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Braves, Phils try again at Citizens Bank Park

Apr 16, 2014 - 2:44 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - Thanks to a rainout on Tuesday, the Philadelphia Phillies have had an extra day to think about their brutal loss to the Atlanta Braves in the opener of this series between NL East rivals.

The two clubs resume a weather-shortened three-game set on Wednesday night.

In Monday's contest, the Braves extended a 2-1 lead in the eighth inning when Evan Gattis, Dan Uggla and Andrelton Simmons connected on three straight solo homers, with Gattis hitting his second longball of the game.

The lead quickly disappeared in the home half as Luis Avilan walked leadoff man Tony Gwynn Jr. and gave up singles to Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley to load the bags. After striking out Ryan Howard, Marlon Byrd poked a two-run single to right. Domonic Brown followed with a three-run home run to right field, giving the Phils the lead.

With closer Jonathan Papelbon unavailable, Jake Diekman got the nod in the ninth for the Phillies, but he loaded the bases before eventually serving up a game-winning grand slam to Uggla.

David Carpenter shut the door for his second career save and first with the Braves.

"You don't see Avilan give up runs very much at all, much less four, so that was very rare. We wanted to get his back since he's picked us up so much," Uggla said.

The Braves have won four straight as they were coming off a three-game sweep of Washington, while the Phillies failed to hold momentum from a three-game sweep of Miami over the weekend.

"It was nice to see the comeback. The guys battled, had good at-bats, put a five spot up there and answered what they did," said Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg. "Just weren't able to close the door in the ninth."

Cliff Lee was scheduled to go for the Phillies in Tuesday's game that was washed out by rain and will take the mound tonight, while the Braves will opt to skip their scheduled starter from Tuesday, David Hale, in favor of Julio Teheran.

Lee, who went 3-2 with a 2.29 earned run average in five starts versus the Braves last season, opened up the 2014 campaign with consecutive wins before suffering a 6-2 loss versus Milwaukee on Thursday. The veteran lefty allowed three runs on eight hits over six innings, fanning eight without a walk.

Lee, who has a 5.50 ERA on the year, has struck out 15 batters this season to just one walk in 18 innings.

Teheran, meanwhile, split his first two starts of the season, including a win at Washington on April 5, but struggled a bit in a rematch with the Nationals on Friday. The righty did not factor into a 7-6 win as he allowed five runs -- two earned -- on 10 hits and a walk. He also struck out only one batter.

Teheran, 23, is 1-2 with a 5.79 ERA in four previous meetings with the Phillies, all but one of those starts.

The Braves had gone 23-14 versus the Phillies over the previous two seasons, but lost five of nine in Philadelphia in 2013.