.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff chances departing, the Seattle Mariners found an agonizing new method to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A temporary mind lapse. As well as an unusual dual play." I do not presume I have actually ever found that before in an activity. Just an odd condition," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was actually how the bottom of the 10th played out that will certainly be remembered in Mariners tradition as an additional section in a season that has actually gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off 3rd base after evading a flying bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he set out moving." I have actually asked a handful of men and all of all of them said, 'I've certainly never seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automated jogger, coming from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went setting sail away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Honestly, I found the baseball bat flying right approximately my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger superstar scuttled out of the way in to filthy region as the bat skipped responsible for third base, and it took him a moment to regroup. But the play had not been dead, and catcher Austin Wells made a simple throw to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he could return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he assumed the play was over given that the baseball bat went flying." After I observed the baseball bat I thought it was actually visiting be a lifeless play, and then they were mosting likely to grab the bat as well as I was going to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I escaped and also transformed my back to the industry and I heard [third foundation train] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to 3rd.' That is actually when I responded to 3rd." Truthfully, then I had not been definitely considering the video game, simply attempting to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a 1st for me, for sure." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened a night after Victor Robles created the suspicious selection to try swiping home in the initial inning against Nyc while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 count and also the manners packed. Robles was out as well as the Yankees rolled to a quick and easy victory.This defeat was actually much more frustrating for Seat as both Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed out on an opportunity to make up needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seat is actually 5 video games rear of first-place Houston in the department and three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card place." It all happened swiftly as well as again, simply incredibly reactionary," Wilson said. "I believe our experts will all leap out of the way. But only regrettable it wound up in this way.".