Frustrating Braves

The frustrating part about the Atlanta Braves in the early part of the season has been the lack of consistency throughout the team. One night the starting pitchers will struggle and the relievers will dominate. The next, the exact opposite will happen.
All of that has equaled a poor 11-15 record going into tonight's contest against the Florida Marlins.
After starting the season 5-1, everything has been downhill. Most of the blame can be aimed to an offense that has scored just 31 runs in the 14 losses during the dreadful 6-14 streak.
More than that, though, the pitching staff has been inconsistent.
During the early part of the futility, the starting pitching was solid. In the first seven losses, they gave up 22 earned runs in 40 1/3 innings. The bullpen, meanwhile, gave up 15 runs in 18 2/3 innings.
Since then, the roles have been reversed. The starters have allowed 28 earned runs in 38 2/3 innings, and the bullpen let 7 runs cross the plate in 24 1/3 innings.
More recently, the defense hasn't been up to par. On the current four-game losing streak, three unearned runs have crossed the plate. Two unearned runs occurred in the fourth inning of Saturday's 5-1 loss to Houston. At the time, the game was tied at 1-1.
Then on Tuesday, New York scored an unearned run in the ninth. The Braves ended up losing by one.
With the offense being so bad, all the other aspects of the game have to be almost perfect.
Instead, they haven't been.
The result is an underachieving team with a poor 11-15 record.