[Canadian Press] -- Canadian slugger Joey Votto saved the Cincinnati Reds from an embarrassing collapse.

The Atlanta Braves weren't so lucky.

Votto capped a big night at the plate with a two-out, tiebreaking single in the 12th inning, and the Reds rebounded from blowing a 10-1 lead with a 12-11 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

The Reds' win came only hours after Atlanta squandered that exact same advantage against Colorado. There was no one in the Braves lineup to stop the bleeding, however, and the Rockies went on to win 12-10.

Votto homered twice, and finished with four hits and four RBIs as the NL Central leaders avoided a sweep.

"We had such a comfortable lead for most of the game," the Toronto native said. "For them to come back like that, it could have been difficult to recover. Momentum plays a big role in a game like this. We just showed some resiliency to come back ourselves."

The Rockies didn't need extra innings, winning on Troy Tulowitzki's go-ahead RBI single in the eighth.

"What an effort," Colorado manager Jim Tracy said. "The thing I've fallen in love with these players is they don't quit. We were short-handed pitching and then offensively, here we go, and we started chipping away. This is the icing on the cake."

Elsewhere in the NL it was: Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 2; Florida 5 New York 4; Chicago 4 Washington 0; Houston 3 Philadelphia 2; Los Angeles 5 Milwaukee 4; and San Diego 9 Arizona 3.

At San Francisco, the Reds were saved by Paul Janish's tying single in the ninth inning after going down 11-10.

Votto hit a pair of home runs and Jonny Gomes hit his 100th career shot that gave the Reds their huge lead going into the bottom of the fifth. The Giants came back and Aubrey Huff's sacrifice fly capped a six-run burst in the eighth that put them ahead.

A two-base throwing error by third baseman Pablo Sandoval on Drew Stubbs' one-out grounder in the Reds ninth set up Janish's single.

Miguel Cairo doubled and scored on Votto's two-out single in the 12th off Barry Zito (8-9), making his second career relief appearance.

"For us to play as well as we did and to still be able to come back and win sure means a lot to all of us," Votto said. "Zito is difficult to face because he knows exactly what he wants to do. I'm just trying to put the ball in play and I end up finding a hole."

Ryan Hanigan and Stubbs also homered for Cincinnati. The Reds homered three times in the first inning, and the slugfest put an exclamation mark on the highest-scoring three-game series at AT&T Park.

"That was a heavyweight fight out there," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Votto, that's what MVPs and all-stars do. They come through when you need them."

The Giants scored at least 11 runs in three straight games for the first time since June 1953. The Reds' rally spoiled what would've been the biggest comeback in franchise history.

The NL East-leading Braves weren't so fortunate in their loss at Coors Field. The major league record for the biggest comeback is 12 runs, most recently by Cleveland against Seattle in 2001. The NL mark is 11, last done by Houston against St. Louis in 1994.

The Rockies gradually cut into the deficit against the NL East leaders before taking the lead with four runs in the eighth. Carlos Gonzalez hit a tying, two-run single with two outs, and Tulowitzki and Todd Helton followed with RBI singles.

The Rockies finished off a three-game sweep and won their fourth straight overall. The streak came after a skid that saw Colorado lose seven of 10 and drop behind in the wild-card race.

Atlanta despite getting 10 extra-base hits, three more than Colorado.

"This was a heck of a game," Helton said. "It would have been easy to fold it up, but we didn't. We went out there and had an unbelievable win."

The Braves were shut out over the final six innings.

"You can score a lot of runs, but you've got to keep playing hard, especially in this stadium, because you never know what can happen," Atlanta shortstop Alex Gonzalez said.

Pirates 5 Cardinals 2

At Pittsburgh, Daniel McCutchen pitched six shutout innings for his third victory as a major league starter, Neil Walker tripled with the bases loaded and the Pirates beat St. Louis, which fell 3½ games behind Cincinnati in the NL Central.

Marlins 5 Mets 4

At New York, Hanley Ramirez, back in the No. 3 spot, had four hits and Alex Sanabia won his second consecutive start since he was recalled from the minors as Florida held off the Mets.

Cubs 4 Nationals 0

At Washington, Starlin Castro hit a run-scoring double in the eighth inning to break a scoreless tie and Aramis Ramirez hit a two-run homer to lift Chicago to a win over the Nationals.

Astros 3 Phillies 2

At Philadelphia, J.A. Happ pitched effectively into the seventh inning against his former team and Houston beat Roy Halladay and the Phillies.

Dodgers 5 Brewers 4

At Milwaukee, Manny Ramirez doubled twice and drove in his first run since reports he's been put on waivers, rallying Los Angeles over the Brewers.

Padres 9 Diamondbacks 3

At San Diego, Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer and Miguel Tejada had a two-run shot as the Padres beat last-place Arizona to take a season-high 6½-game lead atop the NL West.