Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987
74-88, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve Boros (74-88)
Scored 656 runs, Allowed 723 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Ballparks: Jack Murphy Stadium · Attendance: 1,805,716 (6th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
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| Season Summary | 74-88, Final Rank:4, GB: 22.0 | |
| Days in First | 4 | last on Thursday, Apr 17, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 4 | last on Apr 17, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | last on Wednesday, Apr 16, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 22 | last on Sunday, Oct 5, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 4 | last on Friday, May 23 |
| Most Games under .500 | 15 | last on Saturday, Oct 4 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 4 | Sunday, Apr 13 to Wednesday, Apr 16, Tuesday, May 20 to Friday, May 23 and Thursday, Jun 19 to Sunday, Jun 22 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Friday, Jul 18 to Tuesday, Jul 22, Monday, Aug 4 to Saturday, Aug 9, Sunday, Aug 24 to Saturday, Aug 30 and Saturday, Sep 6 to Tuesday, Sep 9 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 18 | Monday, Jun 23 |
| Most Runs Scored | 13 | Sunday, Jul 13 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Saturday, Jun 21 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 7 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 7 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | L | 1 | 2 | 0-1 | 6 | 1.0 | Valenzuela | Show | 2:15 | D | 49,444 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | W | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 4 | 0.5 | Dravecky | Hershiser | 2:11 | N | 31,915 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | L | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 5 | 1.5 | Welch | Hawkins | 1:59 | N | 31,690 | - | ||
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 10 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | W | 3 | 2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Thurmond | Honeycutt | Gossage | 2:42 | N | 50,387 | + | |
| 5 | 5 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Stoddard | Power | 3:03 | N | 52,934 | ++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 12 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | L | 2 | 3 | 3-3 | 3 | 1.5 | Robinson | Stoddard | 2:14 | N | 21,796 | - | |||
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | W | 7 | 6 | 4-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Gossage | Price | 2:27 | D | 23,546 | + | |||
| 8 | 8 | Monday, Apr 14 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5-3 | 1 | Tied | Lefferts | Vande Berg | 3:13 | N | 25,432 | ++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Tuesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | W | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | McCullers | Howell | 3:52 | N | 24,424 | +++ | ||
| 10 | 10 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | W | 2 | 1 | 7-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Gossage | Powell | 2:23 | N | 30,403 | ++++ | |||
| 11 | 11 | Thursday, Apr 17 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | L | 1 | 4 | 7-4 | 1 | up 0.5 | Krukow | Hawkins | 3:59 | D | 8,248 | - | ||
| 12 | 12 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | L | 1 | 6 | 7-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Garrelts | Thurmond | 2:20 | N | 14,107 | -- | ||
| 13 | 13 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | L | 5 | 6 | 7-6 | 3 | 1.5 | Davis | McCullers | Minton | 2:46 | D | 26,367 | --- | |
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | L | 0 | 4 | 7-7 | 3 | 2.5 | Blue | Dravecky | Robinson | 2:13 | D | 39,548 | ---- | |
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | W | 7 | 4 | 8-7 | 3 | 2.5 | Hawkins | Denny | Gossage | 2:28 | D | 11,937 | + | |
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | W | 9 | 8 | 12 | 9-7 | 3 | 2.0 | Lefferts | Minton | 4:11 | N | 28,300 | ++ | ||
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9-8 | 3 | 3.0 | Robinson | Show | 2:37 | D | 53,748 | - | ||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | W | 6 | 4 | 10-8 | 3 | 3.0 | Dravecky | Krukow | Gossage | 2:15 | D | 25,799 | + | ||
| 19 | 19 | Monday, Apr 28 | boxscore | SDP | CHC | L | 3 | 4 | 10-9 | 3 | 3.5 | Keough | Gossage | Baller | 2:49 | N | 31,370 | - | ||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | SDP | CHC | W | 5 | 4 | 11-9 | 3 | 2.5 | Lefferts | Fontenot | 2:16 | N | 17,536 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | SDP | STL | W | 5 | 0 | 12-9 | 3 | 2.5 | Thurmond | Horton | 1:58 | N | 16,637 | ++ | |||
| 22 | 22 | Thursday, May 1 | boxscore | SDP | STL | W | 4 | 3 | 13-9 | 2 | 2.0 | Show | Cox | Gossage | 2:41 | D | 28,472 | +++ | ||
| 23 | 23 | Friday, May 2 | boxscore | SDP | PIT | L | 0 | 4 | 13-10 | 2 | 3.0 | Bielecki | Dravecky | Winn | 2:34 | N | 19,417 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | SDP | PIT | L | 6 | 7 | 13-11 | 2 | 3.0 | Guante | Gossage | Clements | 2:59 | N | 20,515 | -- | ||
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | SDP | PIT | L | 2 | 5 | 13-12 | 3 | 3.0 | Winn | Lefferts | 2:43 | D | 21,727 | --- | |||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | SDP | @ | STL | W | 3 | 2 | 14-12 | 3 | 2.0 | Walter | Dayley | Gossage | 2:57 | N | 21,705 | + | |
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | SDP | @ | STL | L | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14-13 | 3 | 2.5 | Worrell | Gossage | 3:12 | N | 24,074 | - | |
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 8 | boxscore | SDP | @ | STL | L | 3 | 13 | 14-14 | 3 | 2.5 | Conroy | Dravecky | 2:44 | D | 26,060 | -- | ||
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CHC | W | 6 | 2 | 15-14 | 3 | 2.5 | Hawkins | Sutcliffe | 2:25 | D | 22,578 | + | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 10 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CHC | L | 5 | 6 | 15-15 | 3 | 3.5 | Eckersley | Hoyt | Smith | 2:35 | D | 33,401 | - | |
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CHC | L | 5 | 9 | 15-16 | 3 | 3.5 | Trout | Thurmond | Smith | 2:58 | D | 32,359 | -- | |
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 13 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PIT | W | 4 | 2 | 16-16 | 3 | 3.0 | Show | Bielecki | McCullers | 2:36 | N | 5,392 | + | |
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PIT | W | 10 | 4 | 17-16 | 3 | 3.0 | Dravecky | Kipper | Gossage | 2:52 | N | 9,430 | ++ | |
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 16 | boxscore | SDP | MON | L | 2 | 3 | 17-17 | 3 | 3.5 | Hesketh | Hawkins | Reardon | 2:37 | N | 17,870 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 17 | boxscore | SDP | MON | W | 5 | 3 | 18-17 | 3 | 3.5 | Hoyt | McGaffigan | Gossage | 2:28 | N | 54,366 | + | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | SDP | MON | L | 3 | 8 | 18-18 | 3 | 3.5 | Youmans | Thurmond | 2:58 | D | 47,823 | - | |||
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | SDP | PHI | W | 4 | 3 | 19-18 | 3 | 2.5 | Show | Gross | Gossage | 2:17 | N | 13,997 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | SDP | PHI | W | 7 | 2 | 20-18 | 3 | 1.5 | Dravecky | Hudson | 2:12 | N | 12,674 | ++ | |||
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 22 | boxscore | SDP | PHI | W | 6 | 2 | 21-18 | 3 | 1.5 | Hawkins | Carlton | Lefferts | 1:57 | D | 21,173 | +++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | SDP | NYM | W | 7 | 4 | 22-18 | 3 | 0.5 | Gossage | Orosco | 2:57 | N | 22,982 | ++++ | |||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | SDP | NYM | L | 4 | 5 | 22-19 | 3 | 0.5 | Berenyi | Thurmond | Orosco | 3:11 | N | 36,679 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 25 | boxscore | SDP | NYM | L | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22-20 | 3 | 1.5 | Orosco | Lefferts | 3:21 | D | 30,296 | -- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Monday, May 26 | boxscore | SDP | @ | MON | W | 9 | 6 | 23-20 | 3 | 1.5 | Dravecky | Parrett | 2:42 | N | 11,626 | + | ||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 27 | boxscore | SDP | @ | MON | L | 4 | 5 | 23-21 | 4 | 2.5 | Burke | Stoddard | Reardon | 2:47 | N | 11,641 | - | |
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | SDP | @ | MON | W | 10 | 1 | 24-21 | 2 | 2.5 | Hoyt | Youmans | 2:27 | N | 21,342 | + | ||
| 46 | 46 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PHI | L | 0 | 2 | 24-22 | 2 | 2.5 | Gross | Show | 4:18 | N | 10,608 | - | ||
| 47 | 47 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PHI | L | 0 | 1 | 24-23 | 4 | 3.5 | Hudson | Dravecky | Bedrosian | 2:24 | D | 21,211 | -- | |
| 48 | 48 | Sunday, Jun 1 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PHI | L | 5 | 16 | 24-24 | 4 | 4.5 | Carlton | Hawkins | 2:38 | D | 35,144 | --- | ||
| 49 | 49 | Monday, Jun 2 | boxscore | SDP | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 11 | 24-25 | 4 | 4.5 | Gooden | Hoyt | 2:41 | N | 28,426 | ---- | ||
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | SDP | @ | NYM | W | 5 | 4 | 25-25 | 4 | 3.5 | Hawkins | Fernandez | Gossage | 2:44 | N | 25,196 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | SDP | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 4 | 25-26 | 4 | 4.5 | McDowell | Walter | 2:52 | N | 26,735 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Thursday, Jun 5 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | L | 2 | 4 | 25-27 | 4 | 4.5 | Smith | Dravecky | Garber | 2:47 | N | 12,863 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 26-27 | 4 | 3.5 | Walter | Dedmon | 3:34 | N | 19,224 | + | ||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | L | 2 | 4 | 26-28 | 4 | 4.5 | Mahler | Hoyt | Assenmacher | 2:42 | N | 54,732 | - | ||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | W | 4 | 1 | 27-28 | 4 | 4.5 | Thurmond | Johnson | 2:13 | D | 20,472 | + | |||
| 56 | 56 | Monday, Jun 9 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | L | 3 | 5 | 27-29 | 4 | 5.5 | Deshaies | Show | Lopez | 2:42 | N | 19,167 | - | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | L | 1 | 12 | 27-30 | 4 | 6.5 | Knepper | Dravecky | 2:31 | N | 13,966 | -- | |||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | W | 11 | 7 | 28-30 | 4 | 5.5 | McCullers | DiPino | 2:47 | D | 13,686 | + | |||
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 13 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | L | 2 | 6 | 28-31 | 5 | 6.0 | Valenzuela | Thurmond | 2:09 | N | 33,343 | - | |||
| 60 | 60 | Saturday, Jun 14 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | W | 12 | 0 | 29-31 | 4 | 6.0 | Show | Hershiser | 2:27 | N | 40,785 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 15 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | L | 0 | 6 | 29-32 | 5 | 6.0 | Honeycutt | Dravecky | 2:39 | D | 30,677 | - | |||
| 62 | 62 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | W | 4 | 0 | 30-32 | 5 | 5.5 | Hawkins | Laskey | 2:23 | N | 13,408 | + | |||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | W | 8 | 5 | 31-32 | 4 | 4.5 | Lefferts | Robinson | Gossage | 3:00 | N | 14,781 | ++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | L | 3 | 6 | 31-33 | 5 | 4.5 | LaCoss | Thurmond | Berenguer | 3:12 | N | 24,444 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 19 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | W | 8 | 3 | 32-33 | 5 | 4.5 | Show | Mulholland | 2:49 | D | 22,788 | + | |||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | W | 5 | 4 | 33-33 | 3 | 3.5 | McCullers | Howell | Gossage | 3:07 | N | 46,288 | ++ | |
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | W | 8 | 7 | 14 | 34-33 | 3 | 2.5 | McCullers | Pena | 4:41 | N | 46,600 | +++ | |
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | W | 5 | 4 | 35-33 | 3 | 2.5 | Lefferts | Niedenfuer | 3:08 | D | 42,236 | ++++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jun 23 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | L | 1 | 18 | 35-34 | 3 | 3.5 | LaCoss | Hoyt | 2:37 | D | 10,604 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | W | 3 | 0 | 36-34 | 3 | 2.5 | Show | Mulholland | Gossage | 2:35 | N | 22,736 | + | |
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | W | 3 | 1 | 37-34 | 3 | 1.5 | Dravecky | Blue | Gossage | 2:43 | D | 17,590 | ++ | |
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | L | 4 | 5 | 37-35 | 3 | 2.5 | Garber | Stoddard | 2:45 | N | 25,493 | - | ||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | L | 3 | 5 | 37-36 | 3 | 3.5 | Smith | McCullers | Assenmacher | 2:46 | N | 39,085 | -- | |
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | L | 1 | 3 | 37-37 | 4 | 4.0 | Palmer | Thurmond | 2:12 | D | 23,438 | --- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | W | 9 | 2 | 38-37 | 4 | 3.0 | Dravecky | Knepper | 2:22 | N | 11,141 | + | ||
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | W | 7 | 4 | 39-37 | 3 | 2.5 | Show | Knudson | Gossage | 2:46 | N | 13,866 | ++ | |
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | L | 1 | 8 | 39-38 | 4 | 3.0 | Scott | Hawkins | 2:18 | D | 10,148 | - | ||
| 78 | 78 | Thursday, Jul 3 | boxscore | SDP | CHC | W | 4 | 1 | 40-38 | 4 | 2.5 | Hoyt | Eckersley | 2:05 | N | 17,028 | + | |||
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | SDP | CHC | W | 2 | 1 | 41-38 | 3 | 2.5 | Gossage | Fontenot | 2:14 | N | 49,070 | ++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | SDP | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 41-39 | 3 | 2.5 | Gumpert | Lefferts | Smith | 2:50 | N | 43,742 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | SDP | CHC | W | 2 | 1 | 42-39 | 3 | 2.5 | Hawkins | Sanderson | Gossage | 2:25 | D | 17,192 | + | ||
| 82 | 82 | Monday, Jul 7 | boxscore | SDP | PIT | L | 1 | 3 | 10 | 42-40 | 3 | 3.0 | Guante | Gossage | 3:05 | N | 28,366 | - | ||
| 83 | 83 | Tuesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | SDP | PIT | W | 4 | 2 | 43-40 | 3 | 2.0 | Hoyt | Reuschel | Lefferts | 2:08 | N | 16,051 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Wednesday, Jul 9 | boxscore | SDP | PIT | L | 4 | 6 | 43-41 | 3 | 2.0 | Bielecki | McCullers | Robinson | 3:04 | N | 15,816 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Thursday, Jul 10 | boxscore | SDP | STL | W | 4 | 3 | 44-41 | 3 | 2.0 | Lefferts | Tudor | 2:36 | D | 20,453 | + | |||
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | SDP | STL | L | 2 | 4 | 44-42 | 3 | 2.0 | Cox | Hawkins | Worrell | 2:30 | N | 21,730 | - | ||
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | SDP | STL | L | 2 | 4 | 44-43 | 3 | 3.0 | Forsch | Whitson | Worrell | 2:19 | N | 38,621 | -- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 13 | boxscore | SDP | STL | W | 13 | 6 | 45-43 | 3 | 3.0 | Hoyt | Conroy | Stoddard | 3:00 | D | 21,794 | + | ||
| 89 | 89 | Thursday, Jul 17 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PIT | W | 2 | 1 | 46-43 | 3 | 3.0 | McCullers | Rhoden | Lefferts | 2:39 | N | 8,865 | ++ | |
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 18 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PIT | L | 7 | 12 | 46-44 | 3 | 3.0 | Reuschel | Hawkins | 2:38 | N | 10,975 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PIT | L | 3 | 4 | 46-45 | 3 | 3.0 | Guante | Lefferts | 2:09 | D | 8,559 | -- | ||
| 92 | 92 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PIT | L | 2 | 4 | 46-46 | 3 | 4.0 | McWilliams | Dravecky | Robinson | 2:27 | D | 15,765 | --- | |
| 93 | 93 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CHC | L | 1 | 6 | 46-47 | 3 | 5.0 | Moyer | Hoyt | 2:26 | D | 21,563 | ---- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Tuesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CHC | L | 4 | 6 | 46-48 | 3 | 6.0 | Lynch | McCullers | Smith | 2:42 | D | 27,044 | ----- | |
| 95 | 95 | Wednesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CHC | W | 7 | 5 | 47-48 | 3 | 6.0 | Lefferts | Fontenot | Gossage | 2:33 | D | 32,755 | + | |
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | SDP | @ | STL | L | 2 | 3 | 47-49 | 3 | 6.5 | Forsch | Whitson | Worrell | 2:22 | N | 29,518 | - | |
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | SDP | @ | STL | L | 2 | 4 | 47-50 | 3 | 6.5 | Mathews | Hoyt | Horton | 2:25 | D | 30,086 | -- | |
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | SDP | @ | STL | L | 2 | 3 | 47-51 | 4 | 7.5 | Tudor | McCullers | Worrell | 2:39 | D | 35,323 | --- | |
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 28 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | W | 5 | 2 | 48-51 | 3 | 7.5 | Hawkins | Browning | Gossage | 2:08 | N | 12,273 | + | ||
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | W | 2 | 1 | 49-51 | 3 | 6.5 | Gossage | Robinson | 2:18 | N | 19,316 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | W | 9 | 3 | 50-51 | 3 | 6.5 | Whitson | Denny | 2:37 | N | 18,422 | +++ | |||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | L | 3 | 6 | 50-52 | 3 | 7.5 | Knepper | Hoyt | Smith | 2:39 | N | 22,108 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | L | 4 | 5 | 50-53 | 4 | 8.5 | Scott | Show | Smith | 2:40 | N | 28,612 | -- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | W | 5 | 1 | 51-53 | 4 | 7.5 | Hawkins | Knudson | Gossage | 2:20 | D | 21,850 | + | ||
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | L | 1 | 4 | 51-54 | 4 | 7.5 | Acker | Dravecky | Garber | 2:25 | N | 14,164 | - | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | L | 2 | 3 | 51-55 | 4 | 8.5 | Speck | Whitson | Olwine | 2:37 | N | 14,650 | -- | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | L | 2 | 4 | 51-56 | 4 | 8.5 | Assenmacher | Hoyt | Garber | 2:27 | N | 15,391 | --- | ||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | L | 0 | 5 | 51-57 | 5 | 9.5 | Scott | McCullers | 2:15 | N | 31,142 | ---- | ||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 9 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | L | 2 | 6 | 51-58 | 5 | 10.5 | Deshaies | Hawkins | Kerfeld | 2:28 | N | 38,169 | ----- | |
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | W | 5 | 3 | 52-58 | 5 | 9.5 | Dravecky | Knepper | Gossage | 2:30 | D | 20,839 | + | |
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 11 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | L | 6 | 11 | 52-59 | 5 | 10.5 | Mahler | Whitson | 2:19 | N | 8,832 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | W | 4 | 3 | 53-59 | 4 | 10.5 | Hoyt | Smith | Gossage | 2:28 | N | 12,005 | + | |
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | L | 7 | 8 | 53-60 | 5 | 10.5 | Garber | Gossage | 2:46 | N | 11,569 | - | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 14 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | L | 3 | 7 | 53-61 | 6 | 11.5 | Dedmon | Walter | 2:32 | N | 22,653 | -- | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | L | 2 | 7 | 53-62 | 6 | 12.0 | Soto | Dravecky | Murphy | 2:48 | D | 0 | --- | |
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | W | 7 | 1 | 54-62 | 6 | 12.0 | Show | Browning | 2:21 | N | 35,006 | + | ||
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 16 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | L | 1 | 4 | 54-63 | 6 | 13.0 | Gullickson | Whitson | Franco | 2:22 | N | 26,945 | - | |
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | W | 9 | 5 | 55-63 | 6 | 12.0 | Hoyt | Welsh | 2:38 | D | 27,175 | + | ||
| 119 | 119 | Monday, Aug 18 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | L | 5 | 6 | 55-64 | 6 | 13.0 | Denny | LaPoint | Franco | 2:08 | N | 17,303 | - | |
| 120 | 120 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | SDP | MON | W | 7 | 1 | 56-64 | 6 | 13.0 | Hawkins | Smith | 2:18 | N | 15,400 | + | |||
| 121 | 121 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | SDP | MON | W | 3 | 2 | 57-64 | 6 | 12.0 | Show | Tibbs | Gossage | 2:35 | N | 11,602 | ++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | SDP | MON | W | 6 | 0 | 58-64 | 6 | 11.5 | Dravecky | Martinez | Walter | 2:17 | D | 14,694 | +++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | SDP | PHI | L | 1 | 4 | 58-65 | 6 | 11.5 | Ruffin | Whitson | 2:23 | N | 16,296 | - | |||
| 124 | 124 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | SDP | PHI | W | 4 | 3 | 12 | 59-65 | 5 | 10.5 | McCullers | Tekulve | 3:17 | D | 25,884 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | SDP | PHI | L | 5 | 6 | 59-66 | 5 | 11.5 | Tekulve | Gossage | Bedrosian | 2:41 | D | 13,409 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Monday, Aug 25 | boxscore | SDP | NYM | L | 2 | 5 | 59-67 | 6 | 12.5 | Orosco | Lefferts | McDowell | 2:57 | N | 18,605 | -- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | SDP | NYM | L | 6 | 11 | 59-68 | 6 | 12.5 | Fernandez | Dravecky | 2:51 | N | 15,992 | --- | |||
| 128 | 128 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | SDP | NYM | L | 5 | 6 | 11 | 59-69 | 6 | 13.5 | Sisk | Gossage | 3:07 | N | 19,747 | ---- | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | SDP | @ | MON | L | 1 | 10 | 59-70 | 6 | 13.5 | Smith | Hoyt | 2:19 | D | 0 | ----- | ||
| 130 | 130 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | SDP | @ | MON | W | 5 | 4 | 60-70 | 6 | 13.5 | McCullers | McClure | 2:36 | D | 22,721 | + | ||
| 131 | 131 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | SDP | @ | MON | W | 4 | 1 | 61-70 | 6 | 12.5 | Wojna | Tibbs | McCullers | 2:22 | D | 18,296 | ++ | |
| 132 | 132 | Monday, Sep 1 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PHI | L | 4 | 5 | 61-71 | 6 | 13.5 | Tekulve | Lefferts | 2:59 | N | 25,385 | - | ||
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PHI | W | 6 | 2 | 62-71 | 6 | 13.5 | LaPoint | Bittiger | 2:35 | N | 15,553 | + | ||
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | SDP | @ | PHI | W | 7 | 5 | 63-71 | 5 | 13.5 | Stoddard | Bedrosian | McCullers | 2:40 | N | 15,066 | ++ | |
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | SDP | @ | NYM | L | 3 | 4 | 63-72 | 6 | 14.0 | Orosco | McCullers | 2:49 | D | 46,879 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | SDP | @ | NYM | L | 1 | 7 | 63-73 | 6 | 15.5 | Gooden | LaPoint | 2:24 | D | 0 | -- | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | SDP | @ | NYM | L | 5 | 6 | 63-74 | 6 | 15.5 | Sisk | Lefferts | McDowell | 3:17 | D | 38,630 | --- | |
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 8 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | L | 3 | 4 | 63-75 | 6 | 16.5 | Mulholland | Whitson | Garrelts | 2:42 | N | 4,428 | ---- | |
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | SDP | @ | SFG | L | 0 | 7 | 63-76 | 6 | 17.5 | LaCoss | Hoyt | 2:29 | N | 6,664 | ----- | ||
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | W | 9 | 4 | 64-76 | 6 | 16.5 | McCullers | Garber | 2:42 | N | 7,338 | + | |||
| 141 | 141 | Thursday, Sep 11 | boxscore | SDP | ATL | W | 9 | 1 | 65-76 | 5 | 15.5 | Wojna | Palmer | 2:14 | N | 6,187 | ++ | |||
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 12 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | L | 3 | 5 | 65-77 | 5 | 16.5 | Kerfeld | McCullers | Smith | 2:35 | N | 11,319 | - | ||
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | W | 4 | 3 | 66-77 | 5 | 15.5 | Lefferts | Smith | 2:42 | N | 32,729 | + | |||
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | SDP | HOU | W | 3 | 2 | 67-77 | 5 | 14.5 | Lefferts | Scott | 2:35 | D | 13,279 | ++ | |||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | L | 1 | 4 | 67-78 | 5 | 15.5 | Krukow | Wojna | Davis | 2:35 | N | 8,446 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | SDP | SFG | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 68-78 | 5 | 15.5 | McCullers | Davis | 2:45 | N | 24,043 | + | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 19 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | L | 4 | 5 | 68-79 | 6 | 17.0 | Kerfeld | LaPoint | Smith | 2:47 | N | 23,805 | - | |
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 20 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | L | 6 | 10 | 68-80 | 6 | 18.0 | Scott | Hayward | 2:33 | N | 36,878 | -- | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | SDP | @ | HOU | W | 5 | 0 | 69-80 | 5 | 17.0 | Jones | Knepper | 2:24 | D | 23,385 | + | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 22 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | L | 8 | 9 | 69-81 | 6 | 17.0 | Smith | Hoyt | 3:13 | N | 2,419 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | SDP | @ | ATL | W | 5 | 2 | 70-81 | 5 | 17.0 | Booker | Acker | McCullers | 2:28 | N | 3,090 | + | |
| 152 | 152 | Thursday, Sep 25 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 70-82 | 4 | 18.0 | Howell | McCullers | 2:40 | D | 0 | - | |
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 25 | boxscore | SDP | @ | LAD | W | 7 | 6 | 71-82 | 4 | 18.0 | McCullers | Howell | 2:57 | N | 24,397 | + | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | L | 6 | 8 | 71-83 | 5 | 18.0 | Murphy | Lefferts | Franco | 2:57 | N | 8,126 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 27 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | L | 4 | 7 | 11 | 71-84 | 5 | 19.0 | Franco | McCullers | Robinson | 3:17 | N | 8,708 | -- | |
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 28 | boxscore | SDP | CIN | L | 3 | 6 | 71-85 | 5 | 20.0 | Power | Vosberg | Robinson | 2:39 | D | 12,617 | --- | ||
| 157 | 157 | Monday, Sep 29 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | L | 0 | 10 | 71-86 | 6 | 20.5 | Hershiser | Hayward | 2:31 | N | 9,054 | ---- | |||
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | W | 11 | 8 | 72-86 | 5 | 19.5 | Hoyt | Howell | 3:09 | N | 9,455 | + | |||
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Oct 1 | boxscore | SDP | LAD | W | 3 | 2 | 73-86 | 4 | 19.5 | Jones | Holton | McCullers | 2:13 | N | 11,945 | ++ | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 3 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | L | 3 | 6 | 73-87 | 4 | 21.0 | Power | Wojna | Franco | 2:37 | N | 12,853 | - | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 4 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | L | 7 | 10 | 73-88 | 4 | 22.0 | Gullickson | LaPoint | Franco | 2:41 | D | 12,654 | -- | |
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 5 | boxscore | SDP | @ | CIN | W | 2 | 1 | 74-88 | 4 | 22.0 | Hawkins | Welsh | Lefferts | 2:19 | D | 24,825 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |
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