.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff chances slipping away, the Seattle Mariners located a very painful new method to lose.A flying bat. A momentary mind blunder. As well as a strange dual play." I don't presume I've ever before observed that before in a game. Just an unusual circumstance," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was actually how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be actually born in mind 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 3rd base after evading a flying bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he headed moving." I have actually inquired a few men plus all of them said, 'I have actually certainly never found that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went sailing out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Honestly, I found the bat flying right as much as my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger superstar scuttled out of the way in to foul region as the bat skipped responsible for third foundation, and also it took him an instant to regroup. But the play had not been lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells created a fast toss to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he presumed the play mored than because the bat went soaring." After I found the bat I believed it was actually going to be actually a dead play, and after that they were actually going to grab the baseball bat and also I was actually heading to get back to third," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I got away as well as transformed my spine to the field as well as I listened to [3rd base coach] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Respond to 3rd.' That is actually when I responded to 3rd." In all honesty, then I wasn't actually thinking of the video game, simply attempting to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was an initial for me, for sure." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came a night after Winner Robles created the suspicious choice to try taking house in the initial inning versus New york city while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 matter and also the manners loaded. Robles was actually out and the Yankees spun to a very easy victory.This loss was more aggravating for Seattle as both Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners overlooked an opportunity to make up required ground in the AL West as well as wild-card races. Seat is actually five activities back of first-place Houston in the branch and three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card spot." Everything happened quick and again, simply extremely reactionary," Wilson stated. "I presume our team 'd all hop off the beaten track. Yet merely unlucky it found yourself that way.".