.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds escaping, the Seat Mariners located an unpleasant brand-new means to lose.A speeding bat. A short-lived mind oversight. As well as a peculiar dual play." I don't think I have actually ever before seen that just before in a video game. Merely a weird scenario," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was actually just how all-time low of the 10th played out that are going to be actually kept in mind in Mariners folklore as an additional chapter in a time that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot 3rd bottom after dodging a soaring baseball bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he started out swinging." I have actually talked to a handful of guys and all of all of them said, 'I have actually certainly never found that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, coming from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, as well as his bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Truthfully, I viewed the baseball bat piloting right approximately my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful superstar scuttled out of the way right into nasty area as the bat skipped behind 3rd bottom, and also it took him a minute to collect yourself. Yet the play wasn't lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells created a simple throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he might respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he believed the play ended considering that the bat went soaring." After I found the baseball bat I believed it was actually visiting be actually a lifeless play, and after that they were actually mosting likely to get the bat as well as I was actually going to go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I fled as well as switched my back to the field and also I heard [third bottom instructor] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Get back to third.' That is actually when I returned to 3rd." Truthfully, then I wasn't definitely dealing with the video game, only 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 headed Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came an evening after Victor Robles made the doubtful choice to try swiping house in the initial inning versus The big apple while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 count and the manners filled. Robles was actually out and also the Yankees rolled to an effortless victory.This defeat was actually extra irritating for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners missed out on an odds to make up needed to have ground in the AL West as well as wild-card races. Seat is actually five video games rear of first-place Houston in the branch and 3 behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card area." It all took place quickly and also once again, simply really reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I presume we would certainly all dive out of the way. However merely unlucky it wound up this way.".