.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff opportunities departing, the Seat Mariners located an agonizing brand new technique to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A short-lived moment oversight. And also a peculiar dual play." I do not presume I've ever viewed that before in a video game. Just a strange situation," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, yet it was actually just how the bottom of the 10th played out that are going to be actually always remembered in Mariners lore as an additional section in a season that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot third foundation after dodging a soaring bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I've asked a couple of fellas plus all of all of them stated, 'I have actually never ever observed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, coming from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went voyaging away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Honestly, I viewed the bat flighting right as much as my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful superstar scuttled out of the way into filthy territory as the bat skipped responsible for third base, and it took him a minute to collect yourself. However the play wasn't lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells made a quick throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he could possibly respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he thought the play ended since the baseball bat went flying." After I found the baseball bat I assumed it was mosting likely to be actually a dead play, and afterwards they were visiting grab the baseball bat and I was actually heading to return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I got away and also switched my spine to the area and also I listened to [third bottom train] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Return to third.' That is actually when I got back to 3rd." Honestly, then I had not been definitely dealing with the video game, simply making an effort to get away from the bat coming with me. That's what happened. That was actually an initial for me, without a doubt." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened a night after Winner Robles created the doubtful decision to attempt taking home in the very first inning against The big apple while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 count and also the manners packed. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to a very easy victory.This defeat was actually even more aggravating for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners missed a possibility to make up needed ground in the AL West and wild-card ethnicities. Seat is five activities rear of first-place Houston in the department and also 3 behind Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card area." All of it took place quick and once again, simply very reactionary," Wilson stated. "I presume our experts 'd all dive out of the way. But simply unfortunate it wound up by doing this.".