| W L Pct GB |
| Atlanta 3 0 1.000 _ |
| New York 3 0 1.000 _ |
| Florida 2 1 .667 1 |
| Washington 1 3 .250 2 1/2 |
| Philadelphia 0 3 .000 3 |
| Central Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Pittsburgh 3 0 1.000 _ |
| Cincinnati 2 1 .667 1 |
| Milwaukee 2 1 .667 1 |
| Chicago 1 2 .333 2 |
| Houston 0 3 .000 3 |
| St. Louis 0 3 .000 3 |
| West Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Colorado 2 1 .667 _ |
| San Diego 2 1 .667 _ |
| Arizona 2 2 .500 1/2 |
| Los Angeles 1 2 .333 1 |
| San Francisco 1 2 .333 1 |
| ___ |
| Thursday's Games |
| Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 2 |
| Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 4 |
| Arizona 4, Washington 3 |
| San Francisco 5, San Diego 3 |
| Friday's Games |
| Philadelphia at Florida, 7:05 p.m. |
| Arizona at Washington, 7:05 p.m. |
| Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. |
| N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. |
| Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m. |
| St. Louis at Houston, 8:05 p.m. |
| Colorado at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. |
| L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. |
| Saturday's Games |
| Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 0-1) at Milwaukee (Sheets 1-0), 1:05 p.m. |
| N.Y. Mets (Glavine 1-0) at Atlanta (Smoltz 0-0), 3:55 p.m. |
| L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 0-1) at San Francisco (Ortiz 0-0), 3:55 p.m. |
| Philadelphia (Myers 0-0) at Florida (Willis 1-0), 7:05 p.m. |
| St. Louis (Reyes 0-0) at Houston (Oswalt 0-0), 7:05 p.m. |
| Arizona (Webb 0-0) at Washington (Patterson 0-1), 7:05 p.m. |
| Pittsburgh (Armas 0-0) at Cincinnati (Harang 1-0), 7:10 p.m. |
| Colorado (Fogg 0-0) at San Diego (Wells 0-0), 10:05 p.m. |
| Sunday's Games |
| N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m. |
| Philadelphia at Florida, 1:05 p.m. |
| Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:15 p.m. |
| Arizona at Washington, 1:35 p.m. |
| Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. |
| St. Louis at Houston, 2:05 p.m. |
| Colorado at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. |
| L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. |
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