.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff opportunities departing, the Seattle Mariners located an uncomfortable new way to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A short-lived moment . And also a peculiar dual play." I don't assume I've ever found that before in a video game. Merely an odd condition," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the Nyc Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, yet it was exactly how the bottom of the 10th played out that will certainly be kept in mind in Mariners folklore as one more chapter in a season that has gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third foundation after evading a flying baseball bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he began moving." I have actually inquired a couple of people and all of all of them claimed, 'I've never ever seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automated runner, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went voyaging away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I saw the baseball bat taking flight right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scampered out of the way in to nasty region as the baseball bat bounded behind 3rd foundation, and it took him a second to regroup. However the play wasn't lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells made a fast toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he might respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he believed the play mored than due to the fact that the bat went flying." After I observed the baseball bat I thought it was actually visiting be a lifeless play, and then they were actually going to grab the baseball bat and I was going to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I got away and switched my spine to the industry and I heard [third bottom train] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Return to 3rd.' That is actually when I responded to 3rd." Frankly, then I wasn't really thinking of the game, simply making an effort to avoid the baseball bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was a first for me, for certain." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened an evening after Winner Robles created the suspicious decision to attempt stealing house in the initial inning against New York while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 count and also the manners loaded. Robles was out and also the Yankees spun to an effortless victory.This loss was actually much more discouraging for Seat as both Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, indicating the Mariners missed out on an opportunity to make up needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seattle is actually 5 video games back of first-place Houston in the division as well as three responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card spot." Everything occurred quick and once again, only quite reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I presume our experts 'd all leap out of the way. However simply unfavorable it ended up this way.".