.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff possibilities escaping, the Seat Mariners found a very painful brand new technique to lose.A zooming bat. A short-lived mind lapse. As well as a peculiar dual play." I don't assume I have actually ever viewed that before in a game. Just an odd circumstance," 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 exactly how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that are going to be kept in mind in Mariners folklore as another chapter in a season that has gone awry.With distance runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third foundation after dodging a flying bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he set out moving." I've asked a couple of people plus all of all of them pointed out, 'I have actually never found that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, coming from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went setting sail out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I viewed the bat piloting right approximately my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young star scuttled off the beaten track right into nasty territory as the bat jumped responsible for third foundation, and it took him a moment to regroup. But the play had not been lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells made an easy toss to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he thought the play mored than considering that the bat went flying." After I saw the baseball bat I thought it was actually going to be a lifeless play, and after that they were heading to pick up the bat as well as I was actually visiting go back to third," Rodru00edguez said. "I escaped and turned my spine to the industry as well as I listened to [third base trainer] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Get back to third.' That's when I got back to third." In all honesty, then I had not been definitely considering the video game, simply making an effort to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a 1st for me, for certain." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened an evening after Winner Robles created the doubtful choice to make an effort swiping house in the very first inning versus New york city while Turner went to home plate along with a 3-0 matter as well as the bases filled. Robles was out as well as the Yankees rolled to an easy victory.This defeat was actually even more aggravating for Seattle as both Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed out on an odds to make up required ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seat is five video games back of first-place Houston in the department and three behind Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card area." All of it took place fast and once again, simply incredibly reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I think our experts 'd all jump out of the way. But only unlucky it wound up in this way.".