.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found an excruciating brand new technique to lose.A speeding bat. A momentary memory . And also a strange dual play." I do not believe I have actually ever found that before in a video game. Only an odd condition," Seattle 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 actually just how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will be actually don't forgotten in Mariners folklore as another section in a period that has actually gone awry.With runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot 3rd base after dodging a soaring baseball bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he set out swinging." I have actually inquired a few fellas and all of all of them said, 'I have actually certainly never seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automated jogger, coming from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, as well as his bat went sailing out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I saw the bat taking flight right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scampered out of the way in to foul area as the bat jumped behind 3rd base, and also it took him a second to regroup. But the play wasn't lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells created a simple throw to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he assumed the play mored than since the bat went soaring." After I observed the baseball bat I assumed it was heading to be actually a lifeless play, and then they were actually heading to grab the bat and also I was heading to return to third," Rodru00edguez said. "I got out and transformed my back to the area as well as I listened to [third base instructor] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Return to third.' That's when I returned to 3rd." Frankly, then I wasn't definitely dealing with the activity, merely attempting to get away from the baseball bat coming with me. That's what occurred. That was actually a very first for me, for certain." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened a night after Victor Robles made the suspicious decision to try taking house in the initial inning against New york city while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 count as well as the manners loaded. Robles was actually out and also the Yankees rolled to an effortless victory.This loss was actually even more irritating for Seattle as each Houston and Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners overlooked an opportunity to make up needed ground in the AL West as well as wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is five games rear of first-place Houston in the department and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card place." All of it occurred quickly and also once more, just extremely reactionary," Wilson said. "I presume we would certainly all jump off the beaten track. However simply regrettable it wound up that way.".