Pitching woes continue in Baltimore as Mets drop fifth straight

Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports The start of September means the days are getting shorter, pumpkin spice is once again everywhere, and the baseball season is drawing to a close. For the Mets, it means there’s only 25 games to find a way to sneak into the postseason or risk the embarrassment of missing out in a year with eight out of 15 teams in each league will reach October. Tonight would have been an ideal time for the Mets to begin that playoff push, but instead they found themselves slipping further away after suffering a 9-5 defeat at the hands of the Orioles.

Ariel Jurado got the ball for the first time as a Met and was predictably ineffective. The game began with a Cedric Mullins…