.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities escaping, the Seattle Mariners discovered an agonizing brand-new means to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A brief memory . And a bizarre dual play." I don't think I've ever observed that just before in a game. Just an unusual circumstance," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the Nyc Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was how all-time low of the 10th played out that will be actually remembered in Mariners lore as one more phase in a time that has gone awry.With runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off third bottom after dodging a soaring baseball bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he began moving." I have actually inquired a handful of men plus all of them pointed out, 'I have actually never ever found that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automated jogger, coming from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his baseball bat went sailing out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I saw the bat taking flight right approximately my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scuttled off the beaten track into filthy region as the baseball bat skipped responsible for third base, and also it took him a minute to collect yourself. But the play wasn't dead, and catcher Austin Wells created a simple toss to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he can get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he presumed the play mored than given that the baseball bat went flying." After I saw the bat I assumed it was mosting likely to be a lifeless play, and after that they were actually visiting get the bat and I was visiting go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez mentioned. "I got away and also turned my back to the field and also I listened to [3rd base coach] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Respond to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to third." Honestly, at that moment I wasn't definitely considering the video game, simply making an effort to escape the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was actually a 1st for me, for sure." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder happened an evening after Winner Robles created the suspicious selection to attempt swiping home in the 1st inning versus New york city while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 matter and the bases packed. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to an easy victory.This defeat was actually a lot more aggravating for Seat as each Houston as well as Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed a chance to comprise needed to have ground in the AL West and wild-card races. Seat is actually 5 games rear of first-place Houston in the branch as well as three responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card location." All of it took place quickly as well as again, only really reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I presume our experts will all leap off the beaten track. Yet simply unfavorable it found yourself in this way.".