I blame bassitt, in both game he stunk. I blame Scherzer in both game he stunk. And yes even degromm, yes he won yesterday, but in 6 starts, not 1 of them were dominant. And that in, lies the problem. And these guys put you in a whole early and make the bullpen have to come in early, which is admittingly the weakness of the team.
When the overwhelming strength of your team fails again and again your not gonna win two many games. As for the hitting they are not a great lineup, they don't get enough out of catcher or DH. Marte hasn't done much so don't know if the finger is still hurting him, probably is (Hence he seems compromised). Canha has been in a huge slump. And they can't buy a hit with RISP when they did all year hitting in the clutch. So maybe they will come back, but can't say I optimistic on that I'm being nice.