.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff opportunities slipping away, the Seattle Mariners discovered an uncomfortable brand-new means to lose.A zooming bat. A momentary memory breach. As well as a bizarre dual play." I do not presume I have actually ever found that just before in a video game. Only an odd circumstance," Seattle manager 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 just how all-time low of the 10th played out that will definitely be kept in mind in Mariners lore as another phase in a season that has gone awry.With joggers at the corners, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually shot 3rd base after evading a flying baseball bat that unclothed the palms of Randy Arozarena when he set out moving." I've inquired a handful of individuals and all of all of them stated, 'I've certainly never found that on a baseball field,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle tracked 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th enhanced Rodru00edguez, the automated runner, from keystone to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, and his bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Truthfully, I viewed the baseball bat flying right up to my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scuttled out of the way in to nasty area as the baseball bat jumped responsible for 3rd base, and also it took him an instant to regroup. Yet the play had not been lifeless, as well as catcher Austin Wells made an easy toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., shooting Rodru00edguez before he could possibly get back to the bag.Rodru00edguez stated he thought the play was over because the bat went flying." After I observed the bat I believed it was actually heading to be actually a lifeless play, and afterwards they were visiting pick up the baseball bat and also I was heading to go back to third," Rodru00edguez pointed out. "I escaped and also turned my spine to the field and I heard [3rd base coach] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Return to third.' That's when I returned to third." Honestly, then I wasn't really thinking of the video game, just attempting to get away from the baseball bat coming with me. That's what occurred. That was actually a very first for me, without a doubt." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to finish it, securing a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder came a night after Victor Robles created the questionable selection to make an effort stealing home in the very first inning versus New York while Turner went to home plate with a 3-0 count and the manners filled. Robles was out and the Yankees rolled to a simple victory.This defeat was actually more discouraging for Seattle as each Houston and also Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners overlooked a possibility to make up needed to have ground in the AL West and wild-card races. Seat is actually five games rear of first-place Houston in the branch and three responsible for Minnesota for the last AL wild-card area." All of it occurred fast as well as once more, only quite reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I presume our company will all jump out of the way. But just regrettable it found yourself in this way.".