.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff chances departing, the Seattle Mariners found a painful brand-new way to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A brief mind . And an unusual double play." I do not think I have actually ever viewed that prior to in an activity. Merely an odd situation," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, but it was how the bottom of the 10th played out that will be kept in mind in Mariners folklore as another section in a period that has gone awry.With distance runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot 3rd base after dodging a flying bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he set out swinging." I've asked a handful of guys plus all of all of them mentioned, 'I've never seen that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th enhanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went setting sail away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I found the baseball bat flighting right approximately my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful superstar scuttled off the beaten track in to foul area as the baseball bat skipped behind 3rd foundation, and also it took him an instant to regroup. But the play wasn't lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells made a quick toss to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he could get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he believed the play mored than because the bat went flying." After I viewed the bat I presumed it was actually going to be a lifeless play, and afterwards they were going to get the bat and also I was going to go back to third," Rodru00edguez mentioned. "I got out and also turned my spine to the field and I heard [third bottom coach] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Get back to 3rd.' That's when I got back to third." Honestly, then I had not been definitely considering the game, merely trying to get away from the baseball bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was actually a very first for me, without a doubt." Hamilton began Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened an evening after Winner Robles created the suspicious choice to attempt swiping home in the 1st inning versus New York while Turner went to home plate with a 3-0 count and the manners loaded. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees rolled to an effortless victory.This defeat was even more frustrating for Seattle as both Houston and Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners overlooked an odds to make up needed ground in the AL West and wild-card ethnicities. Seat is 5 activities back of first-place Houston in the branch and three responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card place." All of it occurred swiftly and again, simply really reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I think our experts 'd all jump off the beaten track. However only regrettable it wound up that way.".