This was the fourth game in a row between these two teams, and Atlanta was hoping to escape with a split series. After already being down a run in the bottom of the first, it was looking dicey, but the Braves' bats exploded. Claudell Washington, Dale Murphy, and Randy Johnson all had RBI singles to give Atlanta a 3-1 lead after one.
Gerald Perry padded the score with a solo homer in the bottom of the second, but the Reds refused to give in. Wayne Krenchicki hit a bases clearing double in the top of the third to bring Cincy back within a run.
It was still 4-3 in favor of Atlanta in the top of the sixth. With starter Craig McMurtry still on the hill, Tom Foley laced a triple to center field. Unfortunately, Perry misplayed it and Foley was able to scamper home to knot the game!
Fast forward to the top of the eighth. It was still 4-4 when Rick camp made his first relief appearance of the year. It did not go well. Dave Concepcion led off with a single and daringly stole second base. He moved to third on a Foley single. Two batters later rookie Eric Davis walked to load the bases. Eddie Milner sent two runners home on a single, and a few batters later Dave Parker singled home Davis but Milner got thrown out at the plate by Brad Komminsk. It still gave the Reds a two-run lead.
Camp surrendered two more runs in the ninth, though they were unearned after a Paul Runge bobble ruined a surefire double play. Runge was in the game because Glenn Hubbard got injured in the first and will be on the DL for twenty games. Ted Power pitched the last two innings for Cincinnati to earn his eighth save on the year.
Winning Pitcher - Tom Hume
Losing Pitcher - Rick Camp
Save - Ted Power
Player of the Game - Tom Foley, 3-4, BB, 3B, 3R's
Hall of Famers in the Game - Tony Perez
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