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Mariners drop as zooming bat, gaffe on manners kill rally vs. Yankees

.Sep 19, 2024, 02:48 AM ETSEATTLE-- With their playoff odds slipping away, the Seat Mariners found an uncomfortable brand new means to lose.A zooming bat. A brief moment breach. And also a strange dual play." I do not think I've ever before viewed that just before in an activity. Merely a peculiar situation," Seat supervisor Dan Wilson said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Mariners fell to the The big apple Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings Wednesday evening, however it was actually just how all-time low of the 10th played out that will be actually always remembered in Mariners folklore as another chapter in a period that has actually gone awry.With runners at the edges, Julio Rodru00edguez was actually picked off third bottom after evading a flying baseball bat that slipped out of the hands of Randy Arozarena when he struck out moving." I've inquired a handful of guys plus all of all of them stated, 'I've never ever observed that on a ball park,'" Rodru00edguez said.Seattle routed 2-1 when Cal Raleigh's leadoff singular in the 10th sophisticated Rodru00edguez, the automated distance runner, from second base to third. Ian Hamilton fanned Arozarena with a 2-2 slider, as well as his bat went sailing away from his hands.Right at Rodru00edguez's head." Frankly, I saw the bat flying right approximately my face," Rodru00edguez said.Seattle's young celebrity scampered off the beaten track in to filthy territory as the bat skipped behind third base, as well as it took him a moment to regroup. But the play wasn't dead, and also catcher Austin Wells created an easy toss to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., picking off Rodru00edguez just before he might respond to the bag.Rodru00edguez mentioned he believed the play ended considering that the baseball bat went soaring." After I saw the bat I thought it was visiting be actually a lifeless play, and after that they were heading to grab the baseball bat and I was visiting go back to 3rd," Rodru00edguez stated. "I got out as well as transformed my back to the field and also I heard [3rd base coach] Manny [Acta] yelling, 'Get back to 3rd.' That's when I got back to 3rd." In all honesty, then I had not been definitely thinking of the activity, only making an effort to escape the baseball bat coming at me. That's what occurred. That was an initial for me, without a doubt." Hamilton struck out Justin Turner to end it, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.Rodru00edguez's blunder happened an evening after Winner Robles created the questionable selection to attempt taking home in the first inning versus Nyc while Turner was at the plate along with a 3-0 count as well as the bases packed. Robles was out and also the Yankees rolled to a very easy victory.This defeat was a lot more aggravating for Seattle as both Houston and Minnesota dropped earlier Wednesday, implying the Mariners missed an opportunity to make up needed ground in the AL West and also wild-card nationalities. Seattle is actually five games back of first-place Houston in the division and also 3 responsible for Minnesota for the ultimate AL wild-card area." It all happened quick and also once more, simply extremely reactionary," Wilson said. "I believe we 'd all leap off the beaten track. But only unfortunate it found yourself this way.".