.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities slipping away, the Seattle Mariners discovered an agonizing new means to lose.A speeding bat. A momentary memory blunder. As well as an unusual dual play." I don't believe I have actually ever before viewed that just before in a video game. Merely a weird scenario," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was just how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that are going to be always remembered in Mariners folklore as yet another section in a season that has gone awry.With runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off third base after evading a flying bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he set out moving." I've asked a handful of fellas plus all of all of them claimed, 'I've never observed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automated runner, coming from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I found the baseball bat flighting right around my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger superstar scuttled out of the way right into filthy region as the baseball bat skipped behind 3rd bottom, and also it took him an instant to regroup. But the play wasn't lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells created a simple throw to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he might respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he assumed the play mored than because the bat went flying." After I found the bat I presumed it was going to be actually a lifeless play, and afterwards they were heading to grab the bat as well as I was actually heading to go back to third," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I fled and turned my back to the field and I heard [3rd base instructor] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Respond to third.' That is actually when I returned to third." Frankly, then I wasn't really thinking about the activity, merely making an effort to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was actually a first for me, for certain." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened an evening after Victor Robles made the suspicious selection to try taking house in the 1st inning against New york city while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 count and the bases filled. Robles was out as well as the Yankees rolled to an easy victory.This defeat was much more frustrating for Seat as each Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners skipped a chance to comprise needed ground in the AL West and wild-card races. Seattle is 5 activities back of first-place Houston in the department and 3 behind Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card location." All of it occurred swiftly and also once more, just very reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I assume our experts will all leap out of the way. Yet only regrettable it found yourself this way.".