Dodgers||3 – 2 ||Sanderson (2-1)||Honeycutt (2-3)||Smith (9)|| 46,213 ||20-11|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |32||May 17||@ Braves||7 – 5 ||Smith (1-0)||Sutter (2-1)|||| 20,901 ||21-11|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |33||May 18||@ Braves||4 – 3 ||Mahler (8-2)||Eckersley (4-3)||Sutter (7)|| 39,136 ||21-12|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |34||May 19||@ Braves||3 – 0 ||Bedrosian (1-2)||Sutcliffe (5-4)||Sutter (8)|| 30,389 ||21-13|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |35||May 20|| Reds||6 – 1 ||Sanderson (3-1)||Tibbs (3-6)|||| 21,231 ||22-13|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |36||May 21|| Reds||5 – 2 ||Hume (1-2)||Frazier (2-1)||Power (8)|| 32,007 ||22-14|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |37||May 22|| Reds||7 – 4 ||Eckersley (5-3)||Browning (4-3)||Smith (10)|| 27,863 ||23-14|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |38||May 24|| Astros||6 – 2 ||Ryan (4-2)||Ruthven (1-3)|||| 35,743 ||23-15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |39||May 25|| Astros||5 – 4 ||Smith (2-0)||Ross (0-1)|||| 36,278 ||24-15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |40||May 26|| Astros||10 – 8 ||Frazier (3-1)||Ross (0-2)||Smith (11)|| 37,044 ||25-15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |41||May 27||@ Reds||4 – 3 ||Eckersley (6-3)||Browning (4-4)||Smith (12)|| 20,046 ||26-15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |42||May 28||@ Reds||13 – 11 ||Franco (2-1)||Sorensen (1-1)|||| 15,121 ||26-16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |43||May 29||@ Reds||1 – 0 ||Soto (7-3)||Ruthven (1-4)|||| 18,402 ||26-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |44||May 31||@ Astros||6 – 2 10||Smith (3-0)||Smith (4-2)|||| 33,440 ||27-17|| |- |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |45||June 1||@ Astros||4 – 1 ||Eckersley (7-3)||Knepper (5-1)|||| 38,879 ||28-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |46||June 2||@ Astros||4 – 3 ||Scott (3-2)||Gura (0-1)||Smith (8)|| 21,129 ||28-18|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |47||June 4|| Braves||5 – 3 ||Ruthven (2-4)||Mahler (8-5)||Smith (13)|| 23,502 ||29-18|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |48||June 5|| Braves||4 – 2 11||Dedmon (3-0)||Smith (3-1)|||| 25,557 ||29-19|| According to the Cubs game footage shown in the 1986 movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, he took his day off on this day. |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |49||June 6|| Pirates||3 – 2 12||Brusstar (1-1)||Holland (1-3)|||| 22,368 ||30-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |50||June 7|| Pirates||1 – 0 ||Sutcliffe (6-4)||DeLeón (1-8)|||| 37,414 ||31-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |51||June 8|| Pirates||7 – 3 ||Trout (6-1)||McWilliams (3-4)|||| 35,232 ||32-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |52||June 9|| Pirates||5 – 1 ||Ruthven (3-4)||Winn (1-1)||Brusstar (1)|| 36,475 ||33-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |53||June 10||@ Expos||5 – 4 ||Fontenot (1-1)||Reardon (2-2)||Smith (14)|| 42,218 ||34-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |54||June 11||@ Expos||5 – 3 ||Frazier (4-1)||St. Claire (1-1)||Smith (15)|| 28,303 ||35-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |55||June 12||@ Expos||2 – 0 ||Palmer (5-5)||Sutcliffe (6-5)||Reardon (18)|| 10,378 ||35-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |56||June 13||@ Expos||9 – 7 ||Smith (7-2)||Trout (6-2)||Reardon (19)|| 14,210 ||35-21|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |57||June 14|| Cardinals||11 – 10 ||Andújar (12-1)||Ruthven (3-5)||Forsch (1)|| 36,745 ||35-22|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |58||June 15|| Cardinals||2 – 0 ||Cox (8-2)||Fontenot (1-2)|||| 34,716 ||35-23|| |-