Despite a solid start from Max Fried, he remains winless against the Marlins in his career as the Braves fell, 4-2, at loanDepot park in Miami and dropped their fourth straight since reaching .500 on Tuesday.

“In a game like that ... you know you can't go out and just shut everybody out all the time,” said Braves manager Brian Snitker. “You're gonna give up some runs. It's just unfortunate that we didn't score five or six for him to get the win.

“We just couldn't do what we can do. We’ve got to continue to prepare and play hard. We've been through this all year. ... We've had to handle tough situations, and these guys have. We just haven't got off the ground running for an extended period, but you know it's tough to go through.”

Fried made the start for Atlanta and came into Saturday’s matchup 0-2 against the Marlins. In his 10th start of the season, Fried began the game a little off rhythm, giving up a walk to Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the first. Jesús Aguilar capitalized on the situation and drove in Chisholm on a sacrifice fly to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead.

“I didn't give up many [hits], so I knew that I had to be making some good pitches and sometimes, you make bad ones and get beat,” said Fried.

Although Fried only gave up five hits, he allowed some costly extra-base hits, including home runs to Adam Duvall and pinch-hitter Lewin Díaz for the first of his career. The last time Fried gave up a home run came against Yan Gomes and the Nationals on May 5.

“Felt like I was mixing the ball well. When you get two strikes ... you [have] got to make good quality pitches, and the fastball was a little too down,” said Fried. “Duvall made a good swing on it, and [I] left the slider [to Díaz] in the middle of the plate. When you have two strikes and you throw not-quality pitches, that's what happens.”

In the top of the eighth, the Braves were down by three and searching for any signs of offense. Following a Ronald Acuña Jr. single, Freddie Freeman hit a towering two-run homer to cut down the Marlins’ lead -- his 15th homer of the season. However, the Marlins responded with an insurance run on Aguilar’s RBI single and secured the victory.

“Freddie, he walks in day in and day out. He's hitting the ball hard all over the place, and [the balls] just [haven’t] really been finding any grass. It's nice that he's been able to find some holes and hit some balls out,” said Fried. “His mentality’s been the same. He's been the same guy going out there putting up some competitive quality at-bats, and it's nice to see some balls falling for him.”

Regardless of the home runs, Fried kept the game relatively close. It was a three-run game before Fried was replaced by Josh Tomlin in the seventh. Fried finished his outing allowing three runs, walking two and recording four strikeouts through six innings. He even provided an offensive spark with a single in the top the third.

The Braves struggled at the plate, going a combined 7-for-33 with 10 strikeouts. Coming into the matchup, Ozzie Albies (18), Dansby Swanson (19) and Acuña (20) all had active on-base streaks.

Acuña went 1-for-4 with an infield single to extend his streak but Albies and Swanson both went 0-for-4.

Despite the loss and the lack of offense, a silver lining came in the form of Abraham Almonte, who went 2-for-3 with a walk. As the Braves continue to switch up their outfield rotation, Almonte has been a consistent force, hitting .286/.444/.500.

“We've got a lot of talent in this clubhouse, and we've got a lot of really good baseball players, and we've done it before,” said Fried. “It's just about going out there and ... trying not to do too much and play our game. Things will fall right eventually -- that's kind of just the mentality.”