Janson Junk allowed one run in five innings against the Cubs on Friday, losing his ninth game of the season.

Pulled after five innings, Junk could only watch reliever Jack Ralston came in and immediately load the bases to create a blowout situation. In Junk’s last seven games he’s got a 2.45 ERA in 29 1/3 innings and he has exactly one win to show for it. To be fair, he has only struck out 13 and has only gone more than five innings once in that timespan. It still feels like the Marlins are wasting good starts as they try to hang in the NL Wild Card race. Junk has a matchup with the Mets on deck for next week; at least the Marlins always seem to find a way to beat them in September.