.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff possibilities departing, the Seattle Mariners discovered a painful brand new technique to lose.A flying bat. A momentary memory lapse. And also a strange dual play." I don't believe I've ever found that prior to in an activity. Simply a peculiar circumstance," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was just how all-time low of the 10th played out that will definitely be born in mind in Mariners lore as another section in a period that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off 3rd bottom after dodging a soaring bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I've talked to a handful of individuals and all of all of them mentioned, 'I have actually certainly never found that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, coming from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went cruising away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I observed the baseball bat piloting right as much as my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scampered out of the way in to nasty territory as the baseball bat skipped behind 3rd bottom, and it took him an instant to regroup. However the play had not been dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells made a simple toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he can return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he presumed the play ended considering that the bat went flying." After I found the baseball bat I believed it was heading to be a lifeless play, and after that they were actually mosting likely to get the bat and I was actually mosting likely to go back to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I fled and also switched my spine to the area and also I heard [third foundation trainer] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Respond to third.' That is actually when I got back to third." In all honesty, then I wasn't truly dealing with the game, just trying to avoid the bat coming with me. That's what happened. That was actually an initial for me, without a doubt." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came a night after Winner Robles made the questionable selection to try taking home in the initial inning versus The big apple while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 matter and the manners filled. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to an effortless victory.This loss was more irritating for Seattle as both Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners overlooked an odds to compose needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card ethnicities. Seat is five video games rear of first-place Houston in the division and three responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card spot." All of it occurred quickly and also once more, just quite reactionary," Wilson stated. "I presume our experts will all jump off the beaten track. Yet only unfavorable it found yourself by doing this.".