.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff odds departing, the Seattle Mariners discovered a very painful brand-new method to lose.A speeding bat. A momentary memory blunder. As well as a peculiar dual play." I do not assume I have actually ever before seen that prior to in an activity. Simply an unusual situation," Seattle supervisor 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 participated in out that will be remembered in Mariners lore as yet another phase in a period that has gone awry.With joggers at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third bottom after evading a flying bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he started out moving." I've talked to a few guys and all of them claimed, 'I have actually never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automated runner, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went setting sail out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Honestly, I saw the baseball bat piloting right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger superstar scuttled off the beaten track in to repulsive area as the bat bounded responsible for third base, as well as it took him a minute to collect yourself. Yet the play wasn't dead, and also catcher Austin Wells made a fast toss to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he can respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he assumed the play mored than because the baseball bat went soaring." After I observed the baseball bat I believed it was actually mosting likely to be a lifeless play, and then they were actually heading to get the baseball bat and also I was actually going to go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez stated. "I fled as well as transformed my back to the field and I heard [3rd bottom instructor] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Get back to third.' That's when I returned to third." Truthfully, then I wasn't truly thinking of the game, simply trying to escape the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was actually a 1st for me, for sure." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened a night after Victor Robles made the questionable decision to try stealing house in the 1st inning against Nyc while Turner was at the plate with a 3-0 matter and the manners loaded. Robles was out and the Yankees spun to a simple victory.This defeat was actually much more discouraging for Seat as each Houston and Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners overlooked an opportunity to make up needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card ethnicities. Seat is actually five activities back of first-place Houston in the branch and also three behind Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card spot." All of it took place quick as well as again, merely incredibly reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I assume our team would certainly all dive out of the way. But simply regrettable it ended up this way.".