.Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ETSAN DIEGO-- Seconds after Jose Altuve was actually discharged for taking off his nigh side cleat as well as sock trying to confirm a point, his substitute, Grae Kessinger, racked up the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and afterwards brought in an outstanding dip into keystone to close the Houston Astros' outrageous 4-3 win versus the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Altuve grounded bent on third for the last out of the 9th but asserted he had befouled the round off his foot. In an insane setting, he removed his cleat and sock, attempting to present the peacemakers where the ball hit, which got him discharged by plate peacemaker Brennan Miller. Manager Joe Espada was actually shaken after continuing to contend." In some cases you receive struck somewhere in the hand as well as you take your hitting glove [off] to present you got attacked. I was counting on to accomplish the same factor," Altuve stated." It was going through my head that it can not occur," he added. "It is actually the nine inning, winning run on keystone, I am actually fighting versus a good pitcher, [Robert] Suarez, the closer, so I am actually clearly trying to obtain a favorite and also steer the round in and gain the activity. I obtain a foul round considering that it struck my feet and also they merely took it away from me. I don't presume that may take place. There are four men on the industry and you can easily see the turnabout on the round. Just produce the correct phone call." Jose Altuve, that bared bent on third for the Astros' final away from the ninth inning, suggest his bare foot to stress where he had smeared the round off. Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty ImagesEspada was actually still ended up subsequently." It is actually a filthy sphere," the supervisor mentioned. "You have to find the round once he hits the feet, the trip of the round. I don't acquire it. I don't recognize. That is actually two times this year. I possess a ton of appreciation for the moderators. They strive. Yet there are 4 available. You have to manage to view it. They missed that call." It was actually Altuve's third occupation ejection, including frequent period as well as playoffs, as well as second this time (June 30 vs. Mets). His initial profession ejection was Aug. 6, 2016, which happened versus the Rangers.Kessinger began the 10th as the automatic jogger instead of Altuve, advanced on Yordan Alvarez's groundout as well as racked up on Kyle Tucker's single to ended Adrian Morejon (2-2). Astros killer Hector Neris packed the bases with two outs in the bottom of the 10th before obtaining Manny Machado to ground right into a pressure use an excellent backhanded drop in Kessinger, that flipped the reception to shortstop Jeremy Pena to finish it.It was actually Kessinger's first activity along with the Astros due to the fact that July 13." Straight prior to he hit it, I was presuming he's visiting hit a reception up the mid as well as it's going to reach off the pile, and that is actually exactly what happened. However go record it. That's the job," Kessinger said.He thought he was going to acquire in to the activity after Altuve was actually thrown." It's a filthy sphere. You must watch the sphere the moment he attacks the foot, the flight of the sphere. I do not acquire it. I don't know. That's twice this year. I possess a ton of regard for the umpires. They work hard. However there are actually four available. You have to be able to find it. They overlooked that call.".Astros supervisor Joe Espada." As he started to unknot his shoe, I started to get my glove. I didn't know if I was the one that was actually going to be actually using, but I didn't understand what he was actually performing, but I was actually only preparing yourself," Kessinger said.The Padres two times moved to tie the score, first at 2-2 on Machado's 27th homer along with one out in the 6th-- Machado admired his 405-foot homer for a number of few seconds, flipped his bat apart and 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 came on to boos and was actually required a sound clock transgression. However after a prolonged delay, it was declared there was no violation. Hader then threw a crazy sound that introduced Tatis.Hader was with the Padres from the 2022 profession target date via last year just before leaving behind as a free agent. He pulled the displeasure of San Diego fans when he mentioned behind time final season he was reluctant to obtain greater than 3 outs.The Padres stopped working to add to their wild-card top over Arizona and also remained 3 1/2 video games responsible for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.ESPN Analysis as well as The Associated Press contributed to this report.