.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners discovered an unpleasant brand-new means to lose.A flying bat. A brief memory lapse. And a strange dual play." I don't believe I've ever before seen that before in an activity. Only a weird circumstance," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was actually how all-time low of the 10th played out that will certainly be actually remembered in Mariners tradition as an additional chapter in a time that has gone awry.With joggers at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third foundation after dodging a soaring baseball bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began moving." I've asked a handful of guys and all of them pointed out, 'I've never ever found that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I observed the baseball bat flying right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger superstar scampered off the beaten track into foul territory as the bat skipped responsible for 3rd bottom, and also it took him an instant to collect yourself. Yet the play wasn't lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells created an easy throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he might return to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he believed the play ended because the bat went soaring." After I observed the baseball bat I assumed it was actually heading to be actually a dead play, and then they were mosting likely to pick up the bat as well as I was mosting likely to return to third," Rodru00edguez mentioned. "I escaped and also turned my back to the field and also I listened to [third foundation trainer] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Get back to third.' That's when I got back to 3rd." In all honesty, at that moment I had not been definitely thinking of the video game, simply trying to escape the baseball bat coming with me. That's what occurred. That was actually a 1st for me, without a doubt." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Victor Robles made the suspicious choice to try swiping home in the first inning versus Nyc while Turner went to home plate along with a 3-0 count and also the bases filled. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees spun to a quick and easy victory.This defeat was actually even more aggravating for Seat as both Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners missed out on an opportunity to comprise needed ground in the AL West as well as wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is 5 video games rear of first-place Houston in the department as well as three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card place." Everything occurred quickly and also once more, only very reactionary," Wilson said. "I believe we would certainly all hop off the beaten track. However only unlucky it wound up that way.".