.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds escaping, the Seattle Mariners located an excruciating new method to lose.A flying bat. A momentary mind breach. As well as an unusual double play." I don't presume I have actually ever observed that before in a game. Merely a peculiar situation," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was actually exactly how the bottom of the 10th played out that are going to be actually remembered in Mariners tradition as another chapter in a period that has gone awry.With joggers at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot third bottom after evading a soaring baseball bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I've asked a couple of guys and all of them stated, 'I've certainly never seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went setting sail out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I observed the baseball bat taking flight right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful celebrity scampered out of the way right into nasty territory as the baseball bat jumped behind 3rd base, as well as it took him a minute to regroup. Yet the play wasn't dead, and catcher Austin Wells made a simple toss to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he assumed the play was over due to the fact that the baseball bat went flying." After I found the bat I assumed it was actually mosting likely to be actually a lifeless play, and afterwards they were heading to grab the baseball bat and also I was actually visiting get back to third," Rodru00edguez said. "I got away as well as transformed my back to the field as well as I listened to [third base trainer] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Respond to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to third." Honestly, then I wasn't really dealing with the activity, simply making an effort to get away from the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was actually a 1st for me, for certain." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened a night after Victor Robles created the suspicious selection to make an effort taking home in the first inning against The big apple while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 count as well as the bases filled. Robles was actually out and the Yankees spun to a very easy victory.This loss was actually even more frustrating for Seattle as both Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed out on an opportunity to make up required ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seattle is actually 5 games rear of first-place Houston in the division and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card location." Everything took place quick and also once again, merely quite reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I presume our company would certainly all dive off the beaten track. But merely unlucky it wound up that way.".