.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff chances departing, the Seattle Mariners found an uncomfortable brand-new way to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A short-lived mind . As well as a strange dual play." I do not believe I have actually ever before viewed that prior to in a video game. Simply an odd situation," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was exactly how all-time low of the 10th played out that are going to be actually remembered in Mariners folklore as another phase in a season that has gone awry.With joggers at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off 3rd bottom after dodging a flying bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I've inquired a handful of fellas plus all of them mentioned, 'I have actually certainly never seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went setting sail away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I viewed the bat flying right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful celebrity scuttled out of the way in to filthy area as the bat skipped behind 3rd foundation, and also it took him an instant to regroup. Yet the play had not been lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells made an easy toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he could possibly get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he assumed the play ended due to the fact that the bat went soaring." After I saw the baseball bat I assumed it was heading to be actually a lifeless play, and afterwards they were going to pick up the baseball bat and also I was going to return to third," Rodru00edguez said. "I got out as well as turned my back to the area and also I heard [third bottom coach] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Get back to third.' That's when I responded to 3rd." Frankly, at that moment I had not been truly dealing with the activity, simply attempting to get away from the bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was a first for me, without a doubt." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's error happened an evening after Winner Robles made the doubtful selection to try swiping home in the 1st inning against Nyc while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 matter as well as the bases packed. Robles was actually out and also the Yankees spun to a simple victory.This loss was actually even more annoying for Seat as both Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, indicating the Mariners skipped an opportunity to make up needed to have ground in the AL West as well as wild-card nationalities. Seattle is five games rear of first-place Houston in the division and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card spot." Everything took place fast and again, simply extremely reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I assume our company 'd all dive out of the way. But just unfavorable it ended up by doing this.".