.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds slipping away, the Seat Mariners found an agonizing brand-new method to lose.A flying baseball bat. A temporary mind blunder. And also an unusual double play." I do not assume I've ever before viewed that just before in a game. Simply an odd condition," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the Nyc Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was actually exactly how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that are going to be born in mind in Mariners folklore as an additional phase in a season that has gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off 3rd base after dodging a soaring bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I have actually talked to a few guys and all of them stated, 'I've never found that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, as well as his bat went voyaging away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Honestly, I viewed the bat taking flight right as much as my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scampered off the beaten track in to foul area as the bat skipped responsible for 3rd foundation, as well as it took him a second to collect yourself. But the play had not been lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells created an easy toss to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he could possibly respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he assumed the play ended given that the baseball bat went soaring." After I viewed the bat I thought it was actually heading to be a lifeless play, and after that they were going to get the bat and also I was visiting get back to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I fled and switched my spine to the industry and I heard [3rd base trainer] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to 3rd.' That's when I responded to third." In all honesty, then I had not been actually considering the activity, only making an effort to get away from the bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was actually a very first for me, for sure." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened an evening after Victor Robles created the suspicious decision to make an effort stealing house in the first inning versus New York while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 matter as well as the manners packed. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees rolled to a very easy victory.This loss was actually much more aggravating for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed out on a chance to comprise needed ground in the AL West and wild-card ethnicities. Seat is five games rear of first-place Houston in the department and 3 behind Minnesota for the last AL wild-card location." It all happened quickly and again, just really reactionary," Wilson said. "I assume we 'd all dive out of the way. However merely unfavorable it wound up this way.".