.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities escaping, the Seattle Mariners discovered a distressing brand-new way to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A short-term mind . And a strange dual play." I don't presume I have actually ever seen that just before in an activity. Merely an odd scenario," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the Nyc Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was just how the bottom of the 10th played out that are going to be actually kept in mind in Mariners tradition as yet another phase in a period that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off 3rd base after dodging a flying baseball bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I have actually talked to a handful of people and all of them said, 'I've never seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went sailing out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I found the bat flighting right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scuttled off the beaten track in to foul area as the bat skipped behind 3rd base, as well as it took him a moment to regroup. Yet the play wasn't lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells made a simple throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he could return to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he presumed the play mored than because the baseball bat went flying." After I found the bat I presumed it was actually heading to be actually a dead play, and after that they were visiting get the baseball bat and I was heading to get back to third," Rodru00edguez said. "I got away as well as transformed my spine to the area and also I heard [third bottom instructor] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Respond to third.' That is actually when I got back to third." In all honesty, then I wasn't truly thinking of the game, merely trying to avoid the baseball bat coming at me. That's what took place. That was actually a 1st for me, for certain." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened an evening after Winner Robles made the suspicious decision to attempt swiping home in the initial inning against The big apple while Turner went to home plate along with a 3-0 matter as well as the bases filled. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to an easy victory.This loss was actually much more aggravating for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners overlooked an opportunity to compose needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is actually 5 games rear of first-place Houston in the division as well as three behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card location." All of it occurred quickly and also once more, only incredibly reactionary," Wilson stated. "I assume we 'd all leap off the beaten track. But just unfortunate it wound up in this way.".