.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff possibilities departing, the Seattle Mariners found an unpleasant new way to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A short-lived mind . And also a peculiar double play." I don't think I've ever viewed that prior to in an activity. Just a weird circumstance," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was exactly how all-time low of the 10th played out that are going to be actually remembered in Mariners tradition as another phase in a time that has actually gone awry.With joggers at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was shot third bottom after evading a flying bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I have actually asked a couple of individuals and all of all of them stated, 'I've certainly never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, coming 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 head." Honestly, I viewed the bat flighting right around my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scuttled off the beaten track into nasty area as the baseball bat jumped behind 3rd base, and also it took him a moment to collect yourself. Yet the play wasn't lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells created a simple toss to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he could get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he thought the play ended because the baseball bat went flying." After I found the bat I assumed it was going to be a lifeless play, and after that they were actually visiting grab the baseball bat and also I was actually visiting go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez said. "I fled and also switched my spine to the industry and I listened to [3rd bottom train] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to third.' That is actually when I got back to third." In all honesty, at that moment I had not been definitely thinking of the video game, simply making an effort to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what took place. That was actually a very first for me, for certain." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened an evening after Winner Robles created the questionable decision to make an effort stealing house in the very first inning against New York while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 count and also the bases filled. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to a quick and easy victory.This loss was even more discouraging for Seat as both Houston and Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners missed out on a chance to comprise needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card races. Seat is actually 5 activities back of first-place Houston in the division as well as 3 responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card area." Everything happened swiftly and also again, only very reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I think our team will all jump off the beaten track. However just regrettable it wound up by doing this.".