ATLANTA (AP) -- Julio Teheran gave up just three singles in six sharp innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 Sunday for a split of the four-game series.Kelly Johnson and Jonny Gomes each homered for the Braves off Johnny Cueto (2-3).Teheran (3-1), an NL All-Star last year, came into the game with a winning record despite three straight sub-par starts. He struck out five in a row during one point and fanned a season-high six overall.Teheran was never threatened after the Braves built an early 4-0 lead. He walked two. 
Cody Martin, Michael Kohn and Luis Avilan combined for three innings of one-hit relief as the Braves recorded their second shutout of the season.Reds shortstop Zack Cozart left the game in the fourth when he bruised his right index finger fielding a grounder by Teheran. He was charged with an error. X-rays were negative.Cueto was roughed up from the start, allowing five runs and nine hits in six innings.Andrelton Simmons and Freddie Freeman hit back-to-back doubles in the first inning and Johnson followed that with a two-run drive. Johnson leads the Braves with five home runs.Cueto escaped a bases-loaded jam in the second, but surrendered a solo home run to Jonny Gomes in the third. Freeman, Jace Peterson and Johnson also hit flyballs to the center field warning track in the first three innings.Cameron Maybin added an RBI single in the sixth inning after Cueto balked Peterson to second base.
Cody Martin, Michael Kohn and Luis Avilan combined for three innings of one-hit relief as the Braves recorded their second shutout of the season.Reds shortstop Zack Cozart left the game in the fourth when he bruised his right index finger fielding a grounder by Teheran. He was charged with an error. X-rays were negative.Cueto was roughed up from the start, allowing five runs and nine hits in six innings.Andrelton Simmons and Freddie Freeman hit back-to-back doubles in the first inning and Johnson followed that with a two-run drive. Johnson leads the Braves with five home runs.Cueto escaped a bases-loaded jam in the second, but surrendered a solo home run to Jonny Gomes in the third. Freeman, Jace Peterson and Johnson also hit flyballs to the center field warning track in the first three innings.Cameron Maybin added an RBI single in the sixth inning after Cueto balked Peterson to second base.
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