Yankees manager Aaron Boone lamented the fact that the roof at Minute Maid Park in Houston was open Thursday night during his team’s 3–2 loss, saying that he thought a deep fly ball hit by Aaron Judge would’ve been a home run had the wind not knocked it down.
“Who would have thought, I think the roof open kind of killed us,” Boone told reporters, per SNY. “I think it’s a 390[-foot] ball. … I didn’t think he smoked it like a no-doubter, but it felt like his homers to right.”
Given the Yankees struggles at the plate in the first two games of the series, many weren’t pleased to see Boone offering up the open roof as an excuse.