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 The NL wild card-leading Brewers, who have won just three of their last 10 games, looked destined for another loss against Cincinnati. They trailed 3-1 after six but their meager offense, which scored 28 runs in the 10-game homestand, did just enough.
Cameron was at the center of the important rally. He drew a leadoff walk in the seventh, moved up on a groundout and scored on shortstop Jeff Keppinger's throwing error off Jason Kendall's infield single.
Reds starter Bronson Arroyo outpitched CC Sabathia and handed a 3-2 lead over to David Weathers (2-6), who couldn't hold on to the advantage.
Milwaukee loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth before Tony Gwynn Jr. hit into a double play that scored J.J. Hardy for the tying run. Cameron then singled in Ryan Braun to make it 4-3.
Guillermo Mota (5-5) tossed a perfect eighth to get the win and Salomon Torres struck out the side in the ninth for his 27th save in 34 opportunities.
Milwaukee entered with a three-game lead over Philadelphia in the wild-card race with St. Louis and Houston close behind. The Brewers also were four back of NL Central-leading Chicago. All four teams play later Wednesday, including the Cubs at St. Louis.
Sabathia struck out eight and allowed eight hits in seven innings. He also drove in Milwaukee's first run with a groundout in the third.
Jerry Hairston Jr., activated from the DL on Tuesday, hit a three-run homer off the rented ace to give Cincinnati a 3-1 lead, but the Reds' errors cost them a chance to sweep the Brewers in Miller Park for the first time in five years.
Hairston's fifth-inning homer appeared to be enough for Arroyo, who got out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom half by getting J.J. Hardy to hit a hard grounder that third baseman Edwin Encarnacion turned into a nifty double play.
[Associated Press; By COLIN FLY]
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