.Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ETSAN DIEGO-- Minutes after Jose Altuve was actually expelled for removing his remaining cleat and belt trying to prove a point, his replacement, Grae Kessinger, racked up the go-ahead jog in the 10th inning and then brought in a remarkable play at second base to close the Houston Astros' wild 4-3 win versus the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Altuve based bent on 3rd for the ultimate out of the 9th however insisted he had befouled the round off his foot. In an outrageous setting, he removed his cleat as well as sock, attempting to reveal the moderators where the sphere hit, which acquired him expelled through layer peacemaker Brennan Miller. Manager Joe Espada was thrown after remaining to contend." Sometimes you receive attacked someplace in the hand and you take your batting glove [off] to reveal you received hit. I was actually expecting to accomplish the very same factor," Altuve mentioned." It was actually undergoing my head that it can't happen," he incorporated. "It's the ninth inning, winning operated on keystone, I am actually combating versus a good pitcher, [Robert] Suarez, the deeper, so I am actually clearly making an effort to get a smash hit and also drive the run in and also succeed the video game. I acquire a foul round given that it hit my foot and also they simply took it far from me. I do not assume that may take place. There are actually four guys on the field and you can observe the switch on the round. Merely create the right phone call." Jose Altuve, that grounded bent on 3rd for the Astros' ultimate away from the 9th inning, lead to his bare foot to emphasize where he had actually fouled the round off. Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty ImagesEspada was actually still wound up afterward." It is actually a filthy sphere," the supervisor pointed out. "You must view the sphere as soon as he attacks the feet, the flight of the sphere. I do not receive it. I do not comprehend. That's twice this year. I possess a bunch of appreciation for the moderators. They work hard. However there are four on the market. You must manage to see it. They overlooked that telephone call." It was actually Altuve's third profession ejection, including routine period and playoffs, and also 2nd this season (June 30 vs. Mets). His initial profession ejection was actually Aug. 6, 2016, which came against the Rangers.Kessinger began the 10th as the automated jogger in place of Altuve, bore down Yordan Alvarez's groundout as well as scored on Kyle Tucker's single to ended Adrian Morejon (2-2). Astros killer Hector Neris loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the 10th prior to obtaining Manny Machado to ground in to a pressure use a fantastic backhanded stop by Kessinger, who turned the ball to shortstop Jeremy Pena to finish it.It was Kessinger's initial video game along with the Astros given that July thirteen." Straight before he attacked it, I was actually presuming he is actually visiting strike a ball up the middle and it's going to hit off the pile, and that's exactly what happened. But go capture it. That is actually the work," Kessinger said.He thought he was actually going to acquire right into the activity after Altuve was actually thrown." It's a filthy round. You have to envision the round when he hits the feet, the trip of the round. I don't get it. I don't recognize. That is actually twice this year. I have a considerable amount of appreciation for the umpires. They work doggedly. However there are 4 around. You have to manage to find it. They overlooked that telephone call.".Astros manager Joe Espada." As he started to disengage his shoe, I started to nab my handwear cover. I didn't understand if I was actually the one that was actually mosting likely to be going in, yet I didn't know what he was actually carrying out, however I was merely preparing," Kessinger said.The Padres two times rallied to tie ball game, first at 2-2 on Machado's 27th homer along with one out in the sixth-- Machado appreciated his 405-foot homer for many secs, threw his bat apart and gestured toward the Padres' dugout as he began his trot-- as well as at 3-3 in the eighth when Fernando Tatis Jr. racked up on Josh Hader's two-out wild pitch.Hader came on to boos and was asked for a sound time clock violation. Yet after an extensive problem, it was revealed there was actually no offense. Hader then tossed a crazy pitch that brought in Tatis.Hader was with the Padres coming from the 2022 profession due date by means of in 2014 just before leaving behind as a freelance. He drew the fury of San Diego enthusiasts when he said late last period he hesitated to receive greater than three outs.The Padres failed to contribute to their wild-card top over Arizona and also remained 3 1/2 video games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.ESPN Analysis and also The Associated Press added to this report.