.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff chances slipping away, the Seattle Mariners located a distressing brand-new technique to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A brief moment . As well as a strange dual play." I do not believe I have actually ever viewed that prior to in an activity. Merely an unusual situation," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, yet it was just how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will definitely be actually born in mind in Mariners lore as one more chapter in a time that has gone awry.With runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third bottom after evading a soaring bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I've talked to a couple of people and all of them stated, 'I have actually never ever found that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automated jogger, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Truthfully, I observed the bat piloting right as much as my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young superstar scampered off the beaten track right into repulsive area as the baseball bat skipped behind third foundation, as well as it took him a moment to collect yourself. However the play had not been lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells made a simple throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he might respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he thought the play ended given that the baseball bat went soaring." After I viewed the bat I thought it was actually heading to be actually a lifeless play, and afterwards they were visiting get the bat and I was visiting return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I escaped and also switched my spine to the field and I listened to [3rd bottom coach] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Get back to third.' That's when I returned to 3rd." Frankly, then I wasn't definitely thinking of the activity, simply making an effort to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was actually an initial for me, for sure." Hamilton began Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened a night after Victor Robles created the suspicious selection to attempt taking home in the initial inning versus New York while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 matter as well as the manners packed. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees rolled to an effortless victory.This defeat was actually extra annoying for Seat as each Houston and also Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, indicating the Mariners missed an opportunity to comprise needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seattle is actually 5 activities rear of first-place Houston in the branch and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card area." All of it occurred swiftly and also once more, merely really reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I assume our company would certainly all dive off the beaten track. However just unfavorable it found yourself by doing this.".