Boone: Open roof in Houston 'kind of killed us' on Judge fly ball

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone believes the roof being open at Minute Maid Park for Game 2 of the American League Championship Series played a part in one of the game's biggest moments.

The roof was open for only the second time this season, and the wind appeared to knock down a potential go-ahead home run off Aaron Judge's bat that Houston Astros right fielder Kyle Tucker caught at the wall in the eighth inning.

"Who would have thought, I think the roof open kind of killed us," Boone said, according to the New York Post's Greg Joyce.

"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."

The fly ball would have been a home run at only one ballpark - Yankee Stadium, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch.

Despite hitting the ball with an exit velocity of 106.3 mph, Judge wasn't shocked to see it stay in the field of play.

"Not with the way the wind was playing," Judge said. "It was blowing pretty hard out to left field, so I kind of hit it to the wrong part of the park, that’s for sure."

The Astros scored all of their runs on an Alex Bregman three-run homer in the third inning off Yankees right-hander Luis Severino, which carried an exit velocity of just 91.8 mph. Severino attributed the home run to the way the wind was blowing with the roof open.

"I know the wind was blowing," Severino said. "That was the only reason that ball got out. I made a good pitch in that situation."

The Astros hung on for a 3-2 victory to take a 2-0 lead in the series. Game 3 is scheduled for Saturday at Yankee Stadium.