MIAMI -- It would have been really easy for the Marlins to pack things up against the Orioles on Thursday afternoon.

Down six runs to one of the top teams in Major League Baseball and facing a former Cy Young Award winner in the running for another this year was a daunting task.

Only there was no quit in the Marlins.

Miami did rally from a six-run deficit, scoring three in the ninth before its comeback ended in the 10th, as the Orioles salvaged a win in the series finale, giving the Marlins a 7-6 loss at loanDepot park.

Miami won the series' first two games against the American League East leaders before Thursday’s loss.

“Every game in the homestand, the guys gave it their all,” manager Skip Schumaker said. “They played hard, played the game the right way. The defense was really good today. The fight in the at-bats, even against one of the best closers this game has ever seen, we felt we were in it. …

“It wasn’t looking great at times. For them to come back, 6-6, and get it to extras, says a lot about that clubhouse.’’

Miami was on the wrong side of a 6-0 score facing Baltimore ace Corbin Burnes going into the sixth.

Josh Bell got his third home run in the past four games with two outs in the inning to put Miami on the board -- but the Marlins were not even close to being done.

Down 6-1 in the eighth, Xavier Edwards drove in a run with a single. That was it for Burnes, who went 7 1/3 innings and struck out five.

“We are getting back to the way we used to play baseball, the way good teams do,” said Jazz Chisholm Jr., who made a pair of spectacular diving catches in the game. “We had a good guy out there, a Cy Young candidate, and he was doing his thing. Once he got out of the game, we knew that’s when we needed to make our push and do our damage.”

With Burnes out, Bryan De La Cruz doubled in Edwards off reliever Jacob Webb to make it 6-3.

Webb struck out Jesús Sánchez to end the rally.

The Marlins, it turns out, were setting the table for a wild ninth.

“We had them on the ropes there,” Bell said. “That’s what it is all about. We were down early and fought back. Our bullpen has been lights out, gave us the chance to fight back. We were a hit away.”

Baltimore closer Craig Kimbrel came on for the ninth and got Otto Lopez to ground out for the first out.

Things got rocky from there.

Miami then had three straight pinch-hitters -- Nick Gordon, Vidal Bruján, and Jake Burger -- reach to load the bases.

Gordon scored after an error from shortstop Gunnar Henderson to make it 6-4. With the bases still loaded, Edwards’ sacrifice fly to left scored Bruján to make it 6-5; a single from Bell tied it at 6.

Yennier Cano replaced Kimbrel and struck out De La Cruz, who had a pair of doubles in the game, to end the rally.

That was as close as the Marlins got -- although there were still some fireworks left for Miami.

Baltimore retook the lead in the 10th on a single from Ryan Mountcastle -- but the inning ended on a double play.

While Jordan Westberg scored to make it 7-6 on Mountcastle’s single, pinch-runner Cedric Mullins was thrown out at the plate trying to score from second.

Miami catcher Ali Sánchez saw Mountcastle heading to second and whipped a throw to Edwards on the bag and completed the double play.

“You always look for the next play,” Schumaker said. “Obviously, Sánchez was coming up to throw and try to get him out. He made a great throw. The fact [Edwards] was waiting for him on the bag shows he was not watching, but actually being in position to make the next play and not watching the paint dry.’’

The Marlins, despite being down a run, appeared to have plenty of momentum going into their half of the 10th.

Sánchez, the designated runner, never got past third.

Cionel Pérez got the first two outs before Sánchez advanced on a wild pitch. The game ended when Gordon struck out.

“I feel like we have had a fight all season long,” Bell said.

The Marlins, who have won four of seven coming out of the All-Star break, kick off a nine-game road trip on Friday with three games in Milwaukee.

Miami will then play two games against the Rays before playing four in Atlanta.

“We can’t give up six runs and expect to come back,” Schumaker said. “That’s really tough to do in the Major Leagues.”