Reds 6, Braves 3: Devin Mesoraco hit his first career grand slam to help host Cincinnati complete a four-game sweep of Atlanta.
Mesoracoâ??s homer off Kris Medlen in the sixth inning slid inside the left-field foul pole to give the Reds a 5-2 lead as Cincinnati won its season-best sixth consecutive contest. The Reds moved into first place in the National League Central after St. Louis dropped a 10-9 decision to Philadelphia later on Thursday.
Atlanta matched a season-worst four-game losing skid.
Homer Bailey (3-3) gave up just two runs and four hits in six innings as the Reds registered their first four-game home sweep of the Braves since 1980.
Logan Ondrusek allowed two hits in the ninth but retired Juan Francisco on a game-ending double play for his second save.
Atlanta had a 2-1 lead after Michael Bourn hit a two-run homer off Bailey in the fifth.
Cincinnati loaded the bases with one out in the sixth against Randall Delgado (2-5) before Mesoraco hit his game-changing homer on a 2-0 pitch from Medlen.
Francisco homered in the seventh to get the Braves back within 5-3 before Drew Stubbs hit his third homer of the series in the bottom of the inning.
Delgado was charged with four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cincinnati slammed 10 homers in the series. â? Braves third baseman Chipper Jones (calf) was again out of the lineup but was honored by the Reds prior to the game. Jones plans to retire after the season. â? The winning streak is Cincinnatiâ??s longest since a seven-game streak in 2010. â? Atlanta catcher Brian McCann (illness) sat out.
