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| Season Summary | 85-75, Final Rank:2, GB: 15.0 | |
| Days in First | 19 | last on Monday, May 2, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 21 | last on May 2, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | last on Tuesday, Apr 26, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 15 | last on Sunday, Oct 2, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 18 | last on Thursday, Jul 21 |
| Most Games under .500 | never | |
| Longest Winning Streak | 9 | Tuesday, Jul 5 to Sunday, Jul 17 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Saturday, May 14 to Wednesday, May 18 and Wednesday, Aug 3 to Sunday, Aug 7 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Tuesday, May 3 and Wednesday, Jun 1 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Monday, May 30 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 6 and Sunday, Aug 21 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 10 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 11 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 5 | 3 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Dunne | Rawley | Robinson | 2:37 | 46,394 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Maddux | Kipper | 4:35 | 15,532 | - | |
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 4 | 3 | 2-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Fisher | Cox | Robinson | 2:59 | 51,647 | + | |
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 0 | 3 | 2-2 | 3 | 1.0 | Mathews | Walk | Worrell | 2:39 | 36,542 | - | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Kipper | Worrell | Gott | 2:56 | 31,968 | + |
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 11 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 5 | 1 | 4-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Drabek | Gross | 2:56 | 54,089 | ++ | |||
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 7 | 0 | 5-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Fisher | Ruffin | 2:52 | 9,825 | +++ | |||
| 8 | 8 | Thursday, Apr 14 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 4 | 2 | 6-2 | 1 | up 1.0 | Walk | Carman | Robinson | 2:48 | 6,222 | ++++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 0 | 6 | 6-3 | 1 | Tied | Sutcliffe | Smiley | 2:56 | 35,084 | - | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 4 | 0 | 7-3 | 1 | Tied | Drabek | Maddux | 2:26 | 30,564 | + | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 12 | 7 | 8-3 | 1 | Tied | Robinson | Schiraldi | 3:40 | 29,562 | ++ | ||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 3 | 0 | 9-3 | 1 | up 1.5 | Fisher | Cox | 2:44 | 5,048 | +++ | |||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 8 | 1 | 10-3 | 1 | up 1.5 | Walk | Mathews | 2:29 | 15,522 | ++++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 21 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 3 | 9 | 10-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | O'Neal | Smiley | 2:26 | 6,833 | - | |||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 22 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 8 | 4 | 11-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Drabek | Lancaster | 2:42 | 16,250 | + | |||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 23 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 5 | 4 | 12-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Gott | Gossage | 2:48 | 20,214 | ++ | |||
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 24 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 4 | 2 | 13-4 | 1 | up 2.0 | Walk | Sutcliffe | Robinson | 2:37 | 19,934 | +++ | ||
| 18 | 18 | Tuesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 2 | 0 | 14-4 | 1 | up 2.0 | Smiley | Reuschel | Gott | 2:30 | 11,738 | ++++ | |
| 19 | 19 | Wednesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 4 | 6 | 14-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Dravecky | Drabek | Price | 2:28 | 10,137 | - | |
| 20 | 20 | Thursday, Apr 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15-5 | 1 | up 1.5 | Robinson | Lefferts | Gott | 2:43 | 10,520 | + |
| 21 | 21 | Friday, Apr 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 3 | 6 | 15-6 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hawkins | Palacios | Davis | 3:18 | 16,185 | - | |
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, Apr 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 5 | 1 | 16-6 | 1 | up 0.5 | Walk | Grant | 2:30 | 24,357 | + | ||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, May 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 4 | 2 | 17-6 | 1 | up 0.5 | Smiley | Show | Gott | 2:41 | 21,694 | ++ | |
| 24 | 24 | Monday, May 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 3 | 6 | 17-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Orosco | Drabek | 3:16 | 26,821 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 6 | 14 | 17-8 | 2 | 0.5 | Belcher | Dunne | 3:03 | 26,943 | -- | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 5 | 8 | 17-9 | 2 | 1.5 | Hershiser | Palacios | 3:12 | 30,423 | --- | ||
| 27 | 27 | Friday, May 6 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 4 | 1 | 12 | 18-9 | 2 | 1.5 | Jones | Davis | 3:29 | 25,045 | + | ||
| 28 | 28 | Saturday, May 7 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 2 | 3 | 18-10 | 2 | 2.5 | Show | Gott | 2:44 | 24,555 | - | |||
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 8 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 6 | 2 | 19-10 | 2 | 2.5 | Drabek | Jones | 2:17 | 20,756 | + | |||
| 30 | 30 | Monday, May 9 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 6 | 8 | 19-11 | 2 | 2.5 | Robinson | Robinson | Lefferts | 3:05 | 6,388 | - | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 10 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 6 | 2 | 20-11 | 2 | 2.5 | Palacios | Downs | Gott | 2:44 | 9,275 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 11 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 2 | 1 | 11 | 21-11 | 2 | 2.5 | Medvin | Pena | 3:46 | 26,367 | ++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 12 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 7 | 4 | 22-11 | 2 | 2.0 | Smiley | Hershiser | 2:29 | 11,072 | +++ | |||
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 13 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 6 | 5 | 23-11 | 2 | 1.0 | Robinson | Murphy | 2:54 | 31,705 | ++++ | |||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 14 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 3 | 5 | 23-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Soto | Dunne | Franco | 2:30 | 28,059 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 15 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Franco | Jones | 4:08 | 33,789 | -- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 2 | 9 | 23-14 | 2 | 2.0 | Deshaies | Walk | 2:31 | 13,570 | --- | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 2 | 3 | 23-15 | 2 | 3.0 | Scott | Smiley | Smith | 2:20 | 15,000 | ---- | |
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 2 | 4 | 23-16 | 2 | 4.0 | Ryan | Drabek | Smith | 2:55 | 19,259 | ----- | |
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 20 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 10 | 3 | 24-16 | 2 | 4.5 | Dunne | Glavine | 2:49 | 18,880 | + | |||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 21 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 7 | 3 | 25-16 | 2 | 4.5 | Fisher | Coffman | 2:43 | 21,211 | ++ | |||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 22 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 4 | 6 | 25-17 | 2 | 5.5 | Mahler | Walk | Sutter | 2:45 | 32,683 | - | ||
| 43 | 43 | Monday, May 23 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 0 | 3 | 25-18 | 2 | 6.0 | Scott | Smiley | 2:18 | 7,480 | -- | |||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 24 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 5 | 4 | 26-18 | 2 | 5.0 | Gott | Andersen | 2:45 | 8,200 | + | |||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 25 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 4 | 3 | 27-18 | 2 | 5.0 | Dunne | Andujar | Robinson | 2:16 | 8,108 | ++ | ||
| 46 | 46 | Friday, May 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 3 | 5 | 27-19 | 2 | 4.5 | Pacillo | Fisher | Franco | 2:38 | 29,445 | - | |
| 47 | 47 | Saturday, May 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 5 | 2 | 28-19 | 2 | 4.5 | Walk | Browning | Robinson | 2:49 | 42,232 | + | |
| 48 | 48 | Sunday, May 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 4 | 2 | 29-19 | 2 | 3.5 | Smiley | Rasmussen | Gott | 2:36 | 30,660 | ++ | |
| 49 | 49 | Monday, May 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 14 | 2 | 30-19 | 2 | 3.5 | Drabek | Smith | 2:46 | 6,893 | +++ | ||
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, May 31 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 1 | 11 | 30-20 | 2 | 4.5 | Glavine | Dunne | 2:31 | 4,483 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 2 | 14 | 30-21 | 2 | 4.5 | Mahler | Fisher | 2:36 | 6,059 | -- | ||
| 52 | 52 | Thursday, Jun 2 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 3 | 7 | 30-22 | 2 | 5.5 | Heaton | Walk | Hesketh | 2:50 | 11,070 | --- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 3 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 2 | 1 | 31-22 | 2 | 4.5 | Smiley | Dopson | 2:17 | 19,162 | + | |||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 4 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 3 | 7 | 31-23 | 2 | 5.5 | Martinez | Drabek | McClure | 3:12 | 30,669 | - | ||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 5 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 3 | 31-24 | 2 | 6.5 | Smith | Dunne | Parrett | 2:44 | 36,305 | -- | ||
| 56 | 56 | Tuesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 5 | 8 | 31-25 | 2 | 7.0 | Maddux | Fisher | Gossage | 2:50 | 9,287 | --- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Wednesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 5 | 1 | 32-25 | 2 | 6.0 | Walk | Schiraldi | 2:37 | 22,220 | + | |||
| 58 | 58 | Thursday, Jun 9 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 4 | 3 | 33-25 | 2 | 5.5 | Gott | DiPino | 2:44 | 8,200 | ++ | |||
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 10 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 10 | 12 | 33-26 | 2 | 5.5 | Harris | Robinson | Bedrosian | 3:16 | 20,001 | - | ||
| 60 | 60 | Saturday, Jun 11 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 8 | 2 | 34-26 | 2 | 4.5 | Dunne | Palmer | 3:05 | 19,926 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 12 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 4 | 5 | 34-27 | 2 | 4.5 | Gross | Fisher | Bedrosian | 3:03 | 36,134 | - | ||
| 62 | 62 | Monday, Jun 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 8 | 0 | 35-27 | 2 | 4.5 | Walk | Schiraldi | 2:55 | 27,142 | + | ||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 6 | 3 | 36-27 | 2 | 4.5 | Smiley | Moyer | Robinson | 2:38 | 28,077 | ++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 4 | 7 | 36-28 | 2 | 5.5 | Perry | Gott | Gossage | 2:55 | 26,126 | - | |
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 17 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 3 | 7 | 36-29 | 2 | 5.5 | Magrane | Dunne | 2:57 | 30,267 | -- | |||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 18 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 3 | 6 | 36-30 | 2 | 6.5 | Tudor | Fisher | Terry | 2:43 | 36,682 | --- | ||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 19 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 3 | 2 | 37-30 | 2 | 6.5 | Walk | McWilliams | Gott | 2:18 | 27,656 | + | ||
| 68 | 68 | Monday, Jun 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 8 | 5 | 38-30 | 2 | 5.5 | Smiley | Ojeda | Robinson | 2:58 | 42,413 | ++ | |
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 0 | 9 | 38-31 | 2 | 6.5 | Darling | Drabek | 2:34 | 45,225 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 0 | 3 | 38-32 | 2 | 7.5 | Gooden | Dunne | Myers | 2:54 | 41,816 | -- | |
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 6 | 4 | 39-32 | 2 | 6.5 | Robinson | Parrett | Gott | 2:54 | 14,839 | + | |
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 5 | 3 | 10 | 40-32 | 2 | 6.5 | Gott | McClure | Jones | 3:08 | 15,781 | ++ |
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 5 | 1 | 41-32 | 2 | 5.5 | Smiley | Holman | 2:27 | 17,777 | +++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 3 | 0 | 10 | 42-32 | 2 | 4.5 | Robinson | Burke | 2:58 | 26,593 | ++++ | |
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 27 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 2 | 1 | 43-32 | 2 | 3.5 | Dunne | Gooden | Gott | 3:08 | 41,489 | +++++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 2 | 5 | 43-33 | 2 | 4.5 | Fernandez | Fisher | McDowell | 2:55 | 45,011 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 7 | 8 | 11 | 43-34 | 2 | 5.5 | McDowell | Kipper | 4:09 | 41,217 | -- | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 5 | 2 | 10 | 44-34 | 2 | 5.5 | Robinson | Hammaker | 2:53 | 39,484 | + | |
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 1 | 2 | 44-35 | 2 | 6.5 | LaCoss | Rucker | Garrelts | 3:01 | 22,355 | - | |
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 0 | 4 | 44-36 | 2 | 7.5 | Downs | Dunne | 2:30 | 25,463 | -- | ||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 44-37 | 3 | 7.5 | Davis | Gott | 2:45 | 35,406 | --- | |
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 3 | 2 | 45-37 | 2 | 6.5 | Walk | Jones | Jones | 2:31 | 10,415 | + | |
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 2 | 0 | 46-37 | 2 | 6.5 | Smiley | Hawkins | Gott | 2:46 | 16,076 | ++ | |
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 4 | 3 | 47-37 | 2 | 5.5 | Drabek | Leary | Gott | 3:15 | 40,690 | +++ | |
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 8 | 2 | 48-37 | 2 | 4.5 | Dunne | Hillegas | 3:14 | 46,662 | ++++ | ||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 7 | 2 | 49-37 | 2 | 3.5 | Walk | Hershiser | 2:24 | 43,014 | +++++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 14 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 9 | 2 | 50-37 | 2 | 3.5 | Fisher | Reuschel | 2:49 | 28,325 | ++++++ | |||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 15 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 8 | 5 | 51-37 | 2 | 2.5 | Kipper | Downs | Gott | 3:11 | 28,315 | +++++++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 16 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 10 | 1 | 52-37 | 2 | 2.5 | Drabek | LaCoss | 2:42 | 28,997 | ++++++++ | |||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 17 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 5 | 4 | 53-37 | 2 | 2.5 | Robinson | Price | Gott | 3:02 | 25,512 | +++++++++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Tuesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 2 | 6 | 53-38 | 2 | 1.5 | Jones | Smiley | 2:52 | 0 | - | |||
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 9 | 5 | 54-38 | 2 | 1.5 | Fisher | Hawkins | 2:26 | 15,847 | + | |||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 3 | 2 | 55-38 | 2 | 1.0 | Walk | Rasmussen | Gott | 2:33 | 24,575 | ++ | ||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 21 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 3 | 2 | 56-38 | 2 | 0.5 | Drabek | Hershiser | Gott | 2:42 | 27,510 | +++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 22 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 2 | 4 | 56-39 | 2 | 2.0 | Belcher | Dunne | Howell | 3:06 | 44,888 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 23 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 2 | 6 | 56-40 | 2 | 2.0 | Leary | Smiley | 2:46 | 35,817 | -- | |||
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 24 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 1 | 2 | 56-41 | 2 | 2.0 | Hillegas | Fisher | Howell | 3:00 | 35,677 | --- | ||
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 1 | 5 | 56-42 | 2 | 2.0 | Tudor | Walk | 2:18 | 30,763 | ---- | ||
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 2 | 1 | 57-42 | 2 | 2.0 | Drabek | Cox | Gott | 2:31 | 32,735 | + | |
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 58-42 | 2 | 2.0 | Robinson | Dayley | Gott | 3:04 | 31,618 | ++ |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 0 | 1 | 58-43 | 2 | 3.0 | Ojeda | Smiley | 2:07 | 49,584 | - | ||
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 0 | 3 | 58-44 | 2 | 4.0 | Fernandez | Fisher | Myers | 2:48 | 50,815 | -- | |
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 31 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 1 | 2 | 58-45 | 2 | 5.0 | Darling | Walk | 2:25 | 46,917 | --- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Aug 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 7 | 2 | 59-45 | 2 | 4.0 | Drabek | Gooden | 3:15 | 52,231 | + | ||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 60-45 | 2 | 4.0 | Gott | Heaton | 3:41 | 12,296 | ++ | ||
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 4 | 6 | 60-46 | 2 | 4.0 | Perez | Smiley | Burke | 2:57 | 16,099 | - | ||
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Aug 4 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 3 | 60-47 | 2 | 4.0 | Dopson | Fisher | Burke | 3:14 | 17,726 | -- | ||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 5 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 2 | 3 | 60-48 | 2 | 5.0 | Darling | Walk | Myers | 2:41 | 39,925 | --- | ||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 6 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 3 | 5 | 60-49 | 2 | 6.0 | McClure | Gott | McDowell | 3:12 | 48,272 | ---- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 7 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 2 | 6 | 60-50 | 3 | 7.0 | Cone | Kipper | 2:51 | 44,931 | ----- | |||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 8 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 1 | 0 | 61-50 | 2 | 6.0 | Reed | Ojeda | Gott | 2:12 | 38,307 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 10 | 8 | 62-50 | 2 | 5.0 | Fisher | Dopson | Gott | 3:39 | 37,681 | ++ | |
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 4 | 5 | 62-51 | 2 | 5.0 | Martinez | Walk | Burke | 2:46 | 29,196 | - | |
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 11 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 6 | 1 | 63-51 | 2 | 5.0 | Drabek | Holman | Gott | 3:21 | 33,599 | + | |
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 12 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 1 | 9 | 63-52 | 2 | 5.5 | Gross | Dunne | 2:51 | 0 | - | ||
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 12 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 4 | 6 | 63-53 | 2 | 5.5 | Bedrosian | Kipper | 2:57 | 37,673 | -- | ||
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 10 | 4 | 64-53 | 2 | 4.5 | Robinson | Harris | 2:48 | 35,432 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 14 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 9 | 8 | 65-53 | 2 | 5.0 | Gott | Bedrosian | 3:15 | 36,468 | ++ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Monday, Aug 15 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 3 | 4 | 65-54 | 2 | 5.5 | Puleo | Walk | Olwine | 3:04 | 12,112 | - | ||
| 120 | 120 | Tuesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 4 | 2 | 66-54 | 2 | 5.5 | Drabek | Smith | Gott | 2:35 | 13,994 | + | ||
| 121 | 121 | Wednesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 2 | 1 | 67-54 | 2 | 4.5 | LaPoint | Glavine | Gott | 2:05 | 33,164 | ++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 19 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 1 | 5 | 67-55 | 2 | 4.0 | Darwin | Dunne | 2:36 | 26,352 | - | |||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 20 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 2 | 1 | 68-55 | 2 | 3.5 | Smiley | Ryan | Gott | 2:29 | 23,183 | + | ||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 21 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 1 | 2 | 14 | 68-56 | 2 | 3.5 | Agosto | Kipper | 3:36 | 38,290 | - | ||
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Aug 22 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 0 | 2 | 68-57 | 2 | 4.5 | Jackson | Drabek | 2:20 | 17,540 | -- | |||
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 2 | 0 | 69-57 | 2 | 4.5 | LaPoint | Charlton | Gott | 2:02 | 13,406 | + | ||
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 2 | 6 | 69-58 | 2 | 5.5 | Browning | Dunne | 2:18 | 24,660 | - | |||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 0 | 2 | 69-59 | 2 | 6.5 | Deshaies | Smiley | 2:21 | 27,650 | -- | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 1 | 3 | 69-60 | 2 | 7.5 | Meads | Walk | Agosto | 2:40 | 25,993 | --- | |
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 4 | 3 | 70-60 | 2 | 6.5 | Drabek | Darwin | Gott | 2:37 | 20,368 | + | |
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 8 | 1 | 71-60 | 2 | 6.5 | LaPoint | Brown | 2:21 | 19,519 | ++ | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 4 | 6 | 71-61 | 2 | 7.5 | Jackson | Fisher | Franco | 2:24 | 17,429 | - | |
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 1 | 4 | 71-62 | 2 | 7.5 | Charlton | Gott | Franco | 2:23 | 18,586 | -- | |
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 1 | 2 | 71-63 | 2 | 8.5 | Assenmacher | Gott | 2:22 | 7,938 | --- | ||
| 135 | 135 | Monday, Sep 5 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 5 | 7 | 71-64 | 2 | 10.0 | Cone | Robinson | Myers | 3:09 | 38,876 | ---- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Tuesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 3 | 2 | 72-64 | 2 | 9.0 | Smiley | Ojeda | Gott | 2:01 | 21,296 | + | ||
| 137 | 137 | Wednesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 5 | 4 | 73-64 | 2 | 8.0 | Drabek | Smith | Gott | 2:38 | 16,494 | ++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Thursday, Sep 8 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 4 | 5 | 73-65 | 2 | 9.0 | Perez | Robinson | Hesketh | 2:34 | 11,289 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Friday, Sep 9 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 5 | 2 | 74-65 | 2 | 9.0 | Dunne | Sebra | Gott | 2:45 | 15,446 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Saturday, Sep 10 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 5 | 1 | 75-65 | 2 | 9.0 | LaPoint | Rawley | 2:26 | 27,804 | ++ | |||
| 141 | 141 | Sunday, Sep 11 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 4 | 7 | 75-66 | 2 | 10.0 | Freeman | Smiley | 3:08 | 18,132 | - | |||
| 142 | 142 | Monday, Sep 12 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 3 | 75-67 | 2 | 11.0 | Myers | Robinson | 2:35 | 39,576 | -- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Tuesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 1 | 0 | 76-67 | 2 | 10.0 | Walk | Gooden | Gott | 2:31 | 36,633 | + | |
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 4 | 1 | 12 | 77-67 | 2 | 10.0 | Fisher | Burke | 3:07 | 10,886 | ++ | |
| 145 | 145 | Thursday, Sep 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 4 | 9 | 77-68 | 2 | 11.0 | Johnson | LaPoint | McGaffigan | 2:46 | 9,494 | - | |
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 7 | 5 | 78-68 | 2 | 11.0 | Robinson | Harris | Gott | 2:58 | 17,446 | + | |
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 7 | 2 | 79-68 | 2 | 11.0 | Drabek | Carman | Robinson | 3:05 | 14,528 | ++ | |
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 79-69 | 2 | 12.0 | Bedrosian | Kramer | 3:11 | 21,282 | - | |
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 5 | 4 | 80-69 | 2 | 11.5 | Robinson | Dayley | Gott | 2:54 | 19,683 | + | |
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 5 | 1 | 81-69 | 2 | 11.5 | Medvin | Terry | Gott | 2:50 | 27,441 | ++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 5 | 0 | 82-69 | 2 | 11.5 | Smiley | DeLeon | 2:25 | 28,350 | +++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Friday, Sep 23 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 82-70 | 2 | 12.0 | Moyer | Kipper | 3:16 | 19,552 | - | ||
| 153 | 153 | Saturday, Sep 24 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 1 | 2 | 82-71 | 2 | 13.0 | Gossage | Rucker | DiPino | 2:48 | 16,161 | -- | ||
| 154 | 154 | Sunday, Sep 25 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 7 | 4 | 83-71 | 2 | 13.0 | Kramer | Sutcliffe | Gott | 3:06 | 23,095 | + | ||
| 155 | 155 | Monday, Sep 26 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 1 | 7 | 83-72 | 2 | 14.0 | DeLeon | LaPoint | 2:39 | 9,044 | - | |||
| 156 | 156 | Tuesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 3 | 2 | 84-72 | 2 | 13.0 | Smiley | Hill | Gott | 2:35 | 8,994 | + | ||
| 157 | 157 | Wednesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 1 | 2 | 84-73 | 2 | 13.0 | Magrane | Drabek | 2:26 | 21,004 | - | |||
| 158 | 158 | Friday, Sep 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 10 | 9 | 10 | 85-73 | 2 | 13.0 | Medvin | Gossage | Fisher | 3:22 | 9,805 | + |
| 159 | 159 | Saturday, Oct 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 7 | 9 | 85-74 | 2 | 14.0 | Blankenship | Kramer | Schiraldi | 3:07 | 21,433 | - | |
| 160 | 160 | Sunday, Oct 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 4 | 8 | 85-75 | 2 | 15.0 | Moyer | Smiley | 3:04 | 22,909 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.