Aaron Boone blames ballpark roof for the Yankees’ defeat

Aaron Boone
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Sara Molnick
Friday October 21, 2022

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It was a bad night for the New York Yankees and their chances of making it to the World Series were put into doubt. The Yankees are now down 2-0 in the American League Championship Series after losing to the Houston Astros 3-2 on the road.

And one key at-bat by Aaron Judge in the eighth inning almost changed everything. Judge hit a nice ball to right field with one man on base and New York trying to come back from a one-run deficit. It looked like it would go far, but then Kyle Tucker caught it safely in his glove. After the chance for a comeback ended for the Yankees, Houston cement their win.

Aaron Boone, the manager of the Yankees, said after the game that “Judge’s fly-out might have been a two-run homer” if the roof at the Astros’ stadium Minute Made Park<