.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff opportunities escaping, the Seattle Mariners discovered an agonizing brand-new means to lose.A flying baseball bat. A short-lived mind . As well as a bizarre double play." I don't presume I have actually ever observed that prior to in a video game. Simply an odd scenario," Seattle 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 just how the bottom of the 10th played out that will definitely be actually always remembered in Mariners folklore as one more section in a period that has actually gone awry.With joggers at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off 3rd base after evading a flying baseball bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he began moving." I have actually inquired a few fellas and all of them pointed out, 'I've never ever observed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, as well as his baseball bat went cruising away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I viewed the baseball bat taking flight right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scampered off the beaten track in to nasty area as the baseball bat bounded behind third foundation, and it took him a moment to regroup. Yet the play had not been dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells made a fast throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he can get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he assumed the play ended considering that the bat went flying." After I observed the baseball bat I believed it was going to be a dead play, and after that they were heading to get the baseball bat and also I was going to go back to third," Rodru00edguez mentioned. "I fled as well as turned my back to the area as well as I heard [3rd foundation coach] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Get back to third.' That's when I got back to third." Honestly, at that moment I wasn't truly thinking of the game, only attempting to escape the bat coming at me. That's what took place. That was actually a first for me, without a doubt." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Winner Robles created the doubtful choice to make an effort stealing house in the very 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 and the Yankees rolled to a simple victory.This loss was even more frustrating for Seat as both Houston and Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed a possibility to comprise needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card races. Seat is actually five activities rear of first-place Houston in the division and also 3 behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card spot." All of it took place fast and once more, simply quite reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I think our team 'd all jump off the beaten track. Yet merely regrettable it wound up by doing this.".