BOSTON — Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez didn’t try to paint a pretty picture.

Julio Teheran wasn’t very good.

Teheran allowed six runs and 13 hits over 6 1-3 innings in a 9-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday that ended their seven-game losing streak.

“Looking at the video during the course of the game on the Jumbotron, his ball’s right down the middle,” Gonzalez said.

“I’m not going to sit here and (lie to) you guys. His ball’s right down the middle of the plate. We need to locate better.”

Gonzalez didn’t waste any time chatting with Teheran (4-3) about his start. The clubhouse was closed a little longer than usual.

“We were talking,” Gonzalez said. “That’s why it took a while to get the press in here.”

Teheran dropped to 1-3 with a 7.17 ERA on the road.

Juan Uribe had three hits for the Braves, but the offensive player of the game was Boston’s Brock Holt.

Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the cycle since 1996.

“I’ve seen a couple,” Braves designated hitter Chris Johnson said. “It’s pretty cool.”

Holt’s solo homer in the seventh put Boston up 5-2, leaving him a triple from completing the cycle. He got another at-bat in the eighth after Boston added two more runs and hit a fly ball to the triangle in center field at Fenway Park. Holt easily reached third and drove in a run.

It was the first cycle in the majors this season and the first for the Red Sox since John Valentin did it on June 6, 1996 against the White Sox in Boston.

Wade Miley tied his season high with eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 solid innings. It was his first start since getting pulled early and arguing with manager John Farrell in the dugout Thursday in a loss at Baltimore.

Miley (6-6) took a little heat off Boston’s embattled manager by helping the Red Sox out of their longest losing streak of the season. Miley scattered five hits and allowed two runs and walked two before leaving with one out and a 5-2 lead in the seventh.

Miley had plenty of offensive support from Holt and Alejandro De Aza. Holt had four of Boston’s 18 hits and De Aza drove in three runs on two hits in the first win for the Red Sox since June 7 against Oakland.

ROUGH DAY ON HILL

The Braves allowed 18 hits, the most since giving up 18 on Sept. 14 at Texas. They gave up three triples for the first time since June 8, 2009 when the Pirates got that many.

SEEING DOUBLE

Atlanta turned three double plays for the second straight game.

U’RE HOT!

Uribe is 10 for 19 in his last five games and is hitting .471 (16 of 34) during a nine-game hitting streak. He went 5 for 8 in the two games against the Red Sox.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Braves: SS Andrelton Simmons sat out after taking a pitch to the right hand while trying to bunt Monday night in the seventh inning of Atlanta’s 4-2 win. Former Boston SS Pedro Ciriaco got the start.

Red Sox: Boston rested 2B Dustin Pedroia (left knee) and LF Hanley Ramirez (back) with a short turnaround before a flight to Atlanta.

UP NEXT

Braves: LHP Alex Wood (4-4) starts as the interleague series moves to Atlanta for two games.

Red Sox: RHP Joe Kelly (2-4) faces the Braves for the third time in his career and first as a starter since he was pitching for the Cardinals in August 2013.