Braves 3, Reds 1 (12): Mike Minor carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Justin Upton crushed a two-run homer in the 12th as visiting Atlanta won for the seventh time in eight games.

Upton, who finished 3-for-6 to extend his hitting streak to 13 games, followed Freddie Freeman’s one-out walk with a long blast off Manny Parra (0-1) just inside the left-field foul pole to make a winner of David Hale (4-4). Craig Kimbrel earned his 38th save as Atlanta pulled within six games of first-place Washington in the National League East and remained one behind San Francisco for the second wild-card spot.

Minor was brilliant, walking four and striking out five before Billy Hamilton delivered a two-strike bloop single with two outs in the eighth to plate Zack Cozart with the tying run and end the no-hitter. Hamilton finished with both hits by Cincinnati and stole three bases while the bullpen held Atlanta to one hit over five innings before the 12th, but the Reds still lost their seventh in a row.

Minor retired the first 10 batters he faced in his bid to throw Atlanta's first no-hitter in 20 years. He walked Cozart with one out in the eighth, but after getting pinch-hitter Chris Heisey to ground out to third, Hamilton flicked a 1-2 pitch into shallow center field for the Reds’ first hit.

The Braves scored in the third on Tommy La Stella’s fielder’s choice, with Cozart making a diving stop to get a forceout at second as Freeman raced home. Atlanta, which stranded 13 runners, left the bases loaded in the second, saw Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips rob Jason Heyward with an over-the-shoulder catch in shallow right with runners on second and third to end the sixth and left a runner at third in the 10th.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cincinnati starter Mat Latos gave up one run on nine hits in six innings. … Kent Mercker threw Atlanta's last no-hitter on April 8, 1994 at Los Angeles. … Minor is 1-1 with a 2.53 ERA in three starts since the Braves skipped his turn in the rotation in early August after he went 4-7 with a 5.42 ERA in his first 17 outings.