.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff chances departing, the Seattle Mariners located an uncomfortable brand new technique to lose.A flying bat. A brief memory . As well as a peculiar dual play." I don't believe I have actually ever before viewed that just before in an activity. Simply an odd situation," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, but it was actually exactly how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will be always remembered in Mariners tradition as another section in a period that has gone awry.With distance runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third base after dodging a soaring bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I've asked a couple of people plus all of them claimed, 'I've never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automated runner, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I found the baseball bat taking flight right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scampered off the beaten track right into nasty area as the baseball bat bounded responsible for 3rd foundation, and also it took him a minute to collect yourself. However the play wasn't lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells created a simple toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he could get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he thought the play was over considering that the bat went flying." After I saw the baseball bat I presumed it was actually going to be actually a dead play, and then they were actually going to grab the baseball bat as well as I was heading to go back to third," Rodru00edguez mentioned. "I escaped and also transformed my spine to the field as well as I listened to [3rd bottom coach] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Respond to third.' That is actually when I responded to third." Honestly, at that moment I wasn't actually thinking of the activity, just attempting to escape the bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was actually an initial for me, for sure." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened an evening after Victor Robles made the questionable choice to make an effort taking house in the 1st inning versus The big apple while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 matter as well as the bases packed. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees spun to an effortless victory.This loss was actually extra frustrating for Seattle as both Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners skipped an odds to compose needed ground in the AL West as well as wild-card ethnicities. Seat is actually five activities back of first-place Houston in the department as well as three behind Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card area." It all happened quick as well as again, just very reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I believe our company 'd all jump out of the way. But merely unfortunate it ended up in this way.".