.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff possibilities escaping, the Seat Mariners located a very painful brand-new means to lose.A flying bat. A brief moment breach. And a peculiar dual play." I do not believe I have actually ever before observed that before in an activity. Just a peculiar condition," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was actually exactly how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will be actually kept in mind in Mariners folklore as yet another section in a time that has gone awry.With joggers at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot 3rd base after evading a flying baseball bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he set out swinging." I've inquired a couple of people and all of them said, 'I have actually never ever observed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, coming from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went setting sail out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Truthfully, I found the baseball bat flighting right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scuttled off the beaten track right into nasty territory as the bat bounded behind third bottom, and also it took him a second to regroup. But the play had not been lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells created a simple toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez prior to he might respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he presumed the play was over due to the fact that the bat went soaring." After I found the baseball bat I presumed it was going to be a dead play, and afterwards they were visiting grab the bat as well as I was heading to get back to third," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I escaped and turned my spine to the field and also I listened to [3rd bottom train] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Get back to 3rd.' That's when I returned to 3rd." Truthfully, at that moment I wasn't really thinking about the activity, just making an effort to get away from the baseball bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was actually an initial for me, without a doubt." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened a night after Winner Robles made the suspicious decision to try stealing home in the 1st inning versus Nyc while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 matter and the bases filled. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to an easy victory.This defeat was even more irritating for Seat as each Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners skipped a possibility to comprise required ground in the AL West and wild-card races. Seattle is actually 5 games rear of first-place Houston in the branch and 3 behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card location." All of it occurred swiftly and also again, just incredibly reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I believe our experts would certainly all jump off the beaten track. But just unfavorable it wound up by doing this.".