Mets||3–2 ||Fernandez (11–3)||Williams (4–3)|||| 39,352 ||77–61|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |139||September 6||@ Phillies||9–1 ||Ruffin (5–8)||Maddux (16–11)|||| 17,272 ||77–62|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |140||September 7||@ Phillies||6–2 ||Bielecki (15–6)||Howell (11–11)|||| 13,058 ||78–62|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |141||September 8|| Cardinals||11–8 ||Carpenter (3–4)||Williams (4–4)||Quisenberry (6)|| 35,231 ||78–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |142||September 9|| Cardinals||3 – 2 10||Assenmacher (3–3)||Dayley (3–2)|||| 37,633 ||79–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |143||September 10|| Cardinals||4–1 ||Sanderson (10–8)||Hill (7–12)||Williams (32)|| 37,281 ||80–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |144||September 11|| Expos||4–3 ||Maddux (17–11)||Langston (11–7)||Williams (33)|| 29,190 ||81–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |145||September 12|| Expos||2–0 ||Bielecki (16–6)||B. Smith (10–9)|||| 36,333 ||82–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |146||September 13|| Expos||3–1 ||Sanderson (11–8)||Gross (11–11)||Lancaster (7)|| 34,870 ||83–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |147||September 15||@ Pirates||7–2 ||Sutcliffe (15–11)||Belinda (0–1)|||| 12,607 ||84–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |148||September 16||@ Pirates||8–6 ||Smiley (12–7)||Maddux (17–12)|||| 15,668 ||84–64|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |149||September 17||@ Pirates||2–0 ||Drabek (13–11)||Bielecki (16–7)|||| 21,081 ||84–65|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |150||September 18|| Mets||10–6 ||Wilkins (1–0)||Viola (3–5)||Williams (34)|| 38,138 ||85–65|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |151||September 19|| Mets||5–2 ||Ojeda (13–10)||Wilson (5–4)||Gooden (1)|| 35,937 ||85–66|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |152||September 20|| Phillies||9–8 ||Carman (5–15)||Lancaster (3–2)||McDowell (19)|| 21,620 ||85–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |153||September 21|| Phillies||9–1 ||Maddux (18–12)||Mulholland (4–7)|||| 22,885 ||86–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |154||September 22|| Pirates||4–2 ||Bielecki (17–7)||Drabek (13–12)||Williams (35)|| 34,040 ||87–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |155||September 23|| Pirates||3–2 ||Lancaster (4–2)||Bair (2–3)|||| 36,849 ||88–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |156||September 24|| Pirates||4–2 ||Wilson (6–4)||Robinson (7–12)||Pico (1)|| 37,904 ||89–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |157||September 25||@ Expos||4 – 3 10||Burke (9–3)||Sanderson (11–9)|||| 10,305 ||89–68|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |158||September 26||@ Expos||3–2 ||Maddux (19–12)||Den. Martinez (16–7)||Williams (36)|| 11,615 ||90–68||Cubs clinch NL East title |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |159||September 27||@ Expos||7–2 ||Bielecki (18–7)||Thompson (0–2)||Pico (2)|| 12,442 ||91–68|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |160||September 29||@ Cardinals||7–5 ||Dayley (4–3)||Assenmacher (3–4)||Terry (2)|| 41,599 ||91–69|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |161||September 30||@ Cardinals||6–4 ||Pico (3–1)||Costello (5–4)||Lancaster (8)|| 43,570 ||92–69|| |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |162||October 1||@ Cardinals||5–1 ||Sutcliffe (16–11)||Hill (7–15)|||| 37,846 ||93–69|| |- Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L