Braves: Brian Jordan's grand slam was Atlanta's first of the season and the third of Jordan's career, his last one coming on July 13, 1996, when he was with St. Louis. Otis Nixon, hitting only .181, did not start for the fourth consecutive game, replaced by Gerald Williams. Nixon drew a walk as a pinch hitter in the seventh, stole second and third, and scored on Chipper Jones' single.

Diamondbacks: Luis Gonzalez, who had the longest hitting streak in the NL since Jerome Walton of the Chicago Cubs also hit in 30 games in 1989, became the 12th player to have a hitting streak end at 30 games. Only 23 players have had longer streaks, including Ty Cobb and George Sisler, each of whom did it twice. Arizona turned a play in the field that made a mess of scorecards. In the fourth, with F. P. Santangelo on second and Brent Mayne on first for the Giants and two outs, Kirk Rueter's single scored Santangelo, but Mayne was tagged out at third after a long rundown that included a dropped ball and a missed tag. The play was scored 7-5-6-4-5-2.

Expos: Former Oriole Anthony Telford struck out four and walked one in 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief for Montreal.