142 || September 7 || @ Cubs || 4–2 || Chris Short (15–11) || Ferguson Jenkins (17–13) || Gary Wagner (6) || 13,578 || 67–75 |- style="background:#fbb" | 143 || September 8 || @ Cubs || 3–10 || Ken Holtzman (10–11) || Woodie Fryman (12–14) || None || 15,789 || 67–76 |- style="background:#bfb" | 144 || September 9 || @ Pirates || 8–7 (15) || Chris Short (16–11) || Bruce Dal Canton (1–1) || None || 2,664 || 68–76 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || September 10 || @ Pirates ||