.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found a painful new means to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A short-term moment breach. And a strange double play." I do not believe I've ever viewed that just before in a game. Simply an odd circumstance," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the Nyc Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was actually how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be actually kept in mind in Mariners tradition as one more phase in a time that has gone awry.With distance runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off third bottom after evading a flying bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he started out swinging." I've inquired a couple of individuals plus all of them pointed out, 'I've never viewed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, coming from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went cruising away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Frankly, I viewed the baseball bat piloting right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young celebrity scampered off the beaten track into repulsive territory as the bat bounded responsible for 3rd foundation, and it took him an instant to regroup. However the play wasn't lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells made a quick toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he might get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he assumed the play ended since the baseball bat went soaring." After I observed the baseball bat I assumed it was actually mosting likely to be actually a dead play, and after that they were mosting likely to grab the baseball bat and also I was actually heading to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I got away as well as turned my back to the industry and I listened to [third bottom train] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Get back to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to third." In all honesty, at that moment I had not been really thinking about the game, merely trying to get away from the baseball bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was actually an initial 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 make an effort taking home in the 1st inning versus New york city while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 count as well as the manners packed. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to a very easy victory.This defeat was actually more discouraging for Seattle as both Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners overlooked an odds to compose required ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seattle is 5 video games back of first-place Houston in the division and also three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card location." It all happened quickly as well as once more, just very reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I assume we will all hop out of the way. But only unfortunate it ended up this way.".