Turner Field in Atlanta A pitcher's duel between Shane Reynolds and Greg Maddux highlighted Game 1.

With Mike Remlinger pitching for Atlanta, Houston loaded the bases with one out as Carl Everett's sacrifice fly put them up 3–1, then a three-run homer by Ken Caminiti capped the inning's scoring.

With the game tied at 1, Ryan Klesko singled with one out in the sixth, moved to third on a double and scored on Eddie Perez's sacrifice fly to put Atlanta up 2–1.

The Astros tied the game in the seventh when Russ Johnson doubled off of Terry Mulholland and scored on Bill Spiers's single off of Mike Remlinger.

An unbelievable play by Walt Weiss prevented Ken Caminiti from scoring off Tony Eusebio's hit up the middle.

Astrodome in Houston, Texas Shane Reynolds was once again called on to save the Astros, but facing him this time would be John Smoltz.

Chipper Jones put the Braves on the board in the top of the first with a sacrifice fly after a leadoff double by Gerald Williams.

A Bret Boone single drove in the second Atlanta run in the third after a leadoff double by Smoltz, who moved to third on a groundout.

Terry Mulholland relieved Smoltz and after a one-out single, Tim Bogar's RBI double cut the lead to two with five outs to go.

John Rocker halted the Houston rally and brought the Braves back to the NLCS for the eighth straight year and history of the Astrodome to a close.

Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona Kenny Rogers took on postseason veteran Todd Stottlemyre, who was hoping to even the series before moving to New York.

The Diamondbacks blew opportunities in the first two innings and that would cost them as the Mets would take a 1–0 lead on Rey Ordóñez's RBI single that scored Benny Agbayani.

A single moved him to third before he scored on Robin Ventura's groundout aided by an error by Andy Fox to give the Mets a 3–0 edge.

The Diamondbacks made it a one-run game when Kelly Stinnett doubled and pinch hitter Turner Ward, batting for Daal, hit a two-run homer in the fifth.

Turk Wendell, John Franco, and Orel Hershiser held the Diamondbacks scoreless over the last three innings and the Mets were one win away from the NLCS.

Shea Stadium in Queens, New York In the potential clinching Game 4, Brian Anderson faced Al Leiter.

In the eight, Leiter allowed a two-out walk and subsequent single before Jay Bell's two-run double off of Armando Benítez gave the Diamondbacks the lead, but the Mets tied the game in the bottom half when Alfonzo drew a leadoff walk off of Gregg Olson, moved to third on an error, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Roger Cedeño off of Greg Swindell.

The Mets would win the series when Todd Pratt hit a home run to center field off of Matt Mantei.