.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff opportunities departing, the Seattle Mariners discovered an agonizing brand-new way to lose.A flying bat. A momentary moment oversight. As well as a peculiar double play." I don't think I have actually ever observed that just before in an activity. Merely an unusual scenario," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was actually how all-time low of the 10th played out that will definitely be actually don't forgotten in Mariners tradition as an additional section in a period that has actually gone awry.With runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third base after evading a soaring bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he struck out moving." I have actually talked to a couple of guys and all of all of them pointed out, 'I have actually never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went sailing out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Truthfully, I viewed the baseball bat flying right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young star scampered out of the way in to filthy territory as the baseball bat skipped behind 3rd bottom, and it took him a moment to collect yourself. But the play wasn't dead, and also catcher Austin Wells made a fast toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he thought the play ended since the baseball bat went soaring." After I saw the baseball bat I believed it was actually mosting likely to be actually a lifeless play, and then they were actually mosting likely to grab the bat and also I was mosting likely to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I got away and also turned my back to the field as well as I listened to [third bottom trainer] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Get back to third.' That's when I returned to third." In all honesty, at that moment I had not been really dealing with the video game, just making an effort to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was an initial for me, without a doubt." Hamilton began Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened a night after Winner Robles made the suspicious decision to make an effort swiping home in the 1st inning against New York while Turner was at the plate with a 3-0 matter and also the manners filled. Robles was actually out and the Yankees rolled to a quick and easy victory.This defeat was actually extra aggravating for Seattle as each Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed out on a chance to comprise needed ground in the AL West and wild-card ethnicities. Seat is actually 5 video games rear of first-place Houston in the branch as well as 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card spot." Everything took place swiftly and also again, simply extremely reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I think we would certainly all leap out of the way. Yet merely unlucky it found yourself this way.".