.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff chances slipping away, the Seat Mariners found an uncomfortable brand-new way to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A temporary mind oversight. As well as an unusual dual play." I do not believe I have actually ever seen that prior to in a video game. Simply an unusual circumstance," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was just how the bottom of the 10th played out that are going to be remembered in Mariners lore as one more chapter in a season that has gone awry.With distance runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third foundation after evading a soaring bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I have actually inquired a couple of men plus all of all of them mentioned, 'I have actually never ever viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I viewed the baseball bat piloting right around my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful celebrity scampered off the beaten track right into nasty area as the bat bounded behind third bottom, as well as it took him a second to regroup. However the play had not been dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells created a fast throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he could get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he presumed the play mored than considering that the bat went soaring." After I found the bat I believed it was going to be actually a dead play, and then they were visiting grab the bat and also I was going to return to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I fled and switched my back to the industry as well as I listened to [3rd bottom train] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Respond to third.' That's when I got back to 3rd." Frankly, at that moment I wasn't truly dealing with the activity, just making an effort to escape the baseball bat coming with me. That's what happened. That was a very first for me, without a doubt." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came an evening after Victor Robles created the suspicious decision to try taking home in the first inning against New York while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 count and also the bases filled. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to an effortless victory.This defeat was much more aggravating for Seattle as both Houston and also Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed a possibility to compose needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seattle is five games rear of first-place Houston in the department and three behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card location." All of it took place quick as well as once again, only very reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I assume our experts 'd all leap off the beaten track. Yet just unlucky it wound up by doing this.".