ATLANTA -- Mike Leake pitched eight strong innings and hit his fifth major league home run to help the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Thursday night.
Todd Frazier, Tucker Barnhart and Billly Hamilton had solo homers as the Reds won their third straight game. Joey Votto had two hits and drove in a run.
Leake (1-1) allowed four baserunners on two hits and two walks and retired the last 12 batters he faced. The right-hander, who struck out three, threw 62 of 97 pitches for strikes.
Leake gave up singles to Nick Markakis in the first inning and Jace Peterson in the second and walked Freddie Freeman in the first and Chris Johnson in the fourth.
Cincinnati, which ranks second in the National League with 31 homers, went up 4-0 in the eighth on Frazier's seventh homer and 5-0 in the ninth on Hamilton's second.
The Braves have dropped three games in a row and eight of 10.
Atlanta starter Shelby Miller (3-1) gave up six hits and three runs -- two earned -- with three walks and nine strikeouts in seven innings.
It was the third straight game that the top of the Braves' rotation struggled. Atlanta's starters began the night with a 5.11 ERA in their previous 14 games.
Miller began the sixth with Hamilton reaching on a passed-ball strikeout. After Zack Cozart singled, Hamilton scored from second on Votto's single for a 1-0 Reds lead. Barnhart and Leake had back-to-back homers to make it 3-0 in the seventh.
Frazier homered off Donnie Veal, whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Gwinnett earlier in the day. Hamilton homered off Ian Thomas.
Tony Cingrani pitched the ninth for Cincinnati, allowing Freeman's RBI double before Jonny Gomes popped up to end the game.