.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff possibilities departing, the Seattle Mariners discovered a distressing brand-new way to lose.A flying baseball bat. A brief memory . And a strange double play." I do not think I have actually ever found that before in a video game. Just an odd 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 actually exactly how all-time low of the 10th played out that will be actually don't forgotten in Mariners lore as another phase in a season that has actually gone awry.With distance runners at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third base after evading a flying bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he set out moving." I have actually inquired a handful of individuals and all of all of them pointed out, 'I have actually never viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff solitary in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, as well as his baseball bat went sailing out of his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's scalp." Truthfully, I observed the baseball bat flying right approximately my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scuttled out of the way in to repulsive territory as the baseball bat jumped responsible for 3rd base, as well as it took him a second to collect yourself. But the play wasn't lifeless, and also catcher Austin Wells created an easy throw to third baseman Jazz music Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez before he could respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he assumed the play was over since the bat went soaring." After I saw the baseball bat I presumed it was heading to be a lifeless play, and then they were heading to get the bat and I was visiting get back to third," Rodru00edguez mentioned. "I got out and also transformed my back to the industry as well as I listened to [3rd base coach] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Return to third.' That's when I returned to 3rd." Truthfully, then I wasn't definitely thinking of the video game, merely trying to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what took place. That was actually an initial for me, for sure." Hamilton started out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's oversight came an evening after Winner Robles created the questionable choice to make an effort taking home in the first inning versus New York while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 matter as well as the bases loaded. Robles was actually out and the Yankees spun to a quick and easy victory.This defeat was actually even more aggravating for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota lost earlier Wednesday, suggesting the Mariners overlooked a chance to compose required ground in the AL West as well as wild-card nationalities. Seat is five activities back of first-place Houston in the branch as well as three behind Minnesota for the final AL wild-card spot." Everything happened swiftly and again, merely really reactionary," Wilson mentioned. "I think our company will all hop out of the way. But simply unfavorable it wound up in this way.".