.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds departing, the Seat Mariners discovered a very painful brand new means to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A momentary mind lapse. And also a bizarre dual play." I don't believe I've ever before found that just before in an activity. Just an odd situation," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the Nyc Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was how all-time low of the 10th played out that will certainly be actually don't forgotten in Mariners tradition as yet another chapter in a time that has gone awry.With runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off 3rd bottom after evading a soaring bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he started out moving." I've talked to a handful of men plus all of them claimed, 'I have actually never ever viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th enhanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, coming from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went cruising away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I found the baseball bat flighting right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scuttled off the beaten track into nasty territory as the baseball bat jumped behind third foundation, and it took him a moment to regroup. But the play had not been dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells made an easy toss to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he could possibly get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he believed the play mored than since the bat went soaring." After I found the bat I assumed it was visiting be a dead play, and after that they were actually visiting get the baseball bat and also I was going to return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez stated. "I escaped as well as turned my spine to the area and I listened to [3rd base instructor] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Respond to third.' That is actually when I got back to 3rd." Honestly, then I wasn't truly thinking about the video game, only making an effort to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a first for me, without a doubt." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came a night after Winner Robles created the questionable selection to attempt swiping home in the first inning against New York while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 count as well as the bases loaded. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees rolled to a simple victory.This loss was actually extra discouraging for Seattle as each Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed an odds to comprise needed ground in the AL West and wild-card ethnicities. Seat is five video games back of first-place Houston in the division and three responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card location." All of it happened quick and also once more, just incredibly reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I presume our experts 'd all hop off the beaten track. Yet simply unlucky it wound up by doing this.".