.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff chances escaping, the Seattle Mariners discovered an uncomfortable brand-new technique to lose.A flying baseball bat. A short-lived memory . And an unusual double play." I do not presume I have actually ever before seen that prior to in a video game. Merely a peculiar condition," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was actually just how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be remembered in Mariners tradition as an additional chapter in a time that has actually gone awry.With joggers at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third foundation after dodging a flying bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he set out moving." I have actually asked a couple of people and all of all of them mentioned, 'I have actually never seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th enhanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, coming from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went cruising away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I saw the baseball bat piloting right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young celebrity scuttled out of the way in to nasty region as the bat bounded responsible for third base, and it took him an instant to collect yourself. Yet the play wasn't dead, and catcher Austin Wells created a simple throw to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he could respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he believed the play ended given that the baseball bat went flying." After I saw the bat I presumed it was going to be actually a lifeless play, and after that they were mosting likely to grab the bat and I was actually mosting likely to return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I got away and also transformed my spine to the area as well as I listened to [third bottom train] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Return to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to 3rd." Truthfully, at that moment I had not been actually dealing with the activity, only making an effort to avoid the baseball bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was a first for me, for certain." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Victor Robles created the questionable choice to make an effort swiping house in the initial inning versus New york city while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 count and also the bases packed. Robles was actually out and also the Yankees spun to a very easy victory.This loss was more discouraging for Seat as both Houston and Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, indicating the Mariners overlooked a chance to comprise needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card races. Seattle is actually 5 activities rear of first-place Houston in the branch and also three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card place." All of it happened quickly as well as once again, simply extremely reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I think our company will all dive off the beaten track. But simply regrettable it wound up that way.".