.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff chances slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found an uncomfortable brand-new way to lose.A flying bat. A short-lived mind oversight. And an unusual dual play." I don't believe I have actually ever before observed that before in an activity. Only an unusual situation," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, but it was actually exactly how the bottom of the 10th played out that will definitely be always remembered in Mariners folklore as another section in a time that has gone awry.With distance runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third base after dodging a soaring bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he started out swinging." I've inquired a handful of people and all of them said, 'I've never ever found that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th enhanced Rodru00edguez, the automated runner, coming from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his baseball bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Honestly, I saw the bat piloting right approximately my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young celebrity scuttled out of the way right into filthy region as the bat bounded behind 3rd base, as well as it took him a moment to regroup. But the play had not been dead, and catcher Austin Wells made a quick toss to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he might get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he thought the play mored than due to the fact that the bat went soaring." After I observed the baseball bat I thought it was going to be a dead play, and afterwards they were mosting likely to grab the baseball bat and I was mosting likely to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I escaped and transformed my back to the field as well as I listened to [third base instructor] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Respond to 3rd.' That's when I returned to 3rd." Truthfully, then I had not been truly thinking of the activity, merely trying to escape the bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was a 1st for me, for certain." Hamilton began Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened an evening after Victor Robles made the doubtful decision to make an effort taking home in the very first inning versus New york city while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 matter as well as the manners packed. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to an easy victory.This defeat was actually a lot more irritating for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed out on an odds to comprise required ground in the AL West as well as wild-card races. Seattle is actually 5 activities rear of first-place Houston in the department as well as 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card place." Everything occurred quickly and once again, just really reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I presume our team would certainly all jump off the beaten track. But simply unlucky it wound up in this way.".