.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found an uncomfortable brand-new means to lose.A speeding baseball bat. A temporary moment breach. And also an unusual double play." I do not presume I have actually ever before seen that before in an activity. Just an odd scenario," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was actually how all-time low of the 10th played out that will certainly be kept in mind in Mariners folklore as another phase in a period that has actually gone awry.With joggers at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot third foundation after dodging a soaring bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he set out swinging." I have actually inquired a couple of men plus all of them claimed, 'I've never ever found that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went voyaging away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I found the bat flighting right up to my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scuttled out of the way right into repulsive territory as the bat bounded responsible for third bottom, as well as it took him an instant to collect yourself. Yet the play had not been lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells made a quick toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez prior to he might return to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he presumed the play ended because the bat went soaring." After I viewed the baseball bat I believed it was actually visiting be a lifeless play, and afterwards they were actually mosting likely to get the baseball bat and also I was actually visiting get back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I escaped as well as turned my spine to the field as well as I listened to [3rd bottom trainer] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Respond to 3rd.' That is actually when I returned to third." Truthfully, then I wasn't actually dealing with the video game, simply making an effort to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was an initial for me, without a doubt." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Victor Robles made the suspicious decision to attempt stealing home in the first inning versus New york city while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 matter as well as the bases filled. Robles was out as well as the Yankees spun to an easy victory.This defeat was extra frustrating for Seattle as both Houston as well as Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, indicating the Mariners skipped an odds to make up needed to have ground in the AL West and also wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is five games rear of first-place Houston in the department as well as three responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card location." Everything happened swiftly and also again, only incredibly reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I think our experts will all dive out of the way. Yet simply regrettable it found yourself by doing this.".