ATLANTA (AP) -- Julio Teheran pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves stayed hot with a 5-3 victory Saturday night over the New York Mets, who learned earlier that injured closer Jenrry Mejia was suspended 80 games for a positive drug test.The Braves began the season looking to rebuild after trading several big-name players, but instead they improved to 5-0 for the first time since beginning the 1994 season 7-0. Atlanta's franchise record for consecutive wins to begin a season is 13, set in 1982. 
Freddie Freeman homered for the Braves. Jim Johnson faced four batters in the ninth to earn his first save of the season.Teheran (2-0) allowed three baserunners through the first six innings, but he retired none of the five batters he faced in New York's three-run seventh.He appeared to hurt his right leg when the leadoff batter, Lucas Duda, singled up the middle, but Teheran stayed in the game after manager Fredi Gonzalez and a team trainer visited the mound.Third baseman Alberto Callaspo was charged with a fielding error on Juan Lagares' RBI force attempt that cut the lead to 5-1. Teheran was chased after hitting Travis d'Arnaud with a bases-loaded pitch that made it 5-2.Reliever Brandon Cunniff got Wilmer Flores to ground into a double play that scored the third run.Teheran struck out five while giving up two hits, four walks and three runs - one earned.Freeman's homer, his first of the season, made it 1-0 in the second and was his 14th homer in 73 career games against the Mets.The Braves went up 5-0 in the fifth on RBI doubles by Christian Bethancourt and Andrelton Simmons, Eric Young Jr.'s RBI triple and Nick Markakis' RBI single.That ended the night for Mets starter Dillon Gee (0-1), who gave up eight hits and five runs and struck out two in five innings.Gee has pitched at least five innings in 47 straight starts, longest active streak in the majors. He had gone 3-0 with a 1.74 ERA in his previous three starts against Atlanta.The Braves improved to 100-55 against the Mets at Turner Field.
Freddie Freeman homered for the Braves. Jim Johnson faced four batters in the ninth to earn his first save of the season.Teheran (2-0) allowed three baserunners through the first six innings, but he retired none of the five batters he faced in New York's three-run seventh.He appeared to hurt his right leg when the leadoff batter, Lucas Duda, singled up the middle, but Teheran stayed in the game after manager Fredi Gonzalez and a team trainer visited the mound.Third baseman Alberto Callaspo was charged with a fielding error on Juan Lagares' RBI force attempt that cut the lead to 5-1. Teheran was chased after hitting Travis d'Arnaud with a bases-loaded pitch that made it 5-2.Reliever Brandon Cunniff got Wilmer Flores to ground into a double play that scored the third run.Teheran struck out five while giving up two hits, four walks and three runs - one earned.Freeman's homer, his first of the season, made it 1-0 in the second and was his 14th homer in 73 career games against the Mets.The Braves went up 5-0 in the fifth on RBI doubles by Christian Bethancourt and Andrelton Simmons, Eric Young Jr.'s RBI triple and Nick Markakis' RBI single.That ended the night for Mets starter Dillon Gee (0-1), who gave up eight hits and five runs and struck out two in five innings.Gee has pitched at least five innings in 47 straight starts, longest active streak in the majors. He had gone 3-0 with a 1.74 ERA in his previous three starts against Atlanta.The Braves improved to 100-55 against the Mets at Turner Field.
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