.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff opportunities escaping, the Seattle Mariners discovered a painful new means to lose.A speeding bat. A temporary memory . And an unusual dual play." I don't assume I have actually ever seen that prior to in a game. Only a weird circumstance," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, yet it was just how all-time low of the 10th played out that will be actually kept in mind in Mariners lore as another section in a period that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was picked off third base after evading a flying baseball bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he began swinging." I've inquired a handful of fellas and all of them pointed out, 'I've never found that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th advanced Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his baseball bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Honestly, I observed the baseball bat piloting right around my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's younger celebrity scampered off the beaten track in to foul region as the baseball bat jumped behind third base, and it took him a minute to regroup. Yet the play had not been dead, and also catcher Austin Wells created an easy throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he could possibly return to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he believed the play was over because the bat went flying." After I observed the bat I assumed it was actually going to be a dead play, and afterwards they were visiting get the bat as well as I was heading to go back to third," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I escaped and also turned my back to the field and I listened to [third base coach] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Respond to third.' That is actually when I responded to 3rd." Truthfully, then I wasn't actually dealing with the game, simply attempting to escape the bat coming at me. That's what happened. That was a very first for me, for sure." Hamilton set out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's error happened a night after Winner Robles created the questionable decision to attempt stealing house in the 1st inning against New york city while Turner was at the plate along with a 3-0 count and the manners loaded. Robles was actually out and the Yankees rolled to a simple victory.This loss was actually a lot more frustrating for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners overlooked a chance to comprise needed ground in the AL West and wild-card nationalities. Seat is five activities back of first-place Houston in the department and three responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card area." All of it took place fast and once more, just really reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I think our team 'd all dive out of the way. However merely unfortunate it ended up that way.".