.Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ETSAN DIEGO-- Instants after Jose Altuve was discharged for removing his left cleat as well as sock attempting to prove a point, his replacement, Grae Kessinger, scored the okay run in the 10th inning and then created a sensational dip into second base to seal the Houston Astros' wild 4-3 win against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Altuve grounded bent on third for the ultimate away from the nine yet insisted he had actually smeared the round off his feet. In a crazy setting, he took off his cleat as well as sock, making an effort to present the peacemakers where the ball hit, which received him ejected through layer moderator Brennan Miller. Supervisor Joe Espada was actually shaken after remaining to argue." Sometimes you receive reached somewhere in the palm and you take your batting glove [off] to present you acquired hit. I was actually counting on to carry out the exact same factor," Altuve claimed." It was actually experiencing my scalp that it can't occur," he incorporated. "It is actually the nine inning, succeeding worked on keystone, I am actually battling against a really good pitcher, [Robert] Suarez, the more detailed, so I'm certainly trying to obtain a favorite as well as steer the run in and gain the game. I receive a foul round because it attacked my feet and also they only took it out of me. I do not believe that can easily happen. There are actually 4 people on the area and you can see the switch on the sphere. Just produce the right phone call." Jose Altuve, who bared out to third for the Astros' last out of the nine inning, lead to his uncovered feet to stress where he had polluted the round off. Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty ImagesEspada was actually still ended up afterward." It is actually a filthy sphere," the supervisor pointed out. "You have to find the round as soon as he reaches the feet, the air travel of the sphere. I do not receive it. I do not understand. That's two times this year. I have a great deal of respect for the moderators. They strive. But there are 4 around. You need to be able to find it. They missed out on that call." It was Altuve's third occupation ejection, including routine season and playoffs, as well as 2nd this period (June 30 vs. Mets). His first job ejection was actually Aug. 6, 2016, which happened versus the Rangers.Kessinger started the 10th as the automatic jogger instead of Altuve, bore down Yordan Alvarez's groundout as well as racked up on Kyle Tucker's single to ended Adrian Morejon (2-2). Astros reducer Hector Neris packed the manners with pair of outs in the bottom of the 10th before acquiring Manny Machado to ground into a force play on a terrific backhanded drop in Kessinger, who flipped the reception to shortstop Jeremy Pena to end it.It was Kessinger's first video game with the Astros considering that July thirteen." Right just before he reached it, I was actually thinking he's visiting hit a ball up the center as well as it's visiting hit off the pile, and that is actually specifically what happened. However go catch it. That's the task," Kessinger said.He figured he was actually going to receive right into the activity after Altuve was actually tossed." It's a foul round. You have to see the ball as soon as he reaches the feet, the trip of the ball. I do not acquire it. I don't know. That is actually twice this year. I have a great deal of appreciation for the peacemakers. They work hard. Yet there are actually four available. You must have the ability to find it. They missed that call.".Astros manager Joe Espada." As he started to untangle his footwear, I started to grab my glove. I failed to know if I was the one that was heading to be actually using, but I really did not recognize what he was carrying out, but I was simply preparing," Kessinger said.The Padres twice moved to link ball game, initially at 2-2 on Machado's 27th homer along with one out in the 6th-- Machado appreciated his 405-foot homer for numerous secs, chucked his baseball bat apart as well as gestured toward the Padres' dugout as he began his trot-- and at 3-3 in the 8th when Fernando Tatis Jr. scored on Josh Hader's two-out crazy pitch.Hader came on to boos as well as was actually called for a pitch time clock offense. Yet after a long hold-up, it was actually declared there was actually no violation. Hader then tossed a wild sound that generated Tatis.Hader was actually with the Padres from the 2022 profession deadline with in 2013 before leaving behind as a freelance. He attracted the wrath of San Diego enthusiasts when he claimed late last period he hesitated to obtain more than 3 outs.The Padres fell short to include in their wild-card top over Arizona and also stayed 3 1/2 activities responsible for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.ESPN Research Study and The Associated Press contributed to this document.