SEATTLE -- The Marlins arrived in the Pacific Northwest as one of the hottest teams in baseball.

For the first time since May 21-23, the Marlins have dropped consecutive games. Tuesday night’s 9-3 loss to the Mariners at T-Mobile Park was similar to the series opener, with Miami’s starting pitching unable to set a positive tone and the bats unable to solve a fastball-heavy arsenal.

Here’s a look by the numbers:

2 leadoff walks

The old adage goes that leadoff walks will come back to haunt you, and they did so for right-hander Edward Cabrera. Teoscar Hernández walked to open the second and scored on Cal Raleigh’s three-run homer. Jarred Kelenic walked to begin the fourth and came home on Mike Ford’s two-run shot.

“You’ve got to continue competing, attacking the zone, and try to get out of that inning or whatever situation you're in,” Cabrera said via interpreter Luis Dorante Jr. “But you’ve got to keep your head held high and try to compete.”

Free passes have been an issue for Cabrera, whose 41 walks are third most in MLB. He issued three walks on Tuesday after combining for that many in his past two starts (both wins).

“Today just wasn't what we've seen the last few starts,” manager Skip Schumaker said. “Kind of went behind the count a lot to a team that walks a lot. You know that they're a patient team and they walk quite a bit. They're a good hitting team. When you're behind in the count, not good things happen typically in the game. The leadoff walks are the tough ones, and the fourth and fifth hitters in that inning don’t end up doing damage against us if we don't have leadoff walks. So that happened a few times too many today.”

12 consecutive hitless at-bats for Luis Arraez

If there has been one constant this season, it’s Arraez. But he is three at-bats shy of his season-high drought, as his average has dropped from .402 to .382 during this three-game stretch. Going 0-for-9 to open the series is less than ideal for a club that scores a National League-low 3.97 runs a game.

75% fastball usage by George Kirby

Miami studied the scouting report, which indicated that Kirby likes to bring the heat. Kirby turned to his four-seamer and sinker the majority of the time on Tuesday and dominated across six innings. He allowed one unearned run and struck out 10 batters.

For the second straight night, Seattle’s starting pitcher took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Nick Fortes knocked a two-out homer -- Miami’s only hit on Monday -- off righty Bryce Miller, while Yuli Gurriel singled to left with one out on Tuesday.

The Marlins entered Tuesday tied with the Red Sox for the ninth-highest average (.279) but the 12th-lowest slugging percentage (.428) against fastballs (four-seamer, sinker, cutter) this season.

“I think the last few days, those two guys were pretty good,” said Garrett Cooper, who hit a two-run homer off righty Chris Flexen in the eighth. “You've got to give credit where credit's due, and those guys didn't miss many spots the last couple days. The guy tonight, Kirby, elite ride at the top of the zone. He didn't make many mistakes down or in the middle of the zone. When he's hitting corners like that, it's tough to put together runs. The guy last night, same thing. He had some elite ride at the top of the zone that kept us off balance all night. You try to flush these two and move on to tomorrow.”

90.4% steal rate

The troubling season-long trend continued, as the Marlins are tied with the Dodgers for the worst mark in the Majors (league average is 79.5%). Cabrera has permitted 10 steals this season, including three on Tuesday, though only Kelenic’s fourth-inning swipe led to a run.

“The times they stole, he's 1.5s, 1.6s, so they're just waiting for the high leg kick,” Schumaker said. “There's only so much you can do as far as the quick pitch and without giving up too much of your mechanics and velo and that type of stuff. He's working on it. I think when he has to make a pitch is when you get the big leg kick or maybe the game speeds up a little bit too much and he gets the big leg kick again, just from habit. There's only so many times you can pick, and they know that, and so you have to get better times with the new rules to limit the stolen bases.