.Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ETSAN DIEGO-- Moments after Jose Altuve was actually ejected for taking off his left cleat and sock attempting to show a point, his replacement, Grae Kessinger, scored the okay jog in the 10th inning and afterwards created a melodramatic dip into second base to seal off the Houston Astros' outrageous 4-3 win versus the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Altuve based bent on 3rd for the ultimate away from the ninth but urged he had actually fouled the round off his feet. In a ridiculous scene, he removed his cleat and also sock, trying to present the moderators where the ball smash hit, which got him ejected through layer moderator Brennan Miller. Supervisor Joe Espada was actually tossed after continuing to contend." Occasionally you acquire hit someplace in the palm and also you take your batting handwear cover [off] to present you obtained reached. I was counting on to perform the same trait," Altuve pointed out." It was actually experiencing my head that it can not happen," he added. "It is actually the ninth inning, winning worked on keystone, I'm battling versus an excellent pitcher, [Robert] Suarez, the more detailed, so I am actually definitely attempting to receive a smash hit and also drive the round in as well as gain the activity. I obtain a foul round since it reached my feet as well as they merely took it off of me. I don't assume that may happen. There are 4 guys on the area as well as you can view the switch on the sphere. Just make the correct call." Jose Altuve, who bared bent on 3rd for the Astros' final out of the nine inning, indicate his bare foot to emphasize where he had actually polluted the round off. Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty ImagesEspada was still wound up subsequently." It's a repulsive sphere," the manager said. "You must view the ball when he hits the foot, the tour of the ball. I don't obtain it. I don't comprehend. That's two times this year. I possess a considerable amount of appreciation for the umpires. They strive. However there are actually four around. You have to manage to see it. They skipped that phone call." It was Altuve's 3rd profession ejection, featuring normal time and also playoffs, and also second this period (June 30 vs. Mets). His 1st occupation ejection was Aug. 6, 2016, which happened versus the Rangers.Kessinger began the 10th as the automatic runner in place of Altuve, bore down Yordan Alvarez's groundout as well as racked up on Kyle Tucker's single to left off Adrian Morejon (2-2). Astros reducer Hector Neris packed the manners along with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th prior to acquiring Manny Machado to ground into a pressure play on a terrific backhanded come by Kessinger, that flipped the ball to shortstop Jeremy Pena to end it.It was Kessinger's first game along with the Astros due to the fact that July 13." Straight prior to he reached it, I was actually thinking he is actually visiting attack a reception up the middle and also it's heading to attack off the pile, and that is actually precisely what happened. But go record it. That's the task," Kessinger said.He thought he was going to acquire into the activity after Altuve was actually chucked." It is actually a nasty sphere. You have to notice the sphere when he strikes the foot, the tour of the ball. I do not obtain it. I do not recognize. That is actually twice this year. I have a ton of appreciation for the peacemakers. They work hard. However there are actually 4 around. You need to have the capacity to view it. They missed that call.".Astros manager Joe Espada." As he began to disengage his shoe, I started to get my glove. I really did not recognize if I was actually the one that was actually going to be actually entering, yet I didn't understand what he was actually doing, yet I was actually only preparing yourself," Kessinger said.The Padres twice rallied to connect ball game, to begin with at 2-2 on Machado's 27th homer along with one out in the sixth-- Machado admired his 405-foot homer for many few seconds, pitched his baseball bat aside and also gestured toward the Padres' dugout as he began his trot-- and also at 3-3 in the eighth when Fernando Tatis Jr. scored on Josh Hader's two-out untamed pitch.Hader came on to boos and was actually required a sound time clock transgression. Yet after a lengthy problem, it was actually announced there was no offense. Hader at that point tossed an untamed pitch that brought in Tatis.Hader was with the Padres from the 2022 business deadline through in 2014 before leaving as a free agent. He drew the ire of San Diego fans when he pointed out late last time he was reluctant to receive greater than 3 outs.The Padres fell short to add to their wild-card top over Arizona and also stayed 3 1/2 games responsible for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.ESPN Research Study and also The Associated Press resulted in this record.