.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- Along with their playoff odds slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found a painful new technique to lose.A zooming baseball bat. A temporary memory breach. As well as a peculiar dual play." I don't assume I have actually ever observed that prior to in a video game. Merely a weird scenario," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners was up to the New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday night, but it was exactly how the bottom of the 10th played out that will be actually born in mind in Mariners lore as yet another section in a period that has gone awry.With distance runners at the sections, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off 3rd foundation after evading a soaring bat that slipped out of the palms of Randy Arozarena when he headed swinging." I've talked to a couple of guys plus all of all of them stated, 'I've never ever viewed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle trailed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff single in the 10th state-of-the-art Rodru00edguez, the automatic distance runner, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena along with a 2-2 slider, as well as his bat went setting sail away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." In all honesty, I saw the baseball bat taking flight right around my skin," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's youthful star scampered off the beaten track right into filthy region as the baseball bat skipped behind third base, and also it took him a second to regroup. But the play wasn't dead, and also catcher Austin Wells created a quick throw to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he can respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez claimed he believed the play was over considering that the bat went soaring." After I saw the baseball bat I presumed it was actually visiting be actually a dead play, and then they were mosting likely to pick up the bat as well as I was actually visiting return to third," Rodru00edguez claimed. "I escaped and turned my back to the industry as well as I heard [third base train] Manny [Acta] hollering, 'Get back to 3rd.' That's when I returned to third." Truthfully, at that moment I wasn't truly thinking about the video game, just making an effort to get away from the bat coming with me. That's what took place. That was an initial for me, without a doubt." Hamilton began Justin Turner to finish it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's mistake happened an evening after Winner Robles made the questionable choice to try taking home in the 1st inning against New york city while Turner went to the plate with a 3-0 count as well as the bases filled. Robles was actually out as well as the Yankees spun to a simple victory.This loss was much more annoying for Seat as both Houston and also Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, meaning the Mariners missed an odds to make up needed to have ground in the AL West as well as wild-card races. Seat is actually 5 activities rear of first-place Houston in the branch and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the final AL wild-card place." It all happened quick as well as again, simply incredibly reactionary," Wilson claimed. "I presume our company would certainly all leap off the beaten track. But just unlucky it wound up in this way.".