ATLANTA -- Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez has been waiting for his offence to wake up. Its too soon to declare that Atlantas bats have returned to respectability, but at least the Braves are taking the necessary steps. Freddie Freeman and Justin Upton homered to help Mike Minor win his second consecutive start, and Atlanta beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3 Monday night. "We started swinging the bats really, really well," Gonzalez said. "Not only the home runs, but there were some two-out singles, there were some base on balls, there was a lot of baserunning. It was nice to see." Pinch-hitter Ryan Doumit also went deep for Atlanta in a matchup of first-place teams. The Braves, who had lost 12 of 18, never trailed in winning their second straight game. Atlanta began the night with the fewest runs in the majors. But the Braves banged out a season-high 15 hits and improved to 18-5 when hitting a home run. Minor (2-2) gave up two runs and five hits with five strikeouts in 6 2-3 innings. The left-hander, lifted with a 4-2 lead, appreciated the run support. "Were still in first place, and everybodys talking about how bad we were playing," Minor said. "It was good to have that cushion when we won a lot of games, but we have too good of players to be worried about it." Ryan Braun and Khris Davis homered for the Brewers, who have lost three straight. Braun also threw out a runner at the plate from right field. Wily Peralta (4-3) allowed nine hits, a season-high four walks and three runs -- two earned -- with five strikeouts in five innings. The right-hander began the night 1-1 with a 1.29 ERA in three starts this month, but he couldnt overcome poor command of his pitches. "Thats the first time, but thats going to happen during the season," Peralta said. "You try to do your best and keep the team in the ballgame." Freeman led off the third with his ninth homer to make it 3-0. Davis lost his glove over the left-field fence on Freemans opposite-field shot. A fan picked up the glove off a ledge between the fence and the seats and tossed it back to Davis after Freeman rounded the bases. The Braves broke open a one-run game in the eighth, scoring five times off reliever Wei-Chung Wang to make it 9-3. Doumit hit a solo shot, Uptons 11th homer was a two-run drive, and Atlanta got RBI singles from Andrelton Simmons and Ramiro Pena. After Wang needed 40 pitches to get two outs, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke brought in first baseman Lyle Overbay off the bench to pitch. The 37-year-old Overbay pitched for the first time in his 14-year major league career, retiring Doumit on a popup. Doumit, who was teammates with Overbay in Pittsburgh, got a good laugh out of the at-bat. "That kids got nasty stuff," Doumit said with a smile. "Hes got a bright future ahead of him. Im going to keep my eye on him." Zach Duke, who relieved Peralta to begin the sixth, gave up a leadoff single to Minor and a single to Jason Heyward before Upton reached safely when catcher Martin Maldonado was called for interference. Rob Wooten relieved with one out and gave up Evan Gattis sacrifice fly that made it 4-2. David Hale relieved Minor with a runner at second base and ended the threat when Carlos Gomez grounded out. Brauns seventh homer, an opposite-field shot to right off David Carpenter, cut the margin to 4-3 in the eighth. Atlanta took a 1-0 lead in the first when Heyward led off with a single, stole second and scored on Maldonados passed ball and throwing error to third. The Braves went ahead 2-0 in the second on Penas RBI single. Davis fifth homer, a two-run shot in the fifth, cut it to 3-2. NOTES: The Braves have won 10 of their last 12 against Milwaukee at Turner Field. ... Gomez went 1 for 3 in his first game since last Tuesday. 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Winston overcame two early interceptions and completed 22-of-35 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown, while also adding a score on the ground for the Seminoles (9-0, 6-0 ACC), who have won 21 consecutive games against conference foes. Rashad Greene caught 13 passes for 136 yards and a score, and Karlos Williams rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. Greyson Lambert threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns with an interception on 20-of-35 efficiency, while Canaan Severin, Darius Jennings and Andre Levrone each hauled in a TD pass for the Cavaliers (4-6, 2-4), who lost their fourth straight game. Losing four in a row, its frustrating, Severin said. We can still be bowl eligible, so weve still got to just keep playing. Florida State pulled away with 21 straight points in the second quarter. Lamberts pass to the left sideline was intercepted by Terrance Smith, who took the ball to the Cavaliers 3. Williams extended the ball into the end zone for a 14-7 lead less than a minute into the second quarter. After Lambert turned the ball over, Florida State needed just one play to find the end zone again as Winston stood tall in the pocket a delivered a 22-strike to Greene for a 21-13 lead just 12 seconds later. The Seminoles chewed up 6:48 with a 15-play, 84-yard trek that was capped when Winston jumped to fake a pass before diving into the end zone for a 4-yard score 4:43 before halftime. Dalvin Cook fumbled the ball and Virginia took over at Florida States 22. On the very next play, Lambert lofted a pass to Severin for a 22-yard score to get to make it a 28-20 game seven minutes into the third. Roberto Aguayo capped a 9-play, 60-yard Florida State drive by splitting the uprights from 43 yards out for a 31-20 lead. Winston completed a 21-yard pass to Williams to move thhe Seminoles into Virginia territory, but the drive stalled at the 23-yard line and Aguayo kicked a 40-yard field goal with 16 seconds left in the third.dddddddddddd On 4th-and-1 at Florida States 32, Kevin Parks ran four yards for a Virginia first down. After Lambert was sacked for a 9-yard loss, he completed a 26-yard pass to Zachary Swanson two plays later to the Seminoles 15. The Cavaliers turned the ball over on downs after Jennings hauled in a pass for a 2-yard loss to seal the outcome with 5:47 to play. Were still continuing to get better every week in certain things, and weve got to keep growing, FSU head coach Jimbo Fisher said. After Florida State punted on its initial drive, David Marrs fumbled the ball on Virginias first play and Mario Edwards Jr. recovered it at the Cavaliers 26. Winston ran 20 yards and Williams plunged in from two yards out for a 7-0 lead. 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