.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds slipping away, the Seat Mariners discovered a very painful brand-new technique to lose.A flying bat. A momentary moment lapse. As well as a bizarre double play." I don't believe I have actually ever before viewed that just before in a video game. Simply a strange situation," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, but it was actually just how the bottom of the 10th played out that are going to be actually always remembered in Mariners lore as yet another chapter in a time that has gone awry.With runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot 3rd bottom after evading a flying bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed moving." I have actually asked a handful of guys and all of all of them pointed out, 'I've certainly never viewed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went voyaging away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Honestly, I observed the baseball bat taking flight right as much as my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scuttled out of the way into repulsive region as the bat bounded responsible for 3rd base, as well as it took him a second to collect yourself. However the play had not been dead, and also catcher Austin Wells created a simple toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he assumed the play ended considering that the baseball bat went flying." After I saw the bat I assumed it was actually heading to be a dead play, and afterwards they were actually visiting pick up the baseball bat and also I was actually mosting likely to go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I escaped and switched my spine to the area and I heard [3rd bottom train] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to 3rd.' That is actually when I responded to 3rd." Truthfully, at that moment I had not been truly considering the video game, simply making an effort to avoid the baseball bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was an initial for me, without a doubt." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake came a night after Winner Robles made the questionable decision to make an effort stealing house in the very first inning against Nyc while Turner was at the plate along with a 3-0 count and also the manners loaded. Robles was actually out and also the Yankees spun to an effortless victory.This loss was actually even more irritating for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners overlooked a chance to make up needed ground in the AL West and wild-card nationalities. Seattle is five games back of first-place Houston in the division as well as 3 behind Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card area." It all took place quick and once again, just quite reactionary," Wilson stated. "I think our team 'd all jump off the beaten track. Yet just unlucky it ended up this way.".