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LOS ANGELES -- Zack Greinke pitched 5 1-3 strong innings in his first start since April 11 and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 on Wednesday night. Greinke came off the disabled list earlier in the day, returning three weeks sooner than expected from a broken left clavicle after a confrontation with San Diegos Carlos Quentin last month. The right-hander was expected to be out eight weeks. He underwent surgery on April 13 to fix the injury with a metal plate used to stabilize the break. Greinke (2-0) made one rehab appearance last Friday for Class A Rancho Cucamonga, and the Dodgers decided he was ready to rejoin them. He proved them right, allowing one run and five hits, striking out four and walking none. Los Angeles went 10-19 since his injury. Greinke helped himself with a RBI single with two outs in the second that extended the Dodgers lead to 2-0. Brandon League pitched the ninth to earn his ninth save in 10 chances, helping the Dodgers close out the series 2-1 and giving them consecutive series victories for just the third time this season. They are 19-4 against the Nationals at home since the start of the 2006 season. Los Angeles held Washington to one run in the Nationals last 22 innings of the series. Ross Detwiler (2-4) gave up two runs and six hits in three innings -- his shortest outing of the season. The left-hander walked two and struck out none. The Nationals fell to 3-5 when he starts. Detwiler is 0-6 in six career road starts against NL West opponents. Nationals star Bryce Harper returned as a pinch-hitter in the ninth for the first time since cutting his chin and hurting his shoulder in a collision with the outfield wall on Monday. He grounded out to first base. The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the first on Adrian Gonzalezs RBI single up the middle with two outs. Matt Kemp scored after extending his hitting streak to 14 games with a ground-rule double. Andre Ethier led off the second with a single. Scott Van Slyke walked and then Juan Uribe hit into a double play. Greinke followed with a single to right field, his second hit of the season. The Dodgers made it 3-1 in the eighth on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Carl Crawford. Washington trailed 2-1 in the fourth on Adam LaRoches homer that extended his 12-game hitting streak. The Nats had the tying run at third base in the eighth. Steve Lombardozzi singled off Kenley Jansen to open the inning before being replaced by pinch-runner Eury Perez. He took third on Ryan Zimmermans single that dropped in shallow right field. Jansen then retired three consecutive batters to end the inning. Notes: Nationals C Wilson Ramos left the game after he singled in the fourth. ... 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That approach is required for the middle contest of their three-game homestand with Andre Drummond and the Detroit Pistons on deck.The Wizards (10-14) defeated the Charlotte Hornets Wednesday night 109-106 in large part to all-around performances from guards John Wall and Bradley Beal. Yet the postgame focus from both locker rooms centered on Washingtons aggressive work on both ends of the court after Hornets took a 10-point lead early in the third quarter.It was our defensive pressure, Beal said after Washington won for the third time in four games. We got tired of giving them open 3s in the first half, comfortable shots...In the second half, we just got after it.Washington got after it on the boards and interior scoring, finishing with a 56-28 points in the paint advantage.Center Marcin Gortats presence was felt in those areas, as well as helping free Wall and Beal for open looks. Wall had 25 points, 10 assists and seven steals. Beal scored 18 of 20 points in the second half and finished with a career-high nine assists.He did a great job screening, Wall said of Gortat. He really didnt focus on getting the ball as much, he just did a great job screening and rebounding the ball for us. At the end he set good screens and got an opportunity to get the ball and finish at the rim.The Wiizards will see plenty of Drummond if they attack the rim Friday night in their first meeting against the Pistons (14-13).ddddddddddddDrummond, second in the NBA with 13.7 rebounds per game, grabbed 17 in Detroits 95-85 victory in Dallas on Wednesday night. The Pistons outrebounded the Mavericks 50-30. They also rallied from a 12-point deficit in the third quarter as the Reggie Jackson-led offense eventually helped Drummond and those defending.Our defense kept us around and then we finally had a good offensive quarter in the fourth, coach Stan Van Gundy said. 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