.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff opportunities slipping away, the Seattle Mariners discovered a very painful brand-new method to lose.A flying bat. A short-lived moment . And a peculiar dual play." I don't presume I have actually ever before viewed that prior to in a game. Only an unusual circumstance," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, but it was exactly how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be remembered in Mariners lore as an additional chapter in a season that has gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third base after evading a flying baseball bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I've inquired a handful of individuals plus all of all of them pointed out, 'I've never ever observed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th enhanced Rodru00edguez, the automated jogger, from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went cruising out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Honestly, I found the bat flighting right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger superstar scampered out of the way right into foul area as the baseball bat bounded responsible for 3rd foundation, and also it took him a second to collect yourself. But the play had not been dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells created a quick throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he could return to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he assumed the play mored than since the bat went soaring." After I found the baseball bat I thought it was actually heading to be a dead play, and afterwards they were actually mosting likely to pick up the baseball bat as well as I was heading to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I got away and transformed my spine to the field and I heard [3rd bottom trainer] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Get back to third.' That is actually when I responded to 3rd." Frankly, then I had not been really considering the game, merely making an effort to get away from the baseball bat coming with me. That's what occurred. That was an initial for me, for certain." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came an evening after Winner Robles made the suspicious selection to try stealing house in the first inning against The big apple while Turner went to home plate with a 3-0 count and also the manners loaded. Robles was actually out and also the Yankees rolled to a simple victory.This defeat was much more discouraging for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed out on an odds to make up required ground in the AL West as well as wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is actually 5 activities rear of first-place Houston in the department and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card place." It all happened fast and also again, only quite reactionary," Wilson stated. "I assume our experts 'd all jump off the beaten track. But merely unfavorable it ended up this way.".