.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff chances escaping, the Seattle Mariners discovered a very painful brand-new method to lose.A speeding bat. A temporary moment oversight. And also a peculiar dual play." I don't think I have actually ever observed that just before in an activity. Merely a weird condition," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, yet it was actually exactly how all-time low of the 10th played out that will be actually remembered in Mariners lore as yet another section in a season that has gone awry.With distance runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third base after dodging a soaring baseball bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began moving." I have actually asked a couple of individuals plus all of them pointed out, 'I have actually never ever viewed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went cruising away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I viewed the bat taking flight right approximately my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young celebrity scuttled out of the way into repulsive territory as the baseball bat bounded responsible for third base, and it took him a minute to regroup. However the play had not been lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells made a quick throw to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he might return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he presumed the play was over since the baseball bat went flying." After I found the bat I assumed it was actually going to be actually a lifeless play, and after that they were mosting likely to grab the bat and also I was actually going to go back to third," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I got away and also transformed my back to the field and I heard [third bottom trainer] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Get back to third.' That is actually when I got back to 3rd." Truthfully, then I had not been definitely thinking about the activity, just trying to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a first for me, for sure." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came a night after Victor Robles created the questionable decision to attempt swiping home in the initial inning versus The big apple while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 count and also the bases loaded. Robles was out and the Yankees spun to an easy victory.This defeat was actually extra irritating for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, indicating the Mariners skipped an opportunity to comprise needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seattle is actually five activities back of first-place Houston in the division and also three responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card area." All of it took place quickly as well as again, simply really reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I presume we 'd all jump off the beaten track. But simply regrettable it found yourself in this way.".