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ATLANTA -- Julio Teheran pitched a six-hitter for his second shutout of the season, Justin Upton had three RBIs and the Atlanta Braves won their third in a row, beating the slumping Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 Tuesday night. It was another laugher in the matchup between first-place teams, the Braves jumping ahead with three runs in the third and cruising to victory after opening the series with a 9-3 rout. The Brewers have lost four in a row overall, their longest skid of 2014. Teheran (3-3) bounced back from the shortest start of his career at San Francisco, where he lasted just 3 1-3 innings in a 10-4 loss. Upton had a two-run single in the third and his 12th homer in the fifth, a solo shot. Yovani Gallardo (2-2) took the loss. CARDINALS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 0 ST. LOUIS -- Adam Wainwright threw a one-hitter, facing one hitter over the minimum, and the St. Louis Cardinals ended an eight-game home run drought with long balls from Matt Adams and Jhonny Peralta. Working on six days rest because of a rainout and day off, Wainwright (7-2) retired the first 11 batters before Paul Goldschmidt doubled off the wall in center with two outs in the fourth. Peralta hit his team-leading ninth of the season in the sixth and added one of the Cardinals' five doubles for a second RBI against Bronson Arroyo (4-3). Arroyo had been 3-0 with an 0.39 ERA in May and hadn't allowed a homer his last four starts. Arroyo gave up five runs in seven innings. NATIONALS 9, REDS 4 WASHINGTON -- Denard Span was at his disruptive best, getting three hits off the major's top pitcher and forcing a pair of throwing errors Tuesday night to lead the Washington Nationals to a 9-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Span finished 5 for 5 with two runs, two doubles, two RBIs and a stolen base as the Nationals accomplished a first for 2014: They made Johnny Cueto (4-3) look mortal. The Reds' ace allowed more than two runs, more than five hits and failed to pitch at least seven innings -- all for the first time this season. The final line for Cueto: 5 1-3 innings, six hits, eight runs (six earned), six strikeouts. He also hit two batters in the same inning. Doug Fister (1-1) worked seven innings and earned his first win for the Nationals. PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 5 MIAMI -- Jimmy Rollins homered for the second game in a row to put the Philadelphia ahead to stay. The Phillies began the night ranked 26th in the majors in homers, but they've hit seven in the past three games -- all wins -- while scoring 26 runs. A.J. Burnett (3-3), who pitched for the Marlins from 1999-2005, won his first start at Marlins Park despite struggling with his command. He walked four and needed 96 pitches to get through five innings. The Phillies' Jonathan Papelbon gave up an RBI single by Garrett Jones in the ninth before notching his 12th save. Anthony DeSclafani (1-1) allowed five runs in 5 1-3 innings for Miami. INTERLEAGUE ORIOLES 9, PIRATES 2 PITTSBURGH -- Chris Davis hit three home runs, doubling his season total, and drove in five runs to lead Baltimore. Davis hit a two-run blast during a four-run fifth inning that put the Orioles ahead 6-1 then hit a solo shot in the seventh and two-run homer in the ninth. It was Davis' second career three-homer game -- the other came on Aug. 24, 2012 against Toronto -- and seventh multi-homer game. After leading the major leagues and setting a franchise record with 53 homers last season, Davis hit three in his first 30 games. Miguel Gonzalez (2-3) pitched sixth innings for Baltimore. Francisco Liriano (0-4) allowed six runs and nine hits in five innings for Pittsburgh.
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