25|| Reds||9–8 ||Nolan (4–5)||Hands (15–11)||Ramos (2)||30,479||79–50 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |131||August 26|| Reds||8–7 ||Merritt (15–5)||Selma (12–6)||Granger (17)||31,473||79–51 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |132||August 27|| Reds||6–3 ||Cloninger (9–14)||Holtzman (15–8)||Carroll (7)||31,867||79–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |133||August 28|| Reds||3–1 ||Jenkins (18–11)||Arrigo (2–6)|| ||29,092||80–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |134||August 29||@ Braves||2–1 ||Hands (16–11)||Jarvis (10–9)|| ||36,413||81–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |135||August 30||@ Braves||5–4 ||Johnson (1–2)||Reed (13–9)||Regan (15)||26,630||82–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |136||August 31||@ Braves||8–4 ||Holtzman (16–8)||P. Niekro (18–12)||Regan (16)||33,142||83–52 |- |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |137||September 2||@ Reds||8–2 ||Jenkins (19–11)||Cloninger (9–15)|| ||11,604||84–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |138||September 3||@ Reds||2–0 ||Maloney (8–4)||Hands (16–12)|| ||5,960||84–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |139||September 5|| Pirates||9–2 ||Blass (14–8)||Holtzman (16–9)|| ||10,411||84–54 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |140||September 6|| Pirates||13–4 ||Veale (11–11)||Jenkins (19–12)|| ||24,566||84–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |141||September 7|| Pirates||7 – 5 11||Dal Canton (8–2)||Johnson (1–3)|| ||28,698||84–56 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |142||September 8||@ Mets||3–2 ||Koosman (13–9)||Hands (16–13)|| ||43,274||84–57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |143||September 9||@ Mets||7–1 ||Seaver (21–7)||Jenkins (19–13)|| ||51,448||84–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |144||September 10||@ Phillies||6–2 ||Wise (13–11)||Holtzman (16–10)|| ||4,164||84–59 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |145||September 11||@ Phillies||4–3 ||James (1–0)||Selma (12–7)||Jackson (1)||4,255||84–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |146||September 12||@ Cardinals||5–1 ||Hands (17–13)||Taylor (7–3)|| ||31,717||85–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |147||September 13||@ Cardinals||7–4 ||Grant (8–11)||Jenkins (19–14)||Hoerner (15)||46,548||85–61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |148||September 14||@ Cardinals||2 – 1 10||Gibson (18–11)||Holtzman (16–11)|| ||43,764||85–62 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |149||September 15||@ Expos||8–2 ||Wegener (5–12)||Selma (12–8)|| ||12,011||85–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |150||September 16||@ Expos||5–4 ||Hands (18–13)||Robertson (5–14)||Regan (17)||5,216||86–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |151||September 17|| Phillies||9–7 ||Jenkins (20–14)||Champion (5–10)||Nye (3)||6,062||87–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |152||September 18|| Phillies||5–3 ||Jackson (13–16)||Regan (12–6)|| ||5,796||87–64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |153||September 19|| Cardinals||2 – 1 10||Holtzman (17–11)||Gibson (18–12)|| ||N/A||88–64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |154||September 19|| Cardinals||7–2 ||Torrez (9–4)||Selma (12–9)|| ||15,376||88–65 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |155||September 20|| Cardinals||4–1 ||Carlton (17–10)||Hands (18–14)||Grant (7)||28,194||88–66 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |156||September 21|| Cardinals||4–3 ||Jenkins (21–14)||Taylor (7–5)|| ||28,287||89–66 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |157||September 23|| Expos||7–3 ||Stoneman (11–18)||Holtzman (17–12)|| ||3,047||89–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |158||September 24|| Expos||6–3 ||Hands (19–14)||Renko (6–7)|| ||2,217||90–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |159||September 26||@ Pirates||2–0 ||Ellis (11–17)||Jenkins (21–15)|| ||4,973||90–68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |160||September 27||@ Pirates||4–1 ||Blass (16–10)||Holtzman (17–13)||Moose (4)||4,157||90–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |161||September 28||@ Pirates||3–1 ||Hands (20–14)||Veale (13–14)|| ||24,435||91–69 |- |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" |162||October 1|| Mets||6 – 5 12||Taylor (9–4)||Selma (12–10)||Johnson (1)||10,136||91–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbffbb;" |163||October 2|| Mets||5–3 ||Decker (1–0)||Cardwell (8–10)|| ||9,981||92–70 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = PostponementBold = Cubs team member Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos. = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. =