.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff chances slipping away, the Seat Mariners located a painful brand new way to lose.A zooming bat. A short-term memory oversight. As well as a peculiar double play." I do not assume I have actually ever before observed that just before in a video game. Simply an unusual condition," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, but it was exactly how all-time low of the 10th played out that will certainly be actually remembered in Mariners tradition as yet another section in a period that has gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third bottom after evading a flying baseball bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I have actually asked a couple of people plus all of all of them stated, 'I have actually never ever found that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th innovative Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, coming from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his baseball bat went cruising out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Frankly, I found the baseball bat flighting right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scuttled out of the way right into nasty area as the baseball bat skipped responsible for 3rd base, as well as it took him a moment to collect yourself. However the play wasn't dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells made a simple throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he might get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he presumed the play mored than since the bat went soaring." After I found the baseball bat I thought it was actually visiting be actually a dead play, and after that they were heading to grab the bat and also I was actually heading to get back to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I got away as well as turned my back to the industry as well as I listened to [3rd foundation coach] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Respond to third.' That's when I responded to 3rd." In all honesty, then I wasn't really thinking about the video game, only trying to avoid the bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was an initial for me, for sure." Hamilton began Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came a night after Victor Robles created the questionable selection to attempt swiping house in the very first inning against New York while Turner went to the plate along with a 3-0 count and also the bases loaded. Robles was actually out and the Yankees rolled to a very easy victory.This defeat was a lot more irritating for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed a chance to comprise needed ground in the AL West and wild-card nationalities. Seat is 5 video games back of first-place Houston in the department and also 3 behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card spot." All of it happened quickly and also once more, simply really reactionary," Wilson stated. "I presume our company would certainly all dive off the beaten track. However merely unfavorable it found yourself in this way.".