.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds escaping, the Seat Mariners located a painful brand new method to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A short-term memory breach. As well as an unusual dual play." I don't believe I've ever observed that before in a game. Only an unusual scenario," 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 just how all-time low of the 10th participated in out that will be actually always remembered in Mariners tradition as yet another section in a period that has gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third base after evading a flying bat that unclothed the hands of Randy Arozarena when he headed moving." I've asked a few individuals and all of all of them said, 'I have actually never observed that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic runner, from second base to 3rd. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and also his bat went voyaging away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I saw the bat flighting right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young superstar scuttled off the beaten track right into nasty region as the bat skipped behind 3rd bottom, as well as it took him an instant to collect yourself. But the play had not been lifeless, and catcher Austin Wells made a quick throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he might respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez said he believed the play mored than considering that the baseball bat went flying." After I found the bat I assumed it was heading to be a dead play, and afterwards they were actually heading to grab the bat and also I was mosting likely to return to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I fled as well as switched my back to the area and I listened to [3rd bottom instructor] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to third." In all honesty, at that moment I wasn't definitely dealing with the video game, merely trying to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was an initial for me, for sure." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight happened a night after Victor Robles made the doubtful choice to attempt stealing house in the initial inning against New York while Turner went to home plate with a 3-0 count as well as the bases loaded. Robles was out and also the Yankees rolled to a very easy victory.This loss was much more frustrating for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners skipped an opportunity to compose needed to have ground in the AL West as well as wild-card nationalities. Seattle is 5 games rear of first-place Houston in the division and 3 behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card area." It all occurred fast as well as again, merely very reactionary," Wilson stated. "I think our experts will all jump off the beaten track. Yet simply unlucky it ended up this way.".