.Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ETSAN DIEGO-- Moments after Jose Altuve was actually ejected for taking off his remaining cleat and also belt making an effort to prove a factor, his substitute, Grae Kessinger, scored the okay run in the 10th inning and afterwards made a melodramatic play at second base to secure the Houston Astros' crazy 4-3 succeed versus the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Altuve based out to 3rd for the last away from the 9th but insisted he had actually smeared the sphere off his foot. In a ridiculous scene, he removed his cleat and also sock, making an effort to reveal the moderators where the sphere smash hit, which received him expelled by layer moderator Brennan Miller. Manager Joe Espada was shaken after continuing to dispute." Sometimes you obtain hit someplace in the hand and you take your hitting glove [off] to present you got attacked. I was expecting to perform the very same factor," Altuve pointed out." It was experiencing my head that it can not occur," he added. "It is actually the 9th inning, succeeding worked on keystone, I'm fighting versus an excellent pitcher, [Robert] Suarez, the deeper, so I am actually obviously trying to receive a favorite and steer the trip in and succeed the game. I get a foul ball because it attacked my foot and also they just took it off of me. I don't presume that can easily happen. There are actually four guys on the field and you may observe the turnabout on the ball. Merely make the correct call." Jose Altuve, that bared bent on 3rd for the Astros' last out of the ninth inning, indicate his naked foot to focus on where he had polluted the ball off. Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty ImagesEspada was still ended up later." It's a repulsive round," the supervisor pointed out. "You need to view the sphere as soon as he strikes the foot, the air travel of the round. I don't acquire it. I do not comprehend. That's twice this year. I have a lot of respect for the umpires. They work hard. However there are actually 4 on the market. You need to have the capacity to view it. They missed that telephone call." It was actually Altuve's third profession ejection, featuring frequent period and also playoffs, as well as 2nd this time (June 30 vs. Mets). His initial occupation ejection was Aug. 6, 2016, which happened versus the Rangers.Kessinger started the 10th as the automatic runner in place of Altuve, bore down Yordan Alvarez's groundout as well as scored on Kyle Tucker's singular to left off Adrian Morejon (2-2). Astros killer Hector Neris loaded the manners along with two outs in all-time low of the 10th before receiving Manny Machado to ground in to a pressure use a great backhanded drop in Kessinger, that flipped the reception to shortstop Jeremy Pena to finish it.It was Kessinger's 1st video game with the Astros since July thirteen." Straight prior to he attacked it, I was believing he is actually going to reach a ball up the middle and it is actually visiting attack off the mound, and also is actually exactly what occurred. However go catch it. That is actually the job," Kessinger said.He thought he was actually going to receive right into the video game after Altuve was actually flipped." It's a nasty sphere. You have to watch the round when he strikes the feet, the tour of the sphere. I do not get it. I don't recognize. That is actually twice this year. I possess a great deal of respect for the moderators. They work doggedly. However there are four on the market. You have to have the ability to find it. They missed that telephone call.".Astros manager Joe Espada." As he began to unknot his footwear, I started to grab my glove. I didn't know if I was the one that was going to be actually using, but I didn't recognize what he was actually carrying out, however I was actually only preparing," Kessinger said.The Padres two times moved to link ball game, initially at 2-2 on Machado's 27th homer with one out in the sixth-- Machado appreciated his 405-foot homer for many secs, flipped his baseball bat apart and also gestured towards the Padres' dugout as he began his trot-- and also at 3-3 in the 8th when Fernando Tatis Jr. scored on Josh Hader's two-out wild pitch.Hader happened on to boos as well as was actually required a sound time clock infraction. But after a prolonged delay, it was declared there was no transgression. Hader after that tossed a wild sound that generated Tatis.Hader was actually with the Padres coming from the 2022 business due date via in 2014 before leaving as a freelance. He attracted the annoyance of San Diego supporters when he said behind time final time he hesitated to receive much more than 3 outs.The Padres stopped working to add to their wild-card top over Arizona and also continued to be 3 1/2 video games responsible for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.ESPN Investigation and The Associated Push brought about this file.