.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found an excruciating brand-new technique to lose.A speeding bat. A momentary moment . And also a bizarre double play." I don't assume I've ever found that just before in an activity. Only a peculiar scenario," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was actually just how the bottom of the 10th played out that are going to be actually kept in mind in Mariners lore as another chapter in a period that has actually 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 have actually asked a few men and all of them stated, 'I have actually certainly never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, coming from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his baseball bat went cruising out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I observed the baseball bat piloting right as much as my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scampered off the beaten track into foul area as the baseball bat jumped behind 3rd foundation, as well as it took him a moment to collect yourself. But the play wasn't lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells made a fast throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he might get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he believed the play was over considering that the bat went soaring." After I observed the bat I thought it was heading to be actually a lifeless play, and afterwards they were actually mosting likely to get the baseball bat as well as I was heading to get back to third," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I got out and also transformed my spine to the industry and I heard [third foundation coach] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Respond to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to third." Truthfully, then I had not been actually considering the video game, just trying to get away from the bat coming with me. That's what occurred. That was actually a 1st for me, without a doubt." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Winner Robles created the dubious choice to attempt swiping house in the initial inning against Nyc while Turner went to home plate along with a 3-0 matter and the manners loaded. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to a quick and easy victory.This defeat was even more discouraging for Seattle as both Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed out on a chance to comprise needed ground in the AL West as well as wild-card ethnicities. Seat is actually 5 games back of first-place Houston in the department as well as 3 behind Minnesota for the last AL wild-card location." It all occurred fast as well as again, only really reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I think our team would certainly all dive off the beaten track. However simply unfortunate it found yourself in this way.".