.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff possibilities departing, the Seat Mariners discovered a distressing brand-new method to lose.A speeding bat. A short-term memory . And a bizarre dual play." I do not believe I've ever before seen that just before in a game. Only a strange circumstance," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, yet it was actually exactly how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will certainly be born in mind in Mariners tradition as an additional phase in a period that has gone awry.With runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off third foundation after evading a flying bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he set out swinging." I have actually inquired a couple of men and all of them stated, 'I've certainly never seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went voyaging away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Truthfully, I found the bat flighting right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful superstar scampered out of the way into repulsive territory as the baseball bat skipped responsible for third base, and also it took him a minute to collect yourself. Yet the play wasn't lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells created a fast throw to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he can respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he believed the play ended because the baseball bat went soaring." After I found the bat I presumed it was going to be actually a lifeless play, and afterwards they were actually mosting likely to grab the baseball bat as well as I was going to go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I got away and also turned my back to the industry and I listened to [third bottom train] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Return to 3rd.' That is actually when I returned to 3rd." Honestly, at that moment I had not been truly considering the video game, only trying to get away from the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a first for me, for certain." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Winner Robles created the doubtful choice to make an effort swiping house in the initial inning against Nyc while Turner was at the plate with a 3-0 matter and also the bases loaded. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to an effortless victory.This loss was actually extra discouraging for Seat as both Houston and Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, indicating the Mariners overlooked an odds to compose needed to have ground in the AL West as well as wild-card races. Seattle is actually five games back of first-place Houston in the department as well as three behind Minnesota for the last AL wild-card area." All of it occurred fast and once more, only extremely reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I assume our company 'd all dive off the beaten track. But only unfortunate it ended up this way.".