.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff opportunities escaping, the Seattle Mariners found an uncomfortable brand new way to lose.A flying bat. A brief memory oversight. As well as a strange dual play." I do not presume I have actually ever seen that before in a video game. Simply an unusual scenario," Seat manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, however it was exactly how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will be always remembered in Mariners lore as an additional section in a period that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off 3rd base after evading a soaring bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began moving." I have actually inquired a few men and all of all of them pointed out, 'I have actually certainly never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, coming from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, as well as his baseball bat went voyaging away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Honestly, I observed the baseball bat flighting right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger superstar scuttled out of the way right into nasty area as the bat jumped behind 3rd bottom, and also it took him a minute to collect yourself. Yet the play had not been dead, and also catcher Austin Wells made a simple throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he might return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he thought the play was over due to the fact that the baseball bat went flying." After I observed the bat I assumed it was actually visiting be a lifeless play, and then they were visiting get the baseball bat and also I was actually visiting go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I got out and switched my spine to the area and I heard [third bottom train] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Get back to third.' That is actually when I responded to third." Truthfully, at that moment I had not been actually thinking of the video game, merely attempting to escape the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was actually a first for me, for certain." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Winner Robles made the questionable choice to make an effort stealing home in the 1st inning versus New york city while Turner was at the plate with a 3-0 count and the bases filled. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to an easy victory.This loss was actually extra discouraging for Seattle as both Houston and Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners missed a chance to comprise required ground in the AL West and wild-card ethnicities. Seattle is actually five games back of first-place Houston in the division as well as 3 responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card spot." Everything happened fast and once again, just really reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I presume our team 'd all dive out of the way. However only unfavorable it found yourself in this way.".