ATLANTA _ One dark chapter of the Miami Marlins' season has come to an end.
With Thursday's 3-2, walk-off loss, the Marlins have finished their season series with the National League East-leading Atlanta Braves.
And it was mostly a season series to forget.
Just how bad was the Marlins' 19-game slate with the Braves this year?
_The 4-15 mark, just a .211 winning percentage, is the Marlins' lowest against an NL East opponent since divisional play expanded in 2001.
_The Braves shut out the Marlins four times, including Wednesday's 5-0 defeat. Miami scored just one run in the final series _ a third-inning home run by Jon Berti in the series opener on Tuesday _ and were shut out for 21 consecutive innings before Starlin Castro's two-run double in the seventh on Thursday.
_Two Braves starting pitchers posted sub-1.00 ERAs against the Marlins: Julio Teheran (0.28) and Mike Soroka (0.93).
_The Braves (77-52) walked off on the Marlins three times in nine games at SunTrust Park, with Ronald Acuna Jr.'s walk off single against Ryne Stanek on Thursday serving as Atlanta's final dagger against the Marlins.
"They let you know where you're at," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said pregame, "where you stand in this moment and how much better we have to get."
Just like the Los Angeles Dodgers, who took five of six against the Marlins and outscored them 52-22.
Just like the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, who both already claimed the season series against the Marlins with games left to play (four for the Mets; six for the Nationals).
Just like the Tampa Bay Rays, who swept the Marlins in their four games.
And even just like the Colorado Rockies, a sub-.500 team that made quick work of the Marlins to start this road trip after splitting a four-game set to open the season.
The organization has made strides in building depth across the minor leagues, but the big-league club is still feeling the pains of the rebuild.
The Marlins (45-81) have lost 12 consecutive road games _ the longest streak in MLB this season _ and 16 of their last 19 overall. They are just the second team in the Modern Era (since 1900) to go 0-6 on back-to-back road trips in the same season.
"It's something that's humbling as a coaching staff, as players and as an organization," Mattingly said. "You're feeling the strides and the big gains, but you still see where we're at and what we have to do to get to the next level. There's a lot more wins that we have to put on the board."
The road isn't getting much easier. Seven of the Marlins' final 11 series of the season _ including four of six on the road _ come against teams that entered Thursday within five games of the NL's second wild-card spot.
