CINCINNATI -- Luis Castillo was up to the task of being the Reds' stopper on Sunday afternoon vs. the Braves. Castillo needed offensive help, which didn't come on his watch. But it was a sweet relief when it finally did happen.

After being no-hit for six innings by Charlie Morton as Castillo allowed one run over seven innings, Reds hitters came to life in thrilling fashion. They scored three times in the eighth and notched one huge run in the bottom of the ninth on Albert Almora Jr.'s bases-loaded RBI single for a 4-3 victory at Great American Ball Park.

“Baseball is a crazy game,” said Brandon Drury, who hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth as a pinch-hitter. “That's why you just got to keep going until the end because you never know what's going to happen.”

The first walk-off win of the 27-51 Reds' season snapped a four-game losing streak and a 10-game home losing streak, their longest since losing 11 in 1986.

"We’re very aware that we haven’t been winning as many games as we want to win, there is no question about that," Reds manager David Bell said. "Really happy with the resiliency against a great team, one of the best in baseball, [after we] came up just a little bit short of a big comeback win yesterday."

The Reds alternated between deflation to elation back to being deflated and finally elated again. Here's how it went down:

Bottom of the seventh inning
Leading off, Max Schrock hit a first-pitch cutter on the ground through the middle for the Reds' first hit of the game. To that point, Morton had only allowed one walk and faced the minimum through six innings. Castillo did all he could to keep Atlanta in check until the offense emerged.

"Sometimes you do have to learn from all these losses so you can win again," Castillo said via translator Jorge Merlos. "Obviously today, we did enough that we were able to get this win. I was able to contribute to the win today. We'll learn from this and carry on to the next game."

Bottom of the eighth inning
Against Braves reliever Collin McHugh with one out and trailing 1-0, the Reds put together four consecutive hits. Matt Reynolds slashed an RBI single up the middle that scored Almora. Drury hit a two-run double to right-center field for a 3-1 lead.

"That was as excited as I’ve seen the dugout in a bit. That was good to feel that and be a part of that," Almora said.

Top of the ninth inning
Reds reliever Hunter Strickland opened the ninth with Marcell Ozuna hitting his 3-1 elevated sinker for his second homer of the game to cut the Braves’ deficit to 1. One out from a win, Strickland's first-pitch slider was slugged by Michael Harris II for a game-tying solo homer to right field and a blown save.

Bottom of the ninth inning
Some big plate appearances and good fortune carried the Reds against lefty reliever A.J. Minter.

• After being in an 0-2 count, Tommy Pham fouled off three pitches and hit a 1-2 pitch for a leadoff single to left field.
• As Joey Votto batted, Minter picked off Pham as he broke for second base. The throw to get Pham was dropped by Dansby Swanson for an error.
• Votto lifted a two-strike foul ball that dropped between three Braves players to stay alive. He finished the eight-pitch plate appearance with a walk.

"The at-bats were incredible," Bell said. "I got a chance to tell Joey. I know he’s done it so many times and we’ve all seen it so many times, but trying to put myself in that situation, what it took, the focus, everything to create that at-bat shows a lot of his greatness right there. Even the baserunning … we can play it safe, but when you’re not scoring runs, you’re going up against the best pitching, I’m always going to support taking a shot, trusting yourself. Fortunately, we got a break because of it."

Minter hit pinch-hitter Jonathan India in the back to load the bases for Almora, and Atlanta brought its infield in. Almora hit a first-pitch single through the left side to end the game and was swarmed by excited teammates after touching first base.

“I wasn’t trying to do too much. I knew Minter was going to provide most of the power," Almora explained. "I just wanted to obviously not forceout and just kind of get something I could get into the outfield, and it worked out.”

In Saturday's 4-1 loss, Almora batted with the bases loaded in the ninth and flied out near the wall to end the game.

“It definitely crossed my mind as I got up there at first," Almora said. "I didn’t do what I did yesterday. It worked out today. I hit the ball better yesterday, but today it worked.”