The Atlanta Braves scored runs in the eighth and ninth to clip the Reds, 5-4. It stalled the Reds longest winning streak of the season at two.
Johan Camargo's second double of the game a glancing blow off Cliff Pennington's glove at third base sent the winning fifth run home. Kevin Shackelford hit Ozzie Albies in the back to start the fateful ninth. Freddie Freeman singled Albies to third. Dylan Floro came in to relieve Shackelford. The Reds thought they had a double play on Nick Markakis bouncer to third but replay overuled C.B. Bucknor's out call. Camargo hit a low liner to Pennington who was playing in to cut thee run at the plate.
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Brandon Finnegan was touched for an unearned run in the first when Scooter Gennett threw wildly on an infield by Ozzie Albies. Ender Inciarte started the game with a single and came around to score on the errant throw.
"We made it tough on Brandon Finnegan by falling behind," Reds' interim manager Jim Riggleman said. "It came back to bite us."
Inciarte singled again to lead off the third. Freddie Freeman singled Inciarte to third. Johan Camargo doubled but Duvall was able to keep Freeman at third. Finnegan got Atlanta rookie sensation Ronald Acuna Jr., in his Major League debut, to fly out to deep right.
Albies, who turned 21 in January, hit the foul pole in left for his team leading seventh home run of the year. The Braves nursed a 3-0 lead until the fifth.
Winker reached base for the third time by drawing a walk off Wisler. Votto unloaded his second home run of the season, and the second in two days, into the seats in left. With two outs, Duvall walked. Scott Schebler drilled a Wisler pitch hard off the fence in front of the Atlanta bullpen. Third base coach waved Duvall around third. The throw beat Duvall by a good margin. Home plate umpire Fieldin Culbreth emphatically signaled out. The Reds asked for a review that revealed the tag by Carlos Perez was high and Duvall was safe. Tucker Barnhart drove Schebler home with a single to right to give the Reds a 4-3 lead.
Finnegan left after five innings. He allowed three runs, two earned on seven hits and a walk.
"I wasn't going to go much farther with Finnegan any way," Riggleman said. "When we got the lead, I wanted Brice to come in with a clean inning."
"I wasn't going to argue with him about coming out," Finnegan said. "I'm not the kind to go five and dive but I definitely trust the bullpen with the way they've been pitching. The good thing for me was I was falling behind guys in my first two starts. The only guy I fell behind was Markakis. The big thing for me was getting strike one. I did that a lot tonight."
The Reds missed another bases loaded chance against Jesse Biddle in the seventh.
Gennett doubled with one out. Duvall was walked intentionally. Schebler smoked one up the middle that shortstop Dansby Swanson couldn't play off the odd hop of the mound. With one out and bases loaded. Barnhart took a called third strike. Billy Hamilton pinch hit and struck out.
The Braves tied the game in the top of the eighth against Kevin Shackelford, who came off the disabled list on Tuesday. Making his season debut, Shakelford gave up Acuna's first big league hit. Swanson singled. Shackelford struck out Preston Tucker for the second out but Kurt Suziki single in the tying run.
A.J. Minter earned his first career save. He got the first two outs routinely but Duvall gave him a scare sending Inciarte to the wall in right center to end the game.
"I wasn't sure. I hit it pretty good but that's the deepest part of the ballpark. I wasn't sure if I got enough of it," Duvall said.
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