.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff possibilities slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found an excruciating brand new way to lose.A speeding bat. A momentary memory . And also a bizarre double play." I do not assume I've ever before viewed that before in a video game. Only a peculiar situation," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the New york city Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was actually just how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will be actually always remembered in Mariners folklore as yet another section in a period that has gone awry.With distance runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off third bottom after evading a soaring baseball bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I've asked a handful of men and all of them stated, 'I've never ever seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his baseball bat went setting sail away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." In all honesty, I saw the bat piloting right approximately my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scampered off the beaten track into filthy territory as the bat bounded responsible for 3rd base, as well as it took him a moment to collect yourself. Yet the play had not been lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells made a simple toss to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he can return to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he thought the play ended since the bat went soaring." After I found the baseball bat I assumed it was mosting likely to be a lifeless play, and then they were actually going to grab the bat and I was visiting get back to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I escaped and switched my spine to the industry as well as I heard [3rd base instructor] Manny [Acta] shouting, 'Respond to 3rd.' That's when I returned to third." In all honesty, then I had not been really dealing with the activity, just attempting to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was actually a 1st for me, for certain." Hamilton headed Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened an evening after Victor Robles created the dubious choice to try swiping house in the very first inning versus The big apple while Turner was at home plate along with a 3-0 count as well as the manners filled. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to a quick and easy victory.This loss was actually much more irritating for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners skipped a chance to make up needed to have ground in the AL West as well as wild-card nationalities. Seat is five video games rear of first-place Houston in the branch and 3 responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card location." Everything occurred quickly and also once again, simply really reactionary," Wilson pointed out. "I presume our team 'd all dive off the beaten track. Yet only unlucky it found yourself that way.".