.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities departing, the Seattle Mariners located a distressing new means to lose.A zooming bat. A temporary moment lapse. And a strange double play." I do not assume I've ever viewed that before in an activity. Simply an unusual scenario," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, but it was just how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will be actually always remembered in Mariners tradition as an additional phase in a time that has gone awry.With runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third base after evading a flying baseball bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I've inquired a handful of individuals and all of them pointed out, 'I've certainly never seen that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automated runner, from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I observed the bat flying right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scampered off the beaten track in to filthy area as the bat skipped responsible for 3rd bottom, as well as it took him a second to collect yourself. However the play had not been lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells created an easy toss to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he could respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he thought the play was over given that the baseball bat went flying." After I saw the bat I believed it was heading to be a dead play, and afterwards they were mosting likely to pick up the baseball bat as well as I was actually visiting return to 3rd," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I got away and transformed my spine to the industry and also I heard [third foundation instructor] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Return to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to 3rd." Honestly, at that moment I had not been truly thinking of the game, just attempting to get away from the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a first for me, without a doubt." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came an evening after Victor Robles made the suspicious selection to try taking home in the initial inning versus New York while Turner was at the plate with a 3-0 count and also the manners filled. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees spun to an effortless victory.This defeat was much more annoying for Seat as both Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed an opportunity to comprise needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card races. Seat is five video games rear of first-place Houston in the department and 3 behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card place." Everything took place quickly and once more, only incredibly reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I assume our experts will all dive off the beaten track. Yet simply regrettable it wound up in this way.".