MIAMI — The Marlins’ offense has fallen from among the best in baseball to among the worst over the past month, a collapse that has turned a team once 10 games over .500 into one mired in a skid it cannot shake.

Since July 10, Miami is scoring just 3.09 runs per game, ranking 29th in the Majors — down from 4.62 runs per game (11th) through July 9. The team’s batting average has plummeted from .255 (tied for fifth) to .226 (26th), its on-base percentage from .332 (sixth) to .296 (tied for 25th), and its slugging from .413 (ninth) to .359 (27th). Batting average with runners in scoring position has dropped from .261 (tied for eighth) to .236 (22nd), while the walk rate has slipped from 9.1% (12th best) to 8.0% (tied for 20th) and the strikeout rate has risen from 21.3% to 22.3%.

“We’re just not stringing a ton together like we usually do,” said Kyle Stowers, who recorded his fifth career game of at least four hits. “It’s a team game, but I think offensively, we could be better. Like I said, usually we’re really good at stringing things together, kind of feeding off of that, and we just haven’t been doing that like we usually do. So not necessarily sure what exactly needs to change. If anything, just continuing to create as many opportunities like we did tonight.”

The drought has been especially painful because Miami’s pitching has held up its end. Marlins starters allowed just 10 earned runs across 36 innings — a 2.50 ERA — on a 3-4 road trip, but the margin for error remains razor-thin. Right-hander Tyler Phillips, who permitted just a solo shot to Mike Trout over four-plus innings, said the bats will come around. “I have faith in our hitters,” Phillips said. “Baseball is a hard game. Sometimes balls fall, sometimes they don’t. I saw earlier that the Red Sox have like a .546 BABIP right now. They’re having balls sneak through holes, fall into play. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn’t. That’s just baseball.”

The Marlins’ aggressiveness on the basepaths has compounded the problem. Miami ranks second in the Majors for most outs on the bases with 47, a figure that does not include Esteury Ruiz being thrown out at home on Otto Lopez’s grounder to third or Leo Jimenez being thrown out at the plate to end the latest loss at loanDepot park. Manager Clayton McCullough defended third-base coach Blake Lalli’s decision on the final play. “[I’m] good with the send there,” McCullough said. “It took a really nice throw, guy running a long way for it to pick it up there, and tough angle to make that throw home going back across. I love the aggressiveness by Blake, and really have since he’s been our third-base coach.”

A major factor in the slide has been the simultaneous slumps of All-Star Lopez and Xavier Edwards, a double-play tandem that led all MLB pairs in WAR for much of the season. Twenty-one games ago, Lopez led the National League batting average race by 19 points; his average has since dropped from .345 to .315, and he now trails Luis Arraez (.323) for the crown. Much of the slide coincides with an injury Lopez sustained to his right ring finger on July 18 that kept him out for two games.

“Those two in particular are very important to the success that we’ve had,” McCullough said. “But I think most nights when we win games, we also bring up the contributions from others. To win a lot of games and to withstand some tougher stretches, you need contributions to come from a number of people in the roster. So that’s what’s required now. It’s not about who needs to get it done. It’s just like we need to get this done and find a way to just do better.”

The Marlins continue their homestand at loanDepot park with the series still in progress.