.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners discovered a distressing brand-new technique to lose.A zooming bat. A momentary mind blunder. And also a peculiar dual play." I do not believe I have actually ever observed that prior to in a video game. Merely an unusual condition," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was actually just how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will be actually always remembered in Mariners lore as an additional section in a season that has actually gone awry.With joggers at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off 3rd bottom after evading a soaring bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he struck out swinging." I've inquired a couple of guys and all of them claimed, 'I have actually never seen that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went setting sail away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I saw the baseball bat piloting right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scampered off the beaten track into foul region as the baseball bat bounded behind 3rd bottom, and also it took him a minute to regroup. Yet the play wasn't dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells created a fast throw to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he can respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he thought the play mored than given that the baseball bat went flying." After I viewed the bat I assumed it was heading to be actually a lifeless play, and then they were actually visiting grab the baseball bat and also I was actually visiting get back to third," Rodru00edguez said. "I got out and switched my spine to the area and also I heard [3rd foundation instructor] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Get back to 3rd.' That is actually when I responded to third." Frankly, at that moment I had not been definitely considering the video game, merely making an effort to escape the baseball bat coming with me. That's what happened. That was a very first for me, for sure." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Victor Robles created the doubtful choice to make an effort stealing house in the very first inning versus Nyc while Turner went to home plate along with a 3-0 count and also the manners packed. Robles was actually out and the Yankees rolled to an effortless victory.This defeat was actually extra frustrating for Seattle as each Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed out on an odds to compose needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is actually five games rear of first-place Houston in the division as well as 3 responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card spot." All of it took place fast as well as again, just incredibly reactionary," Wilson said. "I think our experts would certainly all leap out of the way. Yet just regrettable it found yourself in this way.".