.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff opportunities escaping, the Seat Mariners located an agonizing brand new method to lose.A flying baseball bat. A momentary memory oversight. And also a bizarre dual play." I don't presume I have actually ever before found that prior to in a video game. Only a weird scenario," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was just how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will definitely be remembered in Mariners tradition as one more phase in a time that has gone awry.With runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot 3rd bottom after dodging a soaring bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he set out swinging." I have actually inquired a handful of fellas and all of them claimed, 'I've never observed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automated jogger, from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Honestly, I found the baseball bat flighting right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young superstar scuttled off the beaten track right into filthy territory as the baseball bat jumped behind third bottom, and it took him a second to collect yourself. Yet the play had not been dead, and catcher Austin Wells created a quick toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he might get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he presumed the play mored than because the baseball bat went soaring." After I viewed the bat I thought it was actually heading to be a lifeless play, and then they were heading to get the bat as well as I was mosting likely to go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I fled and turned my back to the industry as well as I heard [3rd base train] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to third." In all honesty, at that moment I wasn't definitely thinking about the video game, just making an effort to get away from the baseball bat coming at me. That's what took place. That was an initial for me, for certain." Hamilton began Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's error came a night after Winner Robles made the questionable decision to make an effort 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 actually out and also the Yankees spun to an easy victory.This loss was more discouraging for Seattle as both Houston and Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed out on a possibility to comprise needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seat is actually five games back of first-place Houston in the branch and three responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card location." It all happened fast as well as once more, just extremely reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I think our company will all leap out of the way. But only regrettable it found yourself this way.".