.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff opportunities escaping, the Seattle Mariners located a painful brand-new technique to lose.A flying bat. A brief mind blunder. And also a peculiar dual play." I don't believe I've ever before found that prior to in a game. Only a weird circumstance," Seat manager 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 just how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be actually remembered in Mariners lore as another chapter in a period that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off 3rd base after dodging a flying baseball bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I've inquired a few fellas plus all of them pointed out, 'I've never observed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I observed the bat taking flight right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger superstar scampered off the beaten track into repulsive region as the bat jumped responsible for third foundation, and also it took him a moment to regroup. However the play had not been lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells created a fast toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he can get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he believed the play was over considering that the baseball bat went flying." After I saw the baseball bat I thought it was going to be actually a lifeless play, and then they were actually heading to get the baseball bat as well as I was actually going to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez stated. "I got out and turned my spine to the industry and I listened to [third bottom instructor] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Respond to 3rd.' That's when I got back to third." Frankly, at that moment I wasn't actually considering the activity, only making an effort to avoid the baseball bat coming with me. That's what happened. That was actually an initial for me, for certain." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's error happened an evening after Victor Robles made the suspicious selection to attempt swiping house in the first inning versus Nyc while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 matter and also the bases filled. Robles was actually out and also the Yankees rolled to an easy victory.This loss was actually even more discouraging for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed an opportunity to make up needed to have ground in the AL West and wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is 5 activities rear of first-place Houston in the department and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card spot." Everything occurred quick and also once again, simply extremely reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I think we would certainly all jump off the beaten track. However merely unfavorable it found yourself this way.".