– 1 ||Maddux (3-2)||Darwin (2-3)||Smith (11)|| 23,471 ||20-14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |35||May 16||@ Astros||2 – 1 ||Moyer (3-3)||Ryan (2-3)||DiPino (1)|| 34,921 ||21-14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |36||May 17||@ Astros||6 – 4 ||Mason (1-0)||Knepper (2-3)||Smith (12)|| 20,678 ||22-14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |37||May 19|| Reds||9 – 2 ||Sutcliffe (7-2)||Browning (4-5)||Lynch (3)|| 28,890 ||23-14||Harry Caray returns from stroke |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |38||May 20|| Reds||6 – 2 ||Gullickson (5-2)||Maddux (3-3)|||| 27,150 ||23-15|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |39||May 21|| Reds||8 – 7 ||Smith (1-2)||Franco (1-1)|||| 21,718 ||24-15|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |40||May 22|| Braves||9 – 5 ||Palmer (4-4)||Sanderson (3-1)||Acker (4)|| 28,667 ||24-16|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |41||May 23|| Braves||7 – 6 16||Moyer (4-3)||Acker (0-3)|||| 33,225 ||25-16||Dawson homers with 2 outs in 9th to tie |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |42||May 24|| Braves||3 – 2 12||Noles (3-1)||Dedmon (2-1)|||| 37,259 ||26-16|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |43||May 25||@ Reds||5 – 4 ||Gullickson (6-2)||Maddux (3-4)||Franco (8)|| 24,684 ||26-17|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |44||May 26||@ Reds||3 – 2 ||Franco (2-1)||Smith (1-3)|||| 21,388 ||26-18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |45||May 27||@ Reds||4 – 1 ||Moyer (5-3)||Reuss (0-3)||Smith (13)|| 23,304 ||27-18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |46||May 29||@ Braves||6 – 5 12||Garber (6-3)||Lynch (1-4)|||| 21,982 ||27-19|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |47||May 30||@ Braves||11 – 6 ||Maddux (4-4)||Z. Smith (5-3)||Noles (2)|| 35,394 ||28-19|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |48||May 31||@ Braves||2 – 1 10||Garber (7-3)||Lynch (1-5)|||| 24,353 ||28-20|| |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |49||June 1|| Astros||6 – 5 10||Andersen (4-2)||DiPino (1-1)||Smith (9)|| 14,556 ||28-21|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |50||June 2|| Astros||13 – 2 ||Mason (2-0)||Ryan (2-5)|||| 13,891 ||29-21|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |51||June 3|| Astros||22 – 7 ||Sutcliffe (8-2)||Knepper (2-6)|||| 19,725 ||30-21|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |52||June 4|| Cardinals||3 – 1 ||Cox (6-2)||Maddux (4-5)||Worrell (12)|| 32,102 ||30-22|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |53||June 5|| Cardinals||5 – 1 ||Mathews (3-4)||Sanderson (3-2)|||| 36,818 ||30-23|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |54||June 6|| Cardinals||6 – 5 ||Moyer (6-3)||Forsch (4-2)||Smith (14)|| 39,008 ||31-23|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |55||June 7|| Cardinals||13 – 9 ||Dawley (2-4)||Mason (2-1)||Worrell (13)|| 38,388 ||31-24|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |56||June 8|| Mets||4 – 2 ||Smith (2-3)||Sisk (1-1)|||| 28,063 ||32-24|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |57||June 9|| Mets||6 – 5 ||Noles (4-1)||Myers (0-2)||Smith (15)|| 31,252 ||33-24|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |58||June 10|| Mets||13 – 2 ||Gooden (2-0)||Sanderson (3-3)|||| 35,190 ||33-25|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |59||June 12||@ Cardinals||4 – 1 ||Forsch (5-2)||Moyer (6-4)||Worrell (15)|| 48,096 ||33-26|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |60||June 13||@ Cardinals||9 – 2 ||Tunnell (3-1)||Sutcliffe (8-3)|||| 47,395 ||33-27|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |61||June 14||@ Cardinals||3 – 2 ||Cox (7-3)||Sanderson (3-4)||Worrell (16)|| 46,106 ||33-28|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |62||June 15|| Phillies||3 – 2 ||Tekulve (2-2)||Smith (2-4)||Bedrosian (16)|| 18,643