.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities slipping away, the Seat Mariners found a painful new means to lose.A flying baseball bat. A momentary mind lapse. As well as a strange double play." I don't think I've ever before found that before in an activity. Just an odd condition," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was exactly how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will definitely be actually kept in mind in Mariners lore as an additional phase in a period that has actually gone awry.With joggers at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off 3rd bottom after dodging a flying baseball bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I have actually asked a few men plus all of them pointed out, 'I have actually never ever viewed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, coming from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went cruising out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I found the baseball bat taking flight right approximately my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scampered off the beaten track right into filthy area as the bat skipped behind third bottom, and it took him a moment to collect yourself. Yet the play wasn't lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells created an easy toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he can get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he thought the play was over given that the bat went flying." After I saw the baseball bat I presumed it was mosting likely to be a dead play, and after that they were heading to pick up the bat and also I was actually heading to get back to third," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I got out and also turned my spine to the area and also I heard [3rd base train] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to third.' That's when I got back to third." Frankly, then I had not been actually dealing with the activity, just trying to get away from the baseball bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was a very first for me, for sure." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came an evening after Victor Robles created the suspicious choice to attempt stealing house in the 1st inning versus New york city while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 count and also the manners packed. Robles was out and also the Yankees rolled to a quick and easy victory.This defeat was more irritating for Seat as both Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners skipped a chance to compose needed ground in the AL West and wild-card nationalities. Seat is actually five games rear of first-place Houston in the branch and three behind Minnesota for the last AL wild-card location." It all took place swiftly and also once again, merely really reactionary," Wilson stated. "I presume we 'd all dive out of the way. However just regrettable it ended up by doing this.".