.Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ETSAN DIEGO-- Minutes after Jose Altuve was actually ejected for removing his left side cleat and belt attempting to verify an aspect, his replacement, Grae Kessinger, scored the consent jog in the 10th inning and afterwards made a sensational play at keystone to seal the Houston Astros' outrageous 4-3 gain against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Altuve grounded out to 3rd for the last out of the ninth but urged he had fouled the round off his foot. In a ridiculous scene, he removed his cleat as well as belt, attempting to show the peacemakers where the round hit, which acquired him expelled through plate peacemaker Brennan Miller. Supervisor Joe Espada was actually shaken after continuing to argue." Often you obtain attacked someplace in the palm as well as you take your batting glove [off] to show you got attacked. I was actually anticipating to perform the very same factor," Altuve said." It was experiencing my head that it can't take place," he incorporated. "It is actually the ninth inning, succeeding operated on keystone, I'm combating against a good pitcher, [Robert] Suarez, the deeper, so I'm undoubtedly making an effort to obtain a smash hit as well as drive the round in and also succeed the game. I get a foul round given that it hit my foot as well as they merely took it far from me. I do not assume that can easily happen. There are 4 men on the industry and also you can easily view the change of direction on the round. Simply create the correct telephone call." Jose Altuve, that bared out to third for the Astros' final out of the 9th inning, lead to his uncovered foot to emphasize where he had actually polluted the ball off. Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty ImagesEspada was actually still wound up later." It is actually a filthy sphere," the manager claimed. "You need to see the sphere once he reaches the foot, the trip of the ball. I do not receive it. I do not understand. That's twice this year. I have a ton of respect for the moderators. They strive. Yet there are 4 on the market. You must have the ability to see it. They skipped that phone call." It was actually Altuve's third profession ejection, featuring routine time and playoffs, as well as 2nd this time (June 30 vs. Mets). His very first career ejection was Aug. 6, 2016, which happened versus the Rangers.Kessinger began the 10th as the automated jogger instead of Altuve, bore down Yordan Alvarez's groundout and also scored on Kyle Tucker's solitary to ended Adrian Morejon (2-2). Astros reducer Hector Neris filled the manners with two outs in the bottom of the 10th prior to obtaining Manny Machado to ground into a pressure play on a terrific backhanded stop by Kessinger, that flipped the reception to shortstop Jeremy Pena to end it.It was Kessinger's initial game with the Astros because July thirteen." Right before he attacked it, I was actually assuming he's mosting likely to attack a ball up the center as well as it's mosting likely to attack off the mound, and that's exactly what took place. However go catch it. That is actually the job," Kessinger said.He figured he was actually going to receive in to the video game after Altuve was pitched." It's a filthy ball. You must watch the ball once he hits the foot, the flight of the sphere. I do not acquire it. I don't comprehend. That's two times this year. I possess a great deal of appreciation for the umpires. They strive. However there are four available. You need to have the capacity to observe it. They skipped that call.".Astros supervisor Joe Espada." As he started to disengage his shoe, I started to snatch my glove. I didn't know if I was actually the one that was actually mosting likely to be using, but I failed to understand what he was actually performing, yet I was actually only preparing yourself," Kessinger said.The Padres twice rallied to tie the score, initially at 2-2 on Machado's 27th homer along with one out in the sixth-- Machado appreciated his 405-foot homer for a number of secs, flipped his baseball bat aside and also gestured towards the Padres' dugout as he started his trot-- and at 3-3 in the eighth when Fernando Tatis Jr. racked up on Josh Hader's two-out crazy pitch.Hader happened on to boos and was actually asked for a pitch time clock infraction. However after an extensive delay, it was announced there was actually no violation. Hader then tossed a crazy pitch that generated Tatis.Hader was along with the Padres coming from the 2022 trade due date with in 2013 just before leaving behind as a free agent. He drew the fury of San Diego followers when he mentioned behind time final period he was reluctant to get much more than 3 outs.The Padres failed to contribute to their wild-card top over Arizona and also continued to be 3 1/2 games responsible for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.ESPN Analysis as well as The Associated Press resulted in this document.