However, the team is currently riding a six-game slump, losing all four games to the Philadelphia Phillies after dropping two games to the Atlanta Braves. Unfortunately, the Marlins were on the cusp of being considered somewhat competitive. They were 41-44 in the 85 games preceding the slide.
This is the second time this year that the Marlins have lost six-in-a-row. They had dropped three straight to the San Diego Padres to close May and three more to the Arizona Diamondbacks toped June. They’ll try to avoid the ignobility of dropping their seventh-in-a-row tomorrow night, when they open a three-game home-set against Marcell Ozuna and the St.