.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners located a distressing new means to lose.A speeding bat. A momentary moment blunder. As well as a bizarre dual play." I don't believe I have actually ever found that prior to in a game. Simply a peculiar scenario," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, but it was actually how the bottom of the 10th played out that will certainly be actually always remembered in Mariners tradition as an additional phase in a period that has gone awry.With joggers at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot 3rd base after evading a soaring baseball bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he started out swinging." I've talked to a handful of men and all of all of them pointed out, 'I've certainly never viewed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his baseball bat went setting sail away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I found the baseball bat flighting right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scuttled off the beaten track right into filthy region as the bat jumped behind 3rd foundation, and it took him a minute to regroup. Yet the play had not been dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells made a quick toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he assumed the play ended given that the bat went flying." After I found the bat I presumed it was mosting likely to be a dead play, and afterwards they were heading to grab the baseball bat as well as I was heading to get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I got away and also transformed my spine to the area and also I listened to [third foundation coach] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Return to third.' That's when I responded to 3rd." Honestly, then I wasn't actually dealing with the game, only making an effort to get away from the bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was actually an initial for me, for sure." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Winner Robles created the dubious selection to attempt stealing house in the 1st inning versus New york city while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 matter and the bases filled. Robles was out and also the Yankees spun to a very easy victory.This loss was actually much more aggravating for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners skipped an opportunity to make up needed ground in the AL West and wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is actually 5 video games back of first-place Houston in the branch and 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card location." Everything took place swiftly and also again, simply really reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I presume our team 'd all jump out of the way. But merely unfortunate it ended up by doing this.".