7|| Pirates||6–5 ||Wilson (1–0)||Taylor (0–1)||Williams (2)|| 6,195 ||2–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |5||April 8|| Pirates||5–3 ||Bielecki (1–0)||Heaton (0–1)||Schiraldi (1)|| 19,374 ||3–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |6||April 9|| Pirates||8–3 ||Sutcliffe (2–0)||Walk (0–1)|||| 11,387 ||4–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |7||April 11|| Cardinals||5–4 ||Schiraldi (1–0)||DeLeón (1–1)||Williams (3)|| 7,943 ||5–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |8||April 12|| Cardinals||3–2 ||Kilgus (1–1)||Terry (0–1)||Williams (4)|| 21,187 ||6–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |9||April 14||@ Phillies||6–4 ||Sanderson (1–0)||Ruffin (0–2)||Williams (5)|| 20,851 ||7–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |10||April 16||@ Phillies||5–3 ||Sutcliffe (3–0)||Youmans (0–2)||Williams (6)|| 32,249 ||8–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |11||April 17||@ Expos||2–1 ||Gross (2–1)||Maddux (0–2)||Burke (3)|| 8,847 ||8–3|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |12||April 18||@ Expos||11–2 ||B. Smith (1–0)||Kilgus (1–2)|||| 11,913 ||8–4|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |13||April 19||@ Expos||3–2 ||Den. Martinez (1–0)||Sanderson (1–1)||Burke (4)|| 9,014 ||8–5|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |14||April 20||@ Mets||4–3 ||Gooden (3–0)||Williams (0–1)||McDowell (1)|| 28,944 ||8–6|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |15||April 21||@ Mets||8–4 ||Sutcliffe (4–0)||Ojeda (0–3)||Wilson (1)|| 34,690 ||9–6|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |16||April 22||@ Mets||3–1 ||Fernandez (2–0)||Maddux (0–3)||McDowell (2)|| 41,323 ||9–7|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |17||April 23||@ Mets||4–2 ||Aguilera (1–0)||Schiraldi (1–1)|||| 40,268 ||9–8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |18||April 25|| Dodgers||4–0 ||Belcher (2–1)||Sanderson (1–2)|||| 31,876 ||9–9|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |19||April 26|| Dodgers||3–1 ||Morgan (2–1)||Sutcliffe (4–1)||Howell (2)|| 13,221 ||9–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |20||April 27|| Dodgers||1–0 ||Maddux (1–3)||Hershiser (3–2)|||| 12,013 ||10–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |21||April 28|| Padres||3–1 ||Kilgus (2–2)||Rasmussen (1–4)||Williams (7)|| 9,504 ||11–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |22||April 29|| Padres||5–4 ||Terrell (3–2)||Bielecki (1–1)||Davis (11)|| 34,748 ||11–11|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |23||April 30|| Padres||7–3 ||Sanderson (2–2)||Show (4–2)|||| 28,735 ||12–11|| |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |24||May 1||@ Giants||4 – 3 12||Pico (1–0)||LaCoss (1–2)||Schiraldi (2)|| 17,914 ||13–11|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |25||May 2||@ Giants||4–0 ||Reuschel (4–2)||Maddux (1–4)||Gossage (1)|| 11,128 ||13–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |26||May 3||@ Padres||5–4 ||Kilgus (3–2)||Grant (0–1)||Williams (8)|| 20,403 ||14–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |27||May 4||@ Padres||4–0 ||Bielecki (2–1)||Terrell (3–3)|||| 25,892 ||15–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |28||May 5||@ Dodgers||4–2 ||Sanderson (3–2)||Belcher (2–3)||Williams (9)|| 46,767 ||16–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |29||May 6||@ Dodgers||3–0 ||Morgan (3–1)||Sutcliffe (4–2)||Howell (3)|| 46,389 ||16–13|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |30||May 7||@ Dodgers||4–2 ||Wilson (2–0)||Hershiser (4–3)||Williams (10)|| 46,329 ||17–13|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |31||May 9|| Giants||4–2 ||Krukow (2–0)||Kilgus (3–3)||Lefferts (5)|| 13,949 ||17–14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |32||May 10|| Giants||4–3 ||LaCoss (2–3)||Williams (0–2)||Lefferts (6)|| 25,638 ||17–15|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |33||May 12|| Astros||3–1 ||Deshaies (5–2)||Sutcliffe (4–3)|||| 21,141 ||17–16|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |34||May 13|| Astros||1–0 ||Knepper (2–5)||Maddux (1–5)||Smith (6)|| 27,775 ||17–17|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |35||May 14|| Astros||5–1 ||Scott (5–2)||Kilgus (3–4)|||| 23,391 ||17–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |36||May 15|| Braves||4–0 ||Bielecki (3–1)||Lilliquist (2–3)|||| 16,920 ||18–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |37||May 16|| Braves||4–3 ||Sanderson (4–2)||Glavine (5–1)||Williams (11)|| 24,070 ||19–18|| |-