.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds escaping, the Seat Mariners found an uncomfortable brand-new method to lose.A flying baseball bat. A short-lived mind lapse. And also a strange double play." I don't believe I have actually ever seen that before in a video game. Only an odd circumstance," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, but it was just how all-time low of the 10th played out that will definitely be actually born in mind in Mariners lore as one more phase in a period that has gone awry.With distance runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third base after dodging a flying bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he set out swinging." I've talked to a couple of men plus all of all of them said, 'I have actually never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automated jogger, coming from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went sailing out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I saw the bat flying right around my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful celebrity scuttled off the beaten track in to repulsive region as the bat bounded behind 3rd foundation, as well as it took him a minute to collect yourself. But the play wasn't dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells created a simple toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he assumed the play ended considering that the bat went soaring." After I saw the bat I presumed it was heading to be actually a lifeless play, and then they were actually visiting pick up the baseball bat and I was actually mosting likely to return to third," Rodru00edguez mentioned. "I escaped as well as turned my spine to the field as well as I heard [3rd foundation train] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Return to third.' That is actually when I got back to 3rd." In all honesty, then I had not been really thinking about the video game, merely attempting to escape the bat coming with me. That's what happened. That was a 1st for me, without a doubt." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake came a night after Victor Robles made the questionable selection to make an effort swiping house in the 1st inning against The big apple while Turner went to home plate with a 3-0 matter as well as the bases loaded. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to a simple victory.This loss was actually a lot more discouraging for Seattle as both Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners missed an opportunity to compose needed to have ground in the AL West and wild-card nationalities. Seat is 5 video games rear of first-place Houston in the department and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card area." It all took place swiftly as well as again, simply extremely reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I think our team would certainly all hop out of the way. Yet only unfortunate it found yourself this way.".