.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff chances departing, the Seattle Mariners located a painful brand new technique to lose.A zooming bat. A brief memory breach. And a peculiar dual play." I do not believe I've ever before found that prior to in an activity. Just a strange circumstance," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be actually always remembered in Mariners folklore as an additional chapter in a period that has gone awry.With joggers at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third base after evading a soaring baseball bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he started out swinging." I've talked to a few people plus all of them said, 'I've certainly never viewed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went sailing out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Honestly, I observed the bat taking flight right around my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scuttled off the beaten track right into nasty region as the baseball bat jumped behind 3rd foundation, and it took him a minute to collect yourself. However the play had not been dead, and catcher Austin Wells made a simple throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he can get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he believed the play mored than given that the baseball bat went soaring." After I saw the baseball bat I presumed it was going to be actually a lifeless play, and afterwards they were actually mosting likely to get the baseball bat and also I was actually heading to return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I got out as well as turned my back to the area and also I listened to [3rd foundation instructor] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Respond to third.' That's when I returned to 3rd." In all honesty, then I wasn't truly dealing with the video game, only attempting to get away from the baseball bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was a very first 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 made the suspicious decision to try swiping home in the 1st inning versus Nyc while Turner went to home plate with a 3-0 matter and also the manners filled. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to a simple victory.This loss was extra irritating for Seattle as each Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners missed a possibility to make up needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is 5 video games rear of first-place Houston in the department and 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card place." Everything took place quick and again, simply quite reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I assume our team will all jump off the beaten track. However simply unfavorable it ended up that way.".