.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities escaping, the Seat Mariners discovered a very painful brand-new means to lose.A zooming bat. A brief moment oversight. And also an unusual double play." I don't presume I have actually ever observed that just before in a video game. Simply a peculiar circumstance," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be actually remembered in Mariners lore as one more phase in a period that has gone awry.With joggers at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot third foundation after evading a soaring bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he struck out moving." I have actually inquired a handful of individuals and all of them said, 'I've never ever found that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went cruising away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I viewed the baseball bat taking flight right as much as my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scuttled out of the way in to filthy territory as the baseball bat bounded behind 3rd bottom, and it took him a minute to collect yourself. However the play had not been dead, and also catcher Austin Wells created an easy toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he can return to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he believed the play ended considering that the bat went flying." After I viewed the bat I believed it was going to be a lifeless play, and afterwards they were actually mosting likely to pick up the bat and I was heading to get back to third," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I got away as well as transformed my spine to the field and I listened to [third bottom trainer] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Return to third.' That is actually when I returned to 3rd." Frankly, at that moment I had not been truly dealing with the game, merely making an effort to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was a first for me, for sure." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's error came an evening after Victor Robles created the dubious selection to make an effort stealing house in the 1st inning versus The big apple while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 count as well as the manners packed. Robles was out as well as the Yankees rolled to a simple victory.This loss was actually extra frustrating for Seat as each Houston and also Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners overlooked an odds to compose needed to have ground in the AL West as well as wild-card ethnicities. Seat is 5 activities back of first-place Houston in the department and also three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card place." Everything occurred quick and again, simply quite reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I presume our company will all dive out of the way. But only unfavorable it ended up by doing this.".