WASHINGTON -- The Atlanta Braves allowed one big inning Monday, and it was enough to bring an end to the teams six-game winning streak.Ryan Weber, making his first start of the season, allowed home runs to Trea Turner and Chris Heisey during a five-run third inning and the Braves fell 6-4 to the Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game series.Washington right-hander Max Scherzer (16-7) allowed two runs in seven innings to stymie Atlanta, which left 11 men on base.We left a lot of guys on against him, but thats why he is who he is, too, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. He gets in trouble and he has a lot of weapons he can go to.Weber (1-1) allowed five runs in three innings, with all of the damage coming in his final inning. Weber allowed a leadoff single to catcher Jose Lobaton, who moved up a base on Scherzers sacrifice. Turner then smacked a two-run homer to left with an out in the third to give the Nationals a 2-1 lead.Weber yielded a double and a walk to create more trouble. After Clint Robinsons pop out, Heisey drilled his ninth homer of the season into the left-field seats to make it 5-1.I left one just middle-in, right in (Turners) wheelhouse and after that my ability to limit the damage was not that good, Weber said. I made another bad pitch to Heisey and then it was really out of hand.Jace Peterson drove in the Braves only two runs off Scherzer. Atlanta scored twice in the ninth off closer Mark Melancon to pull within 6-4, but the right-hander ended the threat by getting catcher Anthony Recker to fly out with a man on first.That one inning got away from us real quick, Snitker said. It kind of happened before you knew it happened a little bit.INCIARTE STREAK TO 16Atlanta CF Ender Inciarte extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a pair of singles in five at-bats. 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PHOENIX -- On a night when Arizona ace Zack Greinke left early with tightness in his oblique muscle, the Philadelphia Phillies finally won another series.Greinke departed after two innings and Philadelphia rallied with two runs in the ninth inning to beat the Diamondbacks 4-3 on Tuesday night, ensuring the Phillies first series win in their last 13.Andres Blanco had an RBI single and Frank Howard drew a bases-loaded walk off closer Brad Ziegler (2-3), who blew his second save in his last three tries after converting 43 in a row. Maikel Franco homered for Philadelphia.Greinke, in search of his 11th win, hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to score a run in the second and left after a few warmup pitches before the start of the third.Manager Chip Hale said there was no way he was going to risk his prize pitcher worsening the injury.Its something maybe he can maybe miss a start, possibly not miss a start, possibly at worst maybe 15 days on the DL, Hale said. You never know. But if you go out and really yank it bad, youre talking about a month or two, so well hope for a best-case scenario.The Phillies last won a series May 16-18, against Miami.It reminded me the way we played the first two months of the season, Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin said. We stayed in the game, scratched and clawed and eked out a win. That is the way we did it for two months.The Phillies have won four of six since snapping a nine-game losing streak.It helps the team mentally, Blanco said. It is not always loss, loss, loss, loss. This time we have been playing good the last six or seven games. Even though we lost a couple on San Francisco we have been doing pretty good. `Hector Neris (2-3) pitched a scoreless eighth to get the victory as the Phillies won a series for the first time in 13 tries. Jeanmar Gomez tossed a perfect ninth for his 21st save.Home runs by Yasmany Tomas and Jake Lamb put Arizona ahead 3-2 entering the ninth. 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Hopefully its nothing major -- well find out more in the next couple of days -- and hope its nothing much at all and (I) just continue pitching good.Francos two-out solo shot off Randall Delgado in the fourth put Philadelphia up 2-1. Arizona tied it 2-2 when Tomas led off the sixth with his home run. Lambs homer in the seventh put the Diamondbacks up 3-2.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray said he was fine and would be ready for his next scheduled start Sunday against San Francisco. Ray left Monday nights 8-0 loss to Philadelphia with a blister on his left middle finger.UP NEXTPhillies: RHP Zach Eflin (0-2, 6.28 ERA) gets the start as the Phillies try to complete a three-game sweep of the team that swept them in four games in Philadelphia a week ago.Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley (3-3, 4.50 ERA) makes his career-high eighth start of the season as the Diamondbacks look to salvage the final game of the series in a Wednesday afternoon contest. ' ' '