Mariners' Victor Robles ripped for 'bonehead' baserunning mistakes in loss to Yankees: 'Absolutely ridiculous'

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The New York Yankees rolled over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night, and one reason for the Mariners only scoring one run came in the bottom of the first inning on what was called an "absolutely ridiculous" decision by Victor Robles. 

Seattle had the bases loaded, two outs and Justin Turner at the plate, a hitter who has a career batting average of over .320 in situations like this. Yankees starter Luis Gil was struggling to find the strike zone and threw three straight balls for a 3-0 count with nowhere to put Turner. 

New York had scored two runs in the top of the inning thanks to Aaron Judge’s RBI double, so the Mariners had a good situation for themselves to potentially match or even take the lead. 

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New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) tags out Seattle Mariners designated hitter Victor Robles on a stolen base attempt during the first inning at T-Mobile Park. (Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images)

But Robles got too aggressive at third base as he watched Gil, who wasn’t looking at him, pick up the rosin bag behind the mound.

Robles booked it to home plate, but Gil was quick to snap a throw to his catcher, Austin Wells, who applied the tag for the out. 

Thus, the inning ended, and nobody could understand why Robles decided it was fine to go. 

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During the YES Network broadcast for the Yankees, Michael Kay and Jeff Nelson couldn’t believe their eyes after the play occurred. 

"Absolutely ridiculous, 3-0, and Justin Turner’s staring into the dugout as if to say, ‘Really?’" Kay said. 

Nelson added that it was a