.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds escaping, the Seat Mariners found an uncomfortable brand-new means to lose.A speeding bat. A brief moment . And a bizarre dual play." I don't believe I have actually ever observed that just before in a video game. Merely a strange situation," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, yet it was actually just how the bottom of the 10th participated in out that will definitely be actually born in mind in Mariners tradition as an additional phase in a period that has gone awry.With joggers at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third foundation after evading a flying baseball bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I have actually inquired a couple of people and all of them mentioned, 'I have actually never ever seen that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automatic jogger, coming from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and also his baseball bat went voyaging out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Frankly, I saw the bat taking flight right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger star scampered off the beaten track in to repulsive area as the bat jumped responsible for third bottom, and also it took him a second to collect yourself. Yet the play wasn't dead, as well as catcher Austin Wells created a quick throw to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he could respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he presumed the play was over since the bat went soaring." After I viewed the bat I presumed it was actually going to be actually a dead play, and afterwards they were going to get the baseball bat as well as I was going to get back to third," Rodru00edguez mentioned. "I got out and switched my back to the field and also I heard [3rd base trainer] Manny [Acta] screaming, 'Get back to third.' That's when I returned to third." Honestly, at that moment I had not been truly thinking of the game, just 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 set out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened a night after Winner Robles created the suspicious decision to try taking home in the 1st inning versus The big apple while Turner went to home plate along with a 3-0 count as well as the manners filled. Robles was actually out and the Yankees spun to a very easy victory.This defeat was actually a lot more aggravating for Seat as both Houston as well as Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners skipped an odds to make up needed ground in the AL West and wild-card races. Seat is actually five video games rear of first-place Houston in the branch and also three responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card location." It all took place fast and again, merely very reactionary," Wilson stated. "I presume our company will all dive out of the way. Yet merely regrettable it wound up in this way.".