.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff possibilities escaping, the Seattle Mariners found an unpleasant new means to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A short-lived memory breach. And also a strange double play." I don't assume I've ever before found that prior to in a video game. Only a peculiar situation," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the Nyc Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, but it was exactly how the bottom of the 10th played out that will certainly be actually kept in mind in Mariners tradition as one more chapter in a period that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot 3rd base after dodging a soaring bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I have actually asked a handful of guys and all of all of them claimed, 'I've never ever observed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, as well as his baseball bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I saw the bat flying right as much as my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scampered off the beaten track into nasty territory as the baseball bat jumped responsible for third base, as well as it took him a moment to regroup. However the play had not been lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells created an easy toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he could possibly get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he thought the play was over considering that the baseball bat went soaring." After I observed the baseball bat I thought it was actually going to be a dead play, and after that they were actually visiting grab the bat as well as I was going to return to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I escaped as well as switched my back to the industry as well as I listened to [third base instructor] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Respond to 3rd.' That's when I got back to 3rd." Honestly, at that moment I wasn't actually thinking about the activity, just making an effort to escape the baseball bat coming with me. That's what happened. That was actually a very first for me, without a doubt." Hamilton began Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake came a night after Victor Robles created the doubtful choice to attempt stealing home in the initial inning against The big apple while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 matter and also the bases packed. Robles was actually out and the Yankees rolled to an effortless victory.This defeat was actually extra aggravating for Seat as each Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners overlooked an odds to compose needed ground in the AL West as well as wild-card races. Seattle is actually five video games rear of first-place Houston in the branch and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card spot." It all took place quick and also again, merely quite reactionary," Wilson stated. "I presume our company would certainly all jump out of the way. But simply unfortunate it found yourself by doing this.".