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| Season Summary | 79-83, Final Rank:2, GB: 5.0 | |
| Days in First | 32 | last on Thursday, Jul 17, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 38 | last on Jul 17, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 1.5 | last on Saturday, Jun 7, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 6.5 | last on Tuesday, Aug 12, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 4 | last on Friday, May 9 |
| Most Games under .500 | 7 | last on Sunday, Sep 14 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Monday, Jun 30 to Sunday, Jul 6 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Tuesday, Jun 17 to Sunday, Jun 22 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Sunday, Apr 13 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Wednesday, May 14 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Sunday, Jul 27 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 7 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 8 | |
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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 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 5 | 2 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Ruebel | Rodriguez | Ericks | 3:04 | 41,996 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Thursday, Apr 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 5 | 7 | 1-1 | 3 | 0.5 | Fernandez | Cooke | Beck | 3:25 | 8,099 | - | |
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 3 | 5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1.5 | Candiotti | Wainhouse | Worrell | 2:43 | 37,284 | -- | |
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 3 | 1 | 2-2 | 3 | 1.5 | Cordova | Park | Ericks | 2:41 | 41,099 | + | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 3 | 6 | 2-3 | 3 | 2.5 | Dreifort | Rincon | Worrell | 3:00 | 37,493 | - | |
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2-4 | 3 | 3.0 | Veras | Ruebel | 3:00 | 29,895 | -- | |
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 2 | 0 | 3-4 | 2 | 2.0 | Cooke | Bergman | Ericks | 2:20 | 14,278 | + | |
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 4 | 2 | 4-4 | 2 | 1.0 | Loaiza | Worrell | Ericks | 2:43 | 24,735 | ++ | |
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 1 | 7 | 4-5 | 2 | 1.5 | Martinez | Cordova | 2:27 | 43,126 | - | |||
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 5 | 14 | 4-6 | 3 | 2.0 | Nomo | Schmidt | 3:04 | 14,885 | -- | |||
| 11 | 11 | Tuesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 3 | 2 | 5-6 | 2 | 1.5 | Ericks | Ashby | 2:23 | 6,851 | + | |||
| 12 | 12 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 5 | 7 | 5-7 | 2 | 2.5 | Valenzuela | Cooke | Hoffman | 3:08 | 6,777 | - | ||
| 13 | 13 | Thursday, Apr 17 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 3 | 2 | 6-7 | 2 | 2.0 | Loaiza | Morgan | Ericks | 2:53 | 6,039 | + | ||
| 14 | 14 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 1 | 6 | 6-8 | 2 | 2.0 | Burba | Cordova | 2:57 | 9,082 | - | |||
| 15 | 15 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 6 | 5 | 7-8 | 2 | 2.0 | Rincon | Remlinger | 3:05 | 11,457 | + | |||
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 5 | 3 | 8-8 | 2 | 2.0 | Lieber | Mercker | Ericks | 2:40 | 14,542 | ++ | ||
| 17 | 17 | Monday, Apr 21 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 2 | 10 | 8-9 | 2 | 2.5 | Schilling | Cooke | 2:18 | 9,015 | - | |||
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 3 | 2 | 9-9 | 2 | 3.0 | Rincon | Spradlin | 2:42 | 8,850 | + | |||
| 19 | 19 | Thursday, Apr 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 4 | 3 | 10-9 | 2 | 2.5 | Loiselle | Rojas | 2:55 | 21,787 | ++ | ||
| 20 | 20 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 1 | 11 | 10-10 | 2 | 3.5 | Foster | Lieber | 2:16 | 18,333 | - | ||
| 21 | 21 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 6 | 7 | 10-11 | 2 | 3.5 | Patterson | Rincon | Rojas | 3:31 | 29,323 | -- | |
| 22 | 22 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 7 | 0 | 11-11 | 2 | 2.5 | Schmidt | Telemaco | 2:43 | 21,083 | + | ||
| 23 | 23 | Monday, Apr 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 9 | 4 | 12 | 12-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Wilkins | Mimbs | 3:41 | 12,017 | ++ | |
| 24 | 24 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 2 | 8 | 12-12 | 2 | 2.5 | Maduro | Ruebel | 2:47 | 12,453 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 1 | 6 | 12-13 | 2 | 2.5 | Gardner | Lieber | 2:00 | 10,073 | -- | |||
| 26 | 26 | Thursday, May 1 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 3 | 2 | 13-13 | 2 | 1.5 | Cooke | Estes | Rincon | 2:38 | 10,507 | + | ||
| 27 | 27 | Friday, May 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 3 | 2 | 14-13 | 2 | 1.5 | Peters | Bielecki | Loiselle | 2:26 | 37,577 | ++ | |
| 28 | 28 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 3 | 0 | 15-13 | 2 | 0.5 | Loaiza | Glavine | Rincon | 2:37 | 46,602 | +++ | |
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 1 | 3 | 15-14 | 2 | 1.5 | Wade | Cordova | Wohlers | 2:39 | 42,037 | - | |
| 30 | 30 | Monday, May 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | FLA | L | 0 | 3 | 15-15 | 2 | 2.5 | Helling | Lieber | Nen | 2:17 | 16,616 | -- | |
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | FLA | W | 4 | 0 | 16-15 | 2 | 1.5 | Cooke | Fernandez | 2:25 | 18,063 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | COL | W | 14 | 3 | 17-15 | 2 | 0.5 | Wilkins | Thompson | 3:11 | 48,056 | ++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | COL | W | 10 | 8 | 18-15 | 2 | 0.5 | Loaiza | Wright | Loiselle | 3:20 | 48,050 | +++ | |
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 9 | 0 | 19-15 | 1 | up 0.5 | Cordova | Wade | 2:29 | 18,006 | ++++ | |||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 10 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 3 | 9 | 19-16 | 2 | 0.5 | Neagle | Lieber | 2:36 | 34,143 | - | |||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 2 | 8 | 19-17 | 2 | 0.5 | Smoltz | Cooke | 2:38 | 29,895 | -- | |||
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 12 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 2 | 10 | 19-18 | 2 | 0.5 | Maddux | Schmidt | 2:40 | 12,114 | --- | |||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | PIT | COL | W | 15 | 10 | 20-18 | 1 | Tied | Wilkins | Reed | 3:28 | 11,841 | + | |||
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 15 | boxscore | PIT | COL | W | 4 | 3 | 21-18 | 1 | up 0.5 | Cordova | Bailey | Rincon | 2:13 | 8,548 | ++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 16 | boxscore | PIT | FLA | L | 1 | 3 | 21-19 | 2 | 0.5 | Fernandez | Lieber | Nen | 2:10 | 17,156 | - | ||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 17 | boxscore | PIT | FLA | L | 1 | 11 | 21-20 | 2 | 0.5 | Rapp | Cooke | 2:52 | 32,066 | -- | |||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | PIT | FLA | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21-21 | 2 | 0.5 | Nen | Loiselle | Stanifer | 3:05 | 28,702 | --- | |
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 1 | 3 | 21-22 | 2 | 1.0 | Jackson | Loaiza | Eckersley | 2:27 | 25,990 | ---- | |
| 44 | 44 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 3 | 2 | 22-22 | 2 | 1.0 | Ruebel | Fossas | Loiselle | 2:57 | 34,738 | + | |
| 45 | 45 | Thursday, May 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 9 | 3 | 23-22 | 2 | 0.5 | Lieber | Perez | Rincon | 2:47 | 12,620 | ++ | |
| 46 | 46 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 1 | 4 | 23-23 | 2 | 0.5 | Martinez | Cooke | 2:04 | 18,499 | - | ||
| 47 | 47 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 3 | 7 | 23-24 | 2 | 1.5 | Juden | Schmidt | Urbina | 2:44 | 26,154 | -- | |
| 48 | 48 | Sunday, May 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 8 | 6 | 24-24 | 2 | 0.5 | Wilkins | Daal | Loiselle | 3:02 | 27,253 | + | |
| 49 | 49 | Monday, May 26 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 1 | 2 | 24-25 | 2 | 0.5 | Foster | Cordova | Adams | 2:26 | 20,609 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, May 27 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 7 | 8 | 24-26 | 2 | 0.5 | Gonzalez | Lieber | Adams | 2:54 | 9,641 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 4 | 1 | 25-26 | 1 | Tied | Cooke | Mulholland | 2:14 | 10,198 | + | |||
| 52 | 52 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 10 | 2 | 26-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Peters | Juden | 2:58 | 14,676 | ++ | |||
| 53 | 53 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 4 | 26-27 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hermanson | Loaiza | Urbina | 2:21 | 14,628 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Sunday, Jun 1 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 11 | 2 | 27-27 | 1 | up 1.5 | Cordova | Bullinger | 2:40 | 25,752 | + | |||
| 55 | 55 | Monday, Jun 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 27-28 | 1 | up 0.5 | Mulholland | Lieber | Adams | 2:35 | 21,773 | - | |
| 56 | 56 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 3 | 1 | 28-28 | 1 | up 0.5 | Cooke | Trachsel | Loiselle | 2:34 | 17,317 | + | |
| 57 | 57 | Wednesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 0 | 10 | 28-29 | 2 | 0.5 | Benes | Schmidt | 3:10 | 19,181 | - | |||
| 58 | 58 | Thursday, Jun 5 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 9 | 3 | 29-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | Loaiza | Stottlemyre | 2:24 | 11,382 | + | |||
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 30-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | Wilkins | Spradlin | 3:24 | 15,165 | ++ | ||
| 60 | 60 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 9 | 2 | 31-29 | 1 | up 1.5 | Lieber | Nye | 2:54 | 25,664 | +++ | |||
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 2 | 3 | 31-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Schilling | Cooke | Bottalico | 2:40 | 30,667 | - | ||
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 5 | 8 | 31-31 | 1 | Tied | Remlinger | Rincon | Shaw | 2:50 | 18,556 | -- | |
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 1 | 2 | 31-32 | 1 | Tied | Tomko | Loaiza | Shaw | 2:21 | 20,854 | --- | |
| 64 | 64 | Friday, Jun 13 | boxscore | PIT | KCR | W | 5 | 3 | 32-32 | 1 | up 1.0 | Cordova | Williams | Loiselle | 2:32 | 33,253 | + | ||
| 65 | 65 | Saturday, Jun 14 | boxscore | PIT | KCR | L | 3 | 8 | 32-33 | 1 | up 1.0 | Belcher | Lieber | Montgomery | 2:47 | 39,509 | - | ||
| 66 | 66 | Sunday, Jun 15 | boxscore | PIT | KCR | L | 1 | 8 | 32-34 | 1 | Tied | Appier | Cooke | 2:41 | 35,774 | -- | |||
| 67 | 67 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 6 | 33-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Schmidt | Aldred | Loiselle | 2:41 | 16,007 | + | |
| 68 | 68 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 13 | 33-35 | 1 | Tied | Hawkins | Loaiza | 2:31 | 14,894 | - | ||
| 69 | 69 | Wednesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 8 | 33-36 | 1 | Tied | Radke | Cordova | 2:36 | 15,688 | -- | ||
| 70 | 70 | Thursday, Jun 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 6 | 7 | 33-37 | 2 | 0.5 | Franco | Rincon | 2:37 | 15,492 | --- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 0 | 1 | 33-38 | 2 | 1.5 | Jones | Cooke | Franco | 2:29 | 18,737 | ---- | |
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 3 | 33-39 | 2 | 2.5 | Mlicki | Wilkins | McMichael | 2:36 | 32,908 | ----- | |
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 9 | 12 | 10 | 33-40 | 3 | 3.5 | Kashiwada | Peters | 3:28 | 23,247 | ------ | |
| 74 | 74 | Monday, Jun 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 6 | 0 | 34-40 | 2 | 2.5 | Cordova | Garcia | 2:24 | 16,738 | + | ||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 8 | 3 | 35-40 | 2 | 1.5 | Lieber | Wall | 2:44 | 17,972 | ++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 1 | 5 | 35-41 | 3 | 2.5 | Kile | Sodowsky | 2:30 | 26,954 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 6 | 1 | 36-41 | 2 | 2.0 | Schmidt | Mlicki | 2:37 | 18,103 | + | |||
| 78 | 78 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 3 | 8 | 36-42 | 3 | 2.0 | Reynoso | Loaiza | 2:47 | 23,711 | - | |||
| 79 | 79 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 8 | 10 | 36-43 | 3 | 3.0 | Jordan | Peters | Franco | 2:47 | 26,499 | -- | ||
| 80 | 80 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | PIT | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 37-43 | 3 | 2.0 | Lieber | Darwin | 2:29 | 28,070 | + | |||
| 81 | 81 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | PIT | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 38-43 | 3 | 2.0 | Cooke | Baldwin | Loiselle | 2:18 | 22,163 | ++ | ||
| 82 | 82 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | PIT | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 39-43 | 3 | 2.0 | Schmidt | Navarro | 2:31 | 25,772 | +++ | |||
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 6 | 4 | 40-43 | 2 | 1.0 | Loaiza | Valenzuela | Loiselle | 3:09 | 30,753 | ++++ | |
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 7 | 5 | 10 | 41-43 | 1 | Tied | Wilkins | Eckersley | Loiselle | 3:16 | 33,885 | +++++ |
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 4 | 3 | 42-43 | 1 | up 1.0 | Lieber | Morris | Wilkins | 2:51 | 39,593 | ++++++ | |
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 6 | 3 | 43-43 | 1 | up 1.0 | Cooke | Stottlemyre | 2:44 | 29,290 | +++++++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 10 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 0 | 7 | 43-44 | 1 | Tied | Kile | Schmidt | 2:39 | 17,335 | - | |||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 0 | 10 | 43-45 | 2 | 1.0 | Hampton | Loaiza | 2:37 | 21,913 | -- | |||
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 3 | 0 | 10 | 44-45 | 1 | Tied | Rincon | Hudek | 2:39 | 44,119 | + | ||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 13 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 5 | 3 | 45-45 | 1 | up 1.0 | Sodowsky | Springer | Loiselle | 3:03 | 25,675 | ++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Monday, Jul 14 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 5 | 4 | 46-45 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rincon | McMichael | Loiselle | 2:30 | 12,794 | +++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 15 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 4 | 3 | 47-45 | 1 | up 1.0 | Christiansen | Acevedo | Loiselle | 2:45 | 12,244 | ++++ | ||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 3 | 7 | 47-46 | 1 | Tied | Burba | Loaiza | 2:31 | 30,698 | - | |||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 17 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 5 | 9 | 47-47 | 1 | Tied | Smiley | Cordova | 2:52 | 19,710 | -- | |||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 6 | 8 | 47-48 | 2 | 1.0 | Leiter | Lieber | Bottalico | 3:22 | 19,676 | --- | |
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 13 | 3 | 48-48 | 2 | 1.0 | Cooke | Green | 2:53 | 17,472 | + | ||
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 1 | 4 | 48-49 | 2 | 2.0 | Stephenson | Schmidt | Bottalico | 2:48 | 20,431 | - | |
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 3 | 2 | 49-49 | 2 | 1.5 | Loaiza | Schilling | Loiselle | 3:04 | 19,303 | + | |
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 2 | 3 | 49-50 | 2 | 2.5 | Hoffman | Loiselle | 2:44 | 18,306 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 1 | 9 | 49-51 | 2 | 3.5 | Smith | Lieber | 2:28 | 16,151 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Jul 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 6 | 8 | 49-52 | 2 | 4.5 | Bruske | Sodowsky | Hoffman | 2:49 | 18,715 | --- | |
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 5 | 2 | 50-52 | 2 | 4.5 | Schmidt | Rueter | Loiselle | 3:03 | 14,236 | + | |
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 10 | 3 | 51-52 | 2 | 4.5 | Loaiza | Creek | 3:34 | 25,962 | ++ | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 5 | 6 | 13 | 51-53 | 2 | 5.0 | Henry | Wilkins | 4:03 | 0 | - | |
| 105 | 105 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 10 | 7 | 52-53 | 2 | 5.0 | Cordova | Van Landingham | 3:18 | 38,866 | + | ||
| 106 | 106 | Monday, Jul 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 2 | 4 | 52-54 | 2 | 5.0 | Valdez | Lieber | Worrell | 2:55 | 53,503 | - | |
| 107 | 107 | Tuesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 1 | 3 | 52-55 | 2 | 6.0 | Astacio | Cooke | Worrell | 2:39 | 43,791 | -- | |
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Jul 31 | boxscore | PIT | COL | W | 4 | 1 | 53-55 | 2 | 6.0 | Schmidt | Bailey | Loiselle | 2:27 | 16,654 | + | ||
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | PIT | COL | L | 6 | 7 | 53-56 | 2 | 6.0 | Reed | Rincon | Dipoto | 2:51 | 22,657 | - | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | PIT | COL | W | 6 | 5 | 54-56 | 2 | 6.0 | Cordova | Swift | Loiselle | 2:53 | 32,388 | + | ||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | PIT | COL | W | 8 | 4 | 55-56 | 2 | 6.0 | Ruebel | Reed | 2:43 | 24,989 | ++ | |||
| 112 | 112 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 0 | 6 | 55-57 | 2 | 6.0 | Smoltz | Cooke | 2:35 | 21,609 | - | |||
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 5 | 4 | 56-57 | 2 | 5.0 | Schmidt | Glavine | Loiselle | 2:30 | 20,069 | + | ||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | PIT | FLA | L | 3 | 12 | 56-58 | 2 | 5.0 | Brown | Loaiza | 3:14 | 32,594 | - | |||
| 115 | 115 | Thursday, Aug 7 | boxscore | PIT | FLA | W | 5 | 1 | 57-58 | 2 | 4.0 | Wilkins | Leiter | 3:18 | 18,042 | + | |||
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | COL | L | 3 | 5 | 57-59 | 2 | 4.0 | Wright | Lieber | Dipoto | 3:01 | 48,262 | - | |
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | COL | L | 7 | 8 | 57-60 | 2 | 5.0 | Munoz | Rincon | 3:24 | 48,323 | -- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | COL | L | 7 | 8 | 57-61 | 2 | 6.0 | Leskanic | Wilkins | Dipoto | 2:42 | 48,018 | --- | |
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 5 | 2 | 58-61 | 2 | 6.5 | Sodowsky | Wohlers | Loiselle | 3:25 | 42,435 | + | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 2 | 1 | 59-61 | 2 | 5.5 | Lieber | Smoltz | Loiselle | 2:30 | 40,793 | ++ | |
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | FLA | L | 5 | 6 | 59-62 | 2 | 5.5 | Powell | Loiselle | 3:27 | 26,092 | - | ||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | FLA | W | 10 | 5 | 60-62 | 2 | 4.5 | Cordova | Saunders | 3:19 | 40,031 | + | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | FLA | L | 2 | 10 | 60-63 | 2 | 5.5 | Brown | Cooke | 2:33 | 38,221 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | FLA | W | 7 | 2 | 61-63 | 2 | 5.0 | Loaiza | Alfonseca | 3:01 | 30,200 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 5 | 3 | 62-63 | 2 | 4.0 | Lieber | Smith | Loiselle | 2:32 | 12,411 | ++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 7 | 3 | 63-63 | 2 | 3.0 | Schmidt | Ashby | 2:45 | 10,222 | +++ | |||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 4 | 9 | 63-64 | 2 | 4.0 | Hitchcock | Cordova | 3:06 | 13,129 | - | |||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 3 | 2 | 64-64 | 2 | 4.0 | Cooke | Rueter | Loiselle | 2:14 | 18,562 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 6 | 4 | 65-64 | 2 | 3.0 | Loaiza | Darwin | Loiselle | 3:15 | 42,502 | ++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 9 | 6 | 66-64 | 2 | 3.0 | Christiansen | Henry | Wilkins | 3:16 | 33,363 | +++ | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 25 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 2 | 8 | 66-65 | 2 | 3.0 | Martinez | Schmidt | Guthrie | 2:46 | 0 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Monday, Aug 25 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 4 | 3 | 67-65 | 2 | 3.0 | Wilkins | Worrell | 2:42 | 14,018 | + | |||
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 4 | 6 | 67-66 | 2 | 3.0 | Dreifort | Rincon | 2:56 | 13,689 | - | |||
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 5 | 9 | 67-67 | 2 | 4.0 | Reyes | Cooke | 2:36 | 48,032 | -- | |||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Aug 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 4 | 67-68 | 2 | 3.5 | Karl | Loaiza | Jones | 2:29 | 17,539 | --- | |
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 1 | 68-68 | 2 | 2.5 | Lieber | Mercedes | Loiselle | 2:24 | 23,673 | + | |
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 68-69 | 2 | 2.5 | Jones | Wilkins | 2:52 | 32,541 | - | ||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 1 | boxscore | PIT | CLE | L | 5 | 7 | 68-70 | 2 | 2.5 | Ogea | Cooke | Mesa | 3:02 | 45,298 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | PIT | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 69-70 | 2 | 1.5 | Silva | Wright | Loiselle | 2:50 | 43,380 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | PIT | CLE | L | 3 | 7 | 69-71 | 2 | 2.5 | Hershiser | Loaiza | 3:00 | 37,513 | - | |||
| 141 | 141 | Thursday, Sep 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 2 | 5 | 69-72 | 2 | 3.5 | Morgan | Lieber | Shaw | 2:11 | 15,136 | -- | |
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 6 | 8 | 69-73 | 2 | 3.5 | Sullivan | Wilkins | Shaw | 2:41 | 21,492 | --- | |
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 13 | 4 | 70-73 | 2 | 2.5 | Cordova | Remlinger | 3:07 | 20,383 | + | ||
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 3 | 6 | 70-74 | 2 | 2.5 | Burba | Silva | Shaw | 2:36 | 19,682 | - | |
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 70-75 | 2 | 3.5 | Urbina | Loiselle | 3:09 | 8,782 | -- | |
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 4 | 5 | 70-76 | 2 | 3.5 | Martinez | Lieber | Urbina | 2:25 | 10,139 | --- | |
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 12 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 3 | 1 | 71-76 | 2 | 3.5 | Schmidt | Batista | Loiselle | 2:41 | 13,833 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 1 | 4 | 71-77 | 2 | 4.5 | Trachsel | Cordova | Adams | 2:52 | 21,505 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 71-78 | 2 | 4.5 | Clark | Rincon | Adams | 2:35 | 20,120 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 15 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 72-78 | 2 | 3.5 | Wilkins | Telford | 3:11 | 7,736 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 8 | 2 | 73-78 | 2 | 3.5 | Lieber | Johnson | 2:12 | 8,010 | ++ | |||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 4 | 8 | 73-79 | 2 | 4.5 | Reynolds | Schmidt | 2:52 | 27,422 | - | |||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 12 | 3 | 74-79 | 2 | 3.5 | Cordova | Kile | 2:57 | 14,852 | + | |||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 19 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 5 | 6 | 11 | 74-80 | 2 | 3.5 | King | Loiselle | Eckersley | 4:06 | 16,235 | - | |
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 20 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 10 | 1 | 75-80 | 2 | 3.5 | Loaiza | Beltran | 2:40 | 21,053 | + | |||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 14 | 2 | 76-80 | 2 | 3.5 | Lieber | Busby | 2:30 | 26,247 | ++ | |||
| 157 | 157 | Monday, Sep 22 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 3 | 1 | 77-80 | 2 | 3.5 | Schmidt | Morris | Loiselle | 2:16 | 17,919 | +++ | ||
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 5 | 4 | 78-80 | 2 | 3.5 | Silva | Lidle | Loiselle | 3:16 | 14,670 | ++++ | |
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 5 | 7 | 78-81 | 2 | 3.5 | Crawford | Cooke | Rojas | 2:56 | 13,195 | - | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 0 | 2 | 78-82 | 2 | 5.0 | Garcia | Loaiza | Wagner | 2:18 | 37,850 | -- | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 1 | 8 | 78-83 | 2 | 6.0 | Reynolds | Schmidt | 2:45 | 36,170 | --- | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Sep 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 79-83 | 2 | 5.0 | Christiansen | Henriquez | Loiselle | 2:58 | 30,606 | + |
| 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.