.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff possibilities slipping away, the Seat Mariners located a very painful brand-new technique to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A short-term memory . And also an unusual dual play." I don't assume I've ever viewed that just before in a game. Just a weird scenario," Seattle manager 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 actually exactly how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will be don't forgotten in Mariners folklore as one more phase in a season that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third foundation after dodging a flying baseball bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I have actually talked to a few men and all of them mentioned, 'I've never ever seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, from keystone to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went setting sail away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Frankly, I found the baseball bat flighting right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young star scampered off the beaten track in to nasty territory as the bat bounded behind third base, and it took him a second to regroup. Yet the play wasn't lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells made a quick throw to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he might get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he presumed the play ended because the bat went flying." After I viewed the bat I believed it was heading to be a lifeless play, and then they were heading to get the baseball bat as well as I was actually visiting return to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I fled and transformed my spine to the industry and I heard [3rd bottom instructor] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Respond to third.' That is actually when I returned to 3rd." In all honesty, at that moment I wasn't actually dealing with the video game, merely attempting to escape the baseball bat coming with me. That's what occurred. That was a very first for me, for sure." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's error happened a night after Victor Robles made the dubious decision to make an effort stealing house in the 1st inning against Nyc while Turner went to home plate with a 3-0 matter and also the manners loaded. Robles was out and also the Yankees rolled to a very easy victory.This defeat was actually more aggravating for Seattle as both Houston and Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners skipped a chance to comprise needed to have ground in the AL West and wild-card nationalities. Seattle is 5 games rear of first-place Houston in the department and three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card area." Everything happened fast and once again, simply very reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I presume our team would certainly all dive out of the way. Yet just unfortunate it found yourself by doing this.".