.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff opportunities departing, the Seat Mariners found an agonizing new way to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A short-lived moment blunder. And also an unusual dual play." I do not presume I have actually ever before viewed that before in a game. Merely a peculiar condition," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was actually just how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will definitely be actually always remembered in Mariners lore as another section in a period that has gone awry.With runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot 3rd bottom after evading a flying bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he started out swinging." I have actually inquired a handful of fellas plus all of all of them mentioned, 'I've certainly never observed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went cruising away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I observed the baseball bat piloting right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scampered off the beaten track in to repulsive region as the bat jumped behind 3rd base, as well as it took him a minute to collect yourself. But the play wasn't dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells made an easy toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he could return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he presumed the play mored than because the baseball bat went flying." After I saw the bat I presumed it was visiting be actually a dead play, and then they were actually heading to grab the baseball bat as well as I was actually heading to return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I got away and also turned my spine to the field and I heard [3rd base coach] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Get back to 3rd.' That's when I got back to third." Honestly, then I had not been definitely thinking of the game, merely trying to get away from the baseball bat coming with me. That's what happened. That was a 1st for me, for sure." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened a night after Victor Robles created the doubtful selection to attempt stealing house in the 1st inning versus The big apple while Turner was at the plate with a 3-0 matter and the bases filled. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to an effortless victory.This defeat was even more discouraging for Seattle as both Houston as well as Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed a chance to comprise required ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seattle is actually 5 video games back of first-place Houston in the division and also three behind Minnesota for the last AL wild-card place." All of it took place quick as well as once more, only extremely reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I believe our company 'd all jump off the beaten track. Yet just unfortunate it wound up by doing this.".