(3–11)||Kilgus (6–10)||Parrett (4)|| 22,160 ||59–46|| |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |106||August 1||@ Phillies||4–1 ||Wilson (4–0)||McWilliams (2–11)||Williams (27)|| 23,614 ||60–46|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |107||August 2||@ Phillies||6–0 ||Howell (9–7)||Sanderson (9–7)|||| 21,688 ||60–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |108||August 3||@ Phillies||2–0 ||Maddux (12–8)||Ruffin (3–5)||Lancaster (3)|| 21,983 ||61–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |109||August 4||@ Pirates||3–2 ||Bielecki (11–5)||Drabek (8–8)||Williams (28)|| 29,169 ||62–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |110||August 5||@ Pirates||4–2 ||Wilson (5–0)||Landrum (2–2)||Lancaster (4)|| 23,262 ||63–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |111||August 6||@ Pirates||5 – 4 18||Drabek (9–8)||Sanderson (9–8)|||| 24,716 ||63–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |112||August 7|| Expos||5–2 ||Maddux (13–8)||Pérez (6–11)|||| 39,002 ||64–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |113||August 8|| Expos||4–2 ||Bielecki (12–5)||Den. Martinez (12–2)||Lancaster (5)|| 38,126 ||65–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |114||August 9|| Expos||3–0 ||Sutcliffe (12–9)||B. Smith (9–6)||Williams (29)|| 39,009 ||66–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |115||August 10|| Phillies||16–13 ||Parrett (9–4)||Wilson (5–1)|||| 36,745 ||66–49|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |116||August 11|| Phillies||9–2 ||Maddux (14–8)||Carman (3–12)|||| 36,440 ||67–49|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |117||August 12|| Phillies||9–7 ||Bielecki (13–5)||Howell (9–8)||Williams (30)|| 37,752 ||68–49|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |118||August 13|| Phillies||5–3 ||Parrett (10–4)||Wilson (5–2)|||| 37,054 ||68–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |119||August 15||@ Reds||5 – 2 12||Williams (2–2)||Roesler (0–1)|||| 31,694 ||69–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |120||August 16||@ Reds||5–1 ||Bielecki (14–5)||Leary (8–10)|||| 29,764 ||70–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |121||August 17||@ Reds||3–2 ||Sutcliffe (13–9)||Franco (3–6)||Williams (31)|| 29,278 ||71–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |122||August 18||@ Astros||6–5 ||Smith (3–3)||Schiraldi (3–5)|||| 31,987 ||71–51|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |123||August 19||@ Astros||8–4 ||Portugal (3–1)||Maddux (14–9)|||| 41,661 ||71–52|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |124||August 20||@ Astros||8–4 ||Darwin (11–3)||Lancaster (3–1)|||| 38,624 ||71–53|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |125||August 21|| Reds||6 – 5 10||Charlton (6–1)||Schiraldi (3–6)||Franco (26)|| 37,626 ||71–54|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |126||August 22|| Reds||7–2 ||Browning (13–10)||Kraemer (0–1)|||| 35,179 ||71–55|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |127||August 23|| Reds||8–5 ||Scudder (3–5)||Maddux (14–10)|||| 33,054 ||71–56|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |128||August 25|| Braves||4 – 3 12||Williams (3–2)||Eichhorn (4–4)|||| 35,456 ||72–56|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |129||August 26|| Braves||5–3 ||Valdez (1–2)||Sutcliffe (13–10)||Boever (21)|| 35,752 ||72–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |130||August 27|| Braves||3 – 2 10||Williams (4–2)||Eichhorn (4–5)|||| 35,107 ||73–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |131||August 28|| Astros||6–1 ||Maddux (15–10)||Cano (0–1)|||| 23,039 ||74–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |132||August 29|| Astros||10 – 9 10||Assenmacher (2–3)||Smith (3–4)|||| 25,829 ||75–57||Cubs come back from 9–0 deficit |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |133||August 30|| Astros||8–4 ||Scott (18–7)||Sutcliffe (13–11)|||| 37,218 ||75–58|| |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |134||September 1||@ Braves||5–1 ||Lilliquist (8–8)||Wilson (5–3)||Stanton (2)|| 14,255 ||75–59|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |135||September 2||@ Braves||10–3 ||Maddux (16–10)||Clary (4–3)|||| 41,020 ||76–59|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |136||September 3||@ Braves||8–5 ||P. Smith (5–13)||Bielecki (14–6)||Stanton (3)|| 25,189 ||76–60|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |137||September 4||@ Mets||7–3 ||Sutcliffe (14–11)||Cone (12–7)||Lancaster (6)|| 46,049 ||77–60|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |138||September 5||@