.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities slipping away, the Seattle Mariners discovered a distressing brand-new means to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A temporary mind . And a peculiar dual play." I don't believe I've ever before observed that prior to in a game. Only an unusual scenario," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was actually exactly how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be actually don't forgotten in Mariners tradition as another chapter in a season that has actually gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off third base after dodging a flying bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he started out moving." I've inquired a couple of people plus all of all of them pointed out, 'I've never ever observed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Truthfully, I viewed the baseball bat flighting right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scuttled out of the way in to filthy region as the bat bounded behind third foundation, as well as it took him an instant to collect yourself. But the play had not been dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells made an easy throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he might respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he thought the play ended since the baseball bat went flying." After I viewed the baseball bat I assumed it was actually heading to be a lifeless play, and afterwards they were actually visiting grab the baseball bat and also I was actually going to get back to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I got away and also turned my spine to the area and I heard [3rd base instructor] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Respond to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to third." Honestly, then I wasn't definitely dealing with the activity, just attempting to get away from the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was actually a first for me, for sure." Hamilton began Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened a night after Victor Robles created the dubious decision to make an effort swiping house in the initial inning versus Nyc while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 count and the bases filled. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to a very easy victory.This loss was a lot more annoying for Seattle as each Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed an opportunity to make up required ground in the AL West as well as wild-card nationalities. Seattle is actually 5 video games back of first-place Houston in the department and three behind Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card location." Everything took place fast and also once more, merely extremely reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I believe our team 'd all hop out of the way. Yet simply unfavorable it wound up that way.".