.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff odds departing, the Seattle Mariners found an uncomfortable brand-new technique to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A temporary moment oversight. As well as an unusual dual play." I don't presume I've ever viewed that prior to in an activity. Simply an unusual circumstance," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, yet it was how the bottom of the 10th played out that will certainly be born in mind in Mariners folklore as another section in a season that has gone awry.With distance runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third bottom after evading a flying bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he started out moving." I've talked to a couple of fellas plus all of all of them pointed out, 'I have actually never seen that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automated runner, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went cruising out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I viewed the bat taking flight right as much as my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scampered off the beaten track into filthy region as the bat jumped behind third foundation, and it took him a moment to regroup. Yet the play wasn't lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells created an easy throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he could possibly get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he believed the play mored than because the bat went soaring." After I viewed the baseball bat I presumed it was mosting likely to be a dead play, and after that they were visiting get the bat and also I was actually going to return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I got away as well as transformed my back to the industry and I heard [3rd foundation trainer] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to third.' That is actually when I got back to third." Frankly, at that moment I had not been really considering the video game, only making an effort to escape the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a 1st for me, without a doubt." Hamilton began Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came an evening after Winner Robles created the doubtful selection to try stealing house in the first inning versus New York while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 matter as well as the bases packed. Robles was out and the Yankees spun to a simple victory.This defeat was extra irritating for Seattle as both Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, indicating the Mariners skipped an odds to comprise needed ground in the AL West as well as wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is 5 games rear of first-place Houston in the department as well as 3 responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card place." Everything took place fast as well as once more, just really reactionary," Wilson stated. "I think we 'd all hop off the beaten track. However simply unlucky it ended up this way.".