MIAMI -- There was a shift in the postgame atmosphere inside the Braves’ clubhouse at loanDepot park on Sunday. No music played. Nothing was airing on the four TVs mounted in the center of the room. The chatter among teammates was minimal.

The loudest sound was the torrent of water that streamed out of the showerheads in the bathroom.

With a 4-3 series-finale loss to the Marlins on Sunday, the Braves finished their third road trip of the season without having secured a sweep, though they did get their first road series win with victories on Friday and Saturday.

The squad heads back to Atlanta with a 19-22 record, still having not won more than two games in a row this year. The Braves aren’t too concerned, though. Baseball is a long season, and they’ve been in a similar position before. After all, they went 19-21 in their first 40 games of the year to start last season, and they came away with a championship.

“It's a long season,” Adam Duvall said Sunday. “You're going to have your good stretches and bad stretches. … You can't control the production side of things -- you could hit the ball as hard as you want and it could go straight to somebody -- but you can control the work that you put in and the effort and the concentration level that you're trying to prepare.”

Here are three takeaways from the Braves’ first road series “W” of the season.

Starting arm barn
Ian Anderson was solid in the series finale, settling in after a rocky first inning (he walked the first batter he faced on five pitches). But Anderson did better than a box score may show. He went six-plus innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six, holding his own against a heavy-hitting Miami lineup.

“I thought he threw pretty good, really good actually,” manager Brian Snitker said postgame. “He stretched the game for us, which is what we needed today. … He kept the game right there for us.”

Anderson is excited to get back on the bump and face the Marlins when they return to Atlanta this week, hinting that he might on Friday while saying he’s “looking forward” to potentially being matched up against Miami starter Sandy Alcantara again.

That positive energy -- and itch to get back on the mound -- was echoed by Charlie Morton and Kyle Wright, who both shined in the first two games of the series. Morton allowed three runs on seven hits and five strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings on Friday, while Wright set up the bullpen on Saturday with a stellar five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out six.

Having starters who have found consistency will be key for the Braves moving forward, especially as they enter the heart of the season.

Hitters vs. swingers
Speaking of consistency, Atlanta’s offense has been on fire. Only two of its everyday starters went hitless vs. Miami, and the Braves benefited from another knockout performance from backup catcher William Contreras on Saturday.

Even in Sunday’s loss, the Braves were making solid contact, and they reached base. Ronald Acuña Jr. extended his MLB-leading on-base streak to 29 games (tied with the Cardinals’ Paul Goldschmidt), while Dansby Swanson also continued to rake (more about him later).

The speed bump Atlanta’s bats keep running into remains the lack of consistent hitting with runners in scoring position (3-for-11 on Sunday and 66-for-299 on the season).

It also wouldn’t hurt for Austin Riley (0-for-14) and Travis Demeritte (0-for-29) to get a hit, and soon. Demeritte continued a trend of striking out and missing chances to get on base. In the fifth, both he and Riley struck out swinging with a runner in scoring position.

“We're still struggling to get everything going,” Snitker said.

D is for Dansby
The “D” in defense, that is. Swanson continued to execute at the plate while excelling at shortstop. He made a pair of key plays in the Braves’ series-clinching win on Saturday, with a stellar spin-throw to start the fourth inning before he kicked off a double play on the basepaths to end the inning.

Swanson entered Sunday’s game tied for second most Outs Above Average in baseball (six) and tied for fifth in Runs Prevented (four).

“He just is playing about as good a shortstop as you can play,” Snitker said prior to Friday’s series opener. “He's got a great mental makeup and toughness, and he’s just really, really solid.”