MILWAUKEE — At some point, the Milwaukee Brewers will hit, or so you would think.

But until that time arrives, what happened Friday night at Miller Park is not out of the realm of the unexpected.

Not even seven stellar innings from right-hander Yovani Gallardo in his first home start of the season would prove to be enough as the Florida Marlins erupted in the 10th inning to come away with a 3-0 victory over the offensively challenged Brewers.

It was the Brewers' seventh extra-inning game and their second loss.

The Brewers were unable to put together more than one hit in any inning and went hitless in the measly seven times they had runners in scoring position.

Only catcher Jason Kendall had more than one hit, and both of his came leading off innings.

Despite getting the leadoff hitter on base in eight of the 10 innings, the Brewers couldn't take advantage.

But that's how it's been of late for the Brewers, who started the season with five wins in six games but are 8-9 since.

That record can be directly tied to their hitting, or lack thereof. In their first six games, the Brewers batted .303 and averaged almost seven runs per game. In the last 17 games, that average has dipped to .223 and the run production has dropped to a shade less than four runs per game.

Manager Ned Yost contended it's more a case of the pitching the Brewers have faced than the slumbering lumber. Marlins left-hander Scott Olsen backed Yost's argument with 7.1 shutout innings.

"I didn't see one mistake," Yost said of Olsen and three relievers, including Kevin Gregg (3-0), who pitched the final two innings to pick up his third victory.

The Marlins scored off Guillermo Mota, the third and final Brewers reliever.

The problems began when Mota (1-1) issued a leadoff walk to Hanley Ramirez, who eventually broke the scoreless tie when shortstop J.J. Hardy couldn't make a clean throw to the plate for a force on Wes Helms' bases-loaded grounder in the hole against a drawn-in infield.

"He hit it in a perfect situation," Yost said of the former Brewer.

Cody Ross added a sacrifice fly and Mike Rabelo a run-scoring single to close out the scoring. Gallardo was brilliant in his second start, holding the Marlins hitless for 3.1 innings and then working out of some jams in his final three innings.

He now has allowed just one run in 14 innings, an eye-popping 0.64 ERA.

But Gallardo has nothing to show for it in the win column, this time because Olsen was every bit his equal.

"They had a pretty good pitcher out there, too," Gallardo said. "He was tough."

Olsen limited the Brewers to two runners in scoring position through the first five innings.

Their best chance against the lanky left-hander from nearby Crystal Lake, Ill., came in the sixth when Kendall beat out an infield grounder.

After Weeks flied to the warning track in left, Kendall advanced to second on Kapler's hit-and-run ground out.

After Olsen intentionally walked Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder was faced with one of those Mighty Casey moments sluggers dream of.

And he almost came through, lashing a full-count pitch down the right-field line that curved just inside the foul pole.

Olsen took the discretionary route and walked Fielder, setting up Corey Hart's grounder to third for the final out.

Gallardo survived a bases-loaded situation in the fifth and a first-and-second, no-out jam in the seventh.

He looked like he had lost his shutout in the fifth when Ramirez lined a single to right with runners on first and second, but the ball was hit so hard to Hart in right field that third-base coach Bo Porter made Rabelo slam on the brakes.

Dan Uggla then grounded out for the final out. Rabelo led off the seventh with a single and moved to second on a walk to Alfredo Amezaga.

Gallardo then was saved by a brilliant play from Kendall, who pounced on Olsen's sacrifice attempt down the third-base line and nailed Rabelo at third.

Gallardo then did the hard work himself, catching Ramirez looking for the second out and inducing another inning-ending grounder from Uggla. But without any run support, all that good pitching went for naught.

"We're swinging the bats fine," Yost argued. "They did just that good a job of pitching."