.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff chances slipping away, the Seattle Mariners located a distressing brand new method to lose.A flying baseball bat. A short-lived mind oversight. And also a strange dual play." I do not presume I've ever seen that before in an activity. Merely a peculiar scenario," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was just how the bottom of the 10th played out that will definitely be actually always remembered in Mariners tradition as one more phase in a period that has actually gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off 3rd foundation after dodging a soaring bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I've talked to a handful of men plus all of them pointed out, 'I've certainly never viewed 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 automated jogger, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went cruising out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I observed the baseball bat piloting right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young star scuttled out of the way right into filthy region as the baseball bat skipped behind third bottom, and also it took him an instant to collect yourself. Yet the play had not been dead, and also catcher Austin Wells made an easy toss to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he might get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he assumed the play ended due to the fact that the baseball bat went flying." After I viewed the bat I believed it was going to be actually a lifeless play, and after that they were visiting get the baseball bat and I was going to return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez stated. "I fled and turned my back to the industry and also I listened to [third base trainer] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Respond to third.' That's when I got back to third." Honestly, at that moment I wasn't definitely thinking of the activity, simply making an effort to get away from the bat coming at me. That's what took place. That was actually a 1st for me, without a doubt." Hamilton began Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came an evening after Victor Robles created the doubtful decision to make an effort swiping home in the initial inning against New York while Turner went to home plate along with a 3-0 matter as well as the manners packed. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to an easy victory.This loss was a lot more annoying for Seattle as each Houston and Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners skipped a possibility to compose needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card races. Seat is 5 video games rear of first-place Houston in the branch and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card location." It all happened swiftly as well as once again, only incredibly reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I presume our team would certainly all jump out of the way. Yet merely unlucky it wound up that way.".