.Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ETSAN DIEGO-- Instants after Jose Altuve was discharged for taking off his left cleat as well as belt trying to prove a point, his replacement, Grae Kessinger, scored the consent jog in the 10th inning and after that made a melodramatic dip into keystone to seal off the Houston Astros' wild 4-3 succeed versus the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Altuve grounded bent on 3rd for the final away from the nine yet urged he had befouled the sphere off his foot. In a crazy setting, he removed his cleat and belt, making an effort to present the peacemakers where the round smash hit, which got him expelled by layer umpire Brennan Miller. Manager Joe Espada was thrown after remaining to contend." Occasionally you obtain attacked somewhere in the palm and also you take your batting glove [off] to show you got attacked. I was anticipating to perform the same point," Altuve mentioned." It was undergoing my scalp that it can't take place," he included. "It is actually the ninth inning, succeeding operated on keystone, I'm combating against an excellent pitcher, [Robert] Suarez, the deeper, so I'm obviously attempting to acquire a favorite and also steer the run in as well as win the video game. I receive a foul round considering that it reached my foot and also they simply took it off of me. I do not presume that can easily occur. There are four fellas on the industry and also you can observe the turnabout on the round. Only make the correct telephone call." Jose Altuve, who grounded out to third for the Astros' last out of the 9th inning, indicate his exposed feet to emphasize where he had actually smeared the sphere off. Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty ImagesEspada was still wound up thereafter." It's a nasty sphere," the manager pointed out. "You have to see the round when he attacks the foot, the flight of the ball. I do not get it. I do not recognize. That's twice this year. I have a bunch of appreciation for the peacemakers. They work doggedly. Yet there are four available. You need to be able to view it. They missed out on that call." It was actually Altuve's third occupation ejection, including routine season and playoffs, as well as 2nd this time (June 30 vs. Mets). His first job ejection was Aug. 6, 2016, which happened versus the Rangers.Kessinger began the 10th as the automatic jogger instead of Altuve, bore down Yordan Alvarez's groundout and also scored on Kyle Tucker's single to ended Adrian Morejon (2-2). Astros reducer Hector Neris loaded the bases with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th just before getting Manny Machado to ground in to a force play on an excellent backhanded stop by Kessinger, that flipped the reception to shortstop Jeremy Pena to finish it.It was Kessinger's very first activity with the Astros given that July thirteen." Right prior to he struck it, I was believing he's mosting likely to hit a ball up the center and also it is actually heading to attack off the mound, and also's precisely what took place. Yet go catch it. That is actually the work," Kessinger said.He figured he was actually going to get in to the activity after Altuve was actually pitched." It's a foul sphere. You have to notice the sphere the moment he reaches the foot, the air travel of the ball. I don't receive it. I do not understand. That's two times this year. I possess a lot of respect for the moderators. They work doggedly. But there are actually four out there. You need to have the capacity to find it. They overlooked that call.".Astros manager Joe Espada." As he started to unknot his shoe, I started to snatch my glove. I really did not understand if I was actually the one that was going to be actually going in, yet I failed to recognize what he was actually performing, but I was actually just getting ready," Kessinger said.The Padres twice moved to link ball game, to begin with at 2-2 on Machado's 27th homer with one out in the 6th-- Machado appreciated his 405-foot homer for numerous few seconds, tossed his baseball bat apart and gestured toward the Padres' dugout as he started his trot-- and at 3-3 in the eighth when Fernando Tatis Jr. scored on Josh Hader's two-out untamed pitch.Hader came on to boos as well as was called for a pitch time clock violation. However after a long delay, it was actually revealed there was actually no offense. Hader after that threw a wild sound that generated Tatis.Hader was actually with the Padres from the 2022 profession target date via in 2015 just before leaving as a free agent. He pulled the fury of San Diego enthusiasts when he said late final time he was reluctant to obtain greater than 3 outs.The Padres failed to include in their wild-card top over Arizona and remained 3 1/2 video games responsible for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.ESPN Analysis as well as The Associated Push contributed to this report.