.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found a painful brand-new means to lose.A flying bat. A brief moment . And a strange dual play." I don't assume I've ever observed that just before in an activity. Just an unusual condition," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was actually how the bottom of the 10th played out that will be actually remembered in Mariners lore as yet another chapter in a time that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off third foundation after dodging a soaring bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he set out moving." I have actually talked to a handful of men plus all of them pointed out, 'I have actually never viewed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I viewed the bat flying right as much as my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful celebrity scampered out of the way right into filthy area as the baseball bat skipped responsible for third base, and also it took him a second to regroup. But the play had not been lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells made an easy toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he could get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he assumed the play was over due to the fact that the baseball bat went soaring." After I observed the bat I thought it was mosting likely to be a lifeless play, and afterwards they were mosting likely to pick up the baseball bat and also I was mosting likely to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez stated. "I fled and also transformed my back to the area and I listened to [3rd foundation coach] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Respond to third.' That is actually when I returned to 3rd." In all honesty, then I had not been really considering the activity, just attempting to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was actually an initial for me, for certain." Hamilton began Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder happened an evening after Winner Robles made the suspicious decision to attempt taking house in the 1st inning against Nyc while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 count and the manners loaded. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees rolled to an effortless victory.This loss was a lot more frustrating for Seattle as each Houston and Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed out on an opportunity to comprise needed to have ground in the AL West as well as wild-card ethnicities. Seat is actually 5 activities back of first-place Houston in the division and 3 responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card spot." All of it happened swiftly as well as once again, only incredibly reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I think our team will all hop off the beaten track. However just unfortunate it found yourself in this way.".