.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found a painful new technique to lose.A zooming bat. A short-lived mind breach. And also an unusual dual play." I don't presume I've ever before observed that prior to in a video game. Only an odd condition," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was just how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be actually remembered in Mariners lore as an additional chapter in a time that has gone awry.With runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off 3rd base after dodging a soaring bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I have actually talked to a few people and all of all of them said, 'I've certainly never observed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I viewed the bat piloting right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful superstar scampered out of the way in to repulsive area as the baseball bat bounded behind 3rd base, and it took him a moment to regroup. However the play wasn't lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells made a fast toss to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he might return to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he believed the play mored than due to the fact that the baseball bat went soaring." After I observed the bat I thought it was heading to be actually a lifeless play, and after that they were actually visiting grab the baseball bat and also I was mosting likely to get back to third," Rodru00edguez said. "I escaped as well as switched my back to the area and also I listened to [third bottom instructor] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Return to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to 3rd." Truthfully, at that moment I wasn't truly dealing with the activity, simply attempting to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a 1st for me, without a doubt." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened an evening after Victor Robles created the dubious choice to try taking house in the first inning versus The big apple while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 matter and also the bases loaded. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to a quick and easy victory.This defeat was actually extra frustrating for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed an opportunity to make up needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is actually five games back of first-place Houston in the division and also three behind Minnesota for the last AL wild-card spot." It all took place fast as well as once more, just quite reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I assume our experts will all jump off the beaten track. However only unfavorable it ended up this way.".