.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff chances departing, the Seattle Mariners discovered an uncomfortable brand-new means to lose.A zooming bat. A momentary moment lapse. As well as a bizarre dual play." I do not assume I've ever observed that prior to in a video game. Merely a peculiar scenario," Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, yet it was actually how all-time low of the 10th played out that are going to be actually always remembered in Mariners folklore as another chapter in a season that has gone awry.With joggers at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot third bottom after dodging a flying bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he struck out swinging." I have actually asked a couple of fellas plus all of all of them claimed, 'I've certainly never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automated jogger, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I observed the bat taking flight right as much as my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scuttled off the beaten track right into foul area as the baseball bat bounded behind 3rd foundation, and also it took him an instant to collect yourself. However the play had not been dead, and also catcher Austin Wells created a simple toss to 3rd baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez just before he might get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he presumed the play was over due to the fact that the bat went flying." After I observed the baseball bat I assumed it was actually going to be a dead play, and afterwards they were actually going to pick up the bat and I was actually going to go back to third," Rodru00edguez stated. "I escaped as well as switched my spine to the field as well as I listened to [third foundation train] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to 3rd.' That is actually when I got back to third." In all honesty, then I had not been definitely thinking about the video game, simply making an effort to avoid the bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was a very first for me, for sure." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to end it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came an evening after Winner Robles created the dubious selection to attempt stealing home in the initial inning against New York while Turner was at home plate with a 3-0 matter and the bases loaded. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees spun to a quick and easy victory.This defeat was even more irritating for Seat as each Houston and also Minnesota shed earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners overlooked an opportunity to comprise needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seat is actually five activities back of first-place Houston in the branch as well as three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card location." Everything took place swiftly and also once again, just extremely reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I think we would certainly all hop off the beaten track. But just unfavorable it wound up in this way.".