13||@ Phillies||5 – 2 ||Moyer (1-0)||Carman (0-1)||Smith (1)|| 15,366 ||3-3|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |7||April 15|| Pirates||3 – 1 10||D. Robinson (2-0)||Noles (0-1)|||| 5,369 ||3-4||Pat Summerall broadcasts. |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |8||April 16|| Pirates||6 – 0 ||Kipper (1-1)||Lynch (1-1)|||| 6,956 ||3-5|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |9||April 17|| Expos||7 – 0 ||Sutcliffe (2-1)||Youmans (0-2)|||| 23,023 ||4-5||Bill Murray announces the game on WGN-TV |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |10||April 18|| Expos||4 – 2 ||Sebra (1-1)||Maddux (0-1)||St. Claire (2)|| 32,613 ||4-6|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |11||April 19|| Expos||3 – 1 ||Sorensen (1-0)||Moyer (1-1)||McGaffigan (1)|| 19,889 ||4-7|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |12||April 21||@ Cardinals||5 – 4 ||Noles (1-1)||Dawley (0-1)||Smith (2)|| 26,333 ||5-7|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |13||April 22||@ Cardinals||5 – 4 ||Sutcliffe (3-1)||Dawley (0-2)||Smith (3)|| 23,784 ||6-7|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |14||April 23||@ Cardinals||5 – 2 ||Cox (3-0)||Maddux (0-2)|||| 29,347 ||6-8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |15||April 24||@ Expos||6 – 4 ||Moyer (2-1)||Sebra (1-2)||Smith (4)|| 7,752 ||7-8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |16||April 25||@ Expos||9 – 4 ||Sanderson (1-0)||Tibbs (1-3)|||| 11,824 ||8-8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |17||April 26||@ Expos||7 – 1 ||Trout (1-1)||Sorensen (1-1)|||| 12,052 ||9-8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |18||April 28|| Giants||6 – 2 ||Krukow (1-3)||Sutcliffe (3-2)|||| 10,097 ||9-9|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |19||April 29|| Giants||8 – 4 ||Maddux (1-2)||Mason (1-1)||Lynch (1)|| 11,120 ||10-9||Dawson hits for cycle |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |20||April 30|| Giants||5 – 4 ||Garrelts (3-2)||Smith (0-2)||Minton (1)|| 11,934 ||10-10|| |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |21||May 1|| Padres||7 – 5 ||DiPino (1-0)||McCullers (2-3)||Smith (5)|| 16,100 ||11-10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |22||May 2|| Padres||7 – 3 ||Trout (2-1)||Whitson (3-3)||Lynch (2)|| 25,428 ||12-10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |23||May 3|| Padres||4 – 2 ||Sutcliffe (4-2)||Hawkins (0-3)||Smith (6)|| 27,202 ||13-10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |24||May 4|| Dodgers||5 – 4 ||Noles (2-1)||Howell (2-1)|||| 17,487 ||14-10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |25||May 5|| Dodgers||3 – 1 ||Welch (4-1)||Moyer (2-2)|||| 18,021 ||14-11|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |26||May 6||@ Giants||9 – 4 ||Sanderson (2-0)||M. Davis (3-2)||Smith (7)|| 15,123 ||15-11|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |27||May 7||@ Giants||11 – 1 ||LaCoss (3-1)||Lynch (1-2)||J. Robinson (6)|| 12,228 ||15-12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |28||May 8||@ Padres||6 – 3 ||Sutcliffe (5-2)||S. Davis (1-5)||Smith (8)|| 46,533 ||16-12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |29||May 9||@ Padres||5 – 2 ||Maddux (2-2)||Show (1-3)||Smith (9)|| 19,088 ||17-12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |30||May 10||@ Padres||14 – 2 ||Whitson (4-4)||Moyer (2-3)||Booker (1)|| 14,682 ||17-13|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |31||May 11||@ Dodgers||6 – 3 ||Sanderson (3-0)||Hershiser (3-4)||Smith (10)|| 35,819 ||18-13|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |32||May 12||@ Dodgers||7 – 0 ||Honeycutt (2-1)||Lynch (1-3)|||| 41,216 ||18-14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |33||May 13||@ Dodgers||5 – 0 ||Sutcliffe (6-2)||Pena (0-3)|||| 39,294 ||19-14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |34||May 15||@ Astros||3