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Houston Astros at San Diego Padres

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Houston Astros
82-69, 40-37 Away
Final
4 - 3
San Diego Padres
86-66, 41-36 Home

Astros beat the Padres 4-3 in 10 innings after Jose Altuve was ejected in wild scene in the 9th

Altuve grounded out to third for the final out of the ninth but insisted he had fouled the ball off his foot. In a crazy scene, he took off his cleat and sock, trying to show the umpires where the ball hit, which got him ejected by plate umpire Brennan Miller. Manager Joe Espada was tossed after continuing to argue.

“Sometimes you get hit somewhere in the hand and you take your batting glove to show you got hit. I was expecting to do the same thing,” Altuve said.

“It was going through my head that it can’t happen,” he added. “It’s the ninth inning, winning run on second base, I’m battling against a good pitcher, (Robert) Suarez, the closer, so I’m obviously trying to get a hit and drive the run in and win the game. I get a foul ball because it hit my foot and they just took it away from me. I don’t think that can happen. There are four guys on the field and you can see the change of direction on the ball. Just make the right call.”

Espada was still wound up afterward.

“It’s a foul ball,” the manager said. “You have to see the ball once he hits the foot, the flight of the ball. I don’t get it. I don’t understand. That’s twice this year. I have a lot of respect for the umpires. They work hard. But there are four out there. You have to be able to see it. They missed that call.”

Kessinger started the 10th as the automatic runner in place of Altuve, advanced on Yordan Alvarez’s groundout and scored on Kyle Tucker’s single to left off Adrian Morejon (2-2).

Astros reliever Héctor Neris loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the 10th before getting Manny Machado to ground into a force play on a terrific backhanded stop by Kessinger, who flipped the ball to shortstop Jeremy Peña to end it.

It was Kessinger’s first game with the Astros since July 13.

“Right before he hit it, I was thinking he’s going to hit a ball up the middle and it’s going to hit off the mound, and that’s exactly what happened. But go catch it. That’s the job,” Kessinger said.

He figured he was going to get into the game after Altuve was tossed.

“As he started to untie his shoe, I started to grab my glove. I didn’t know if I was the one that was going to be going in, but I didn’t know what he was doing, but I was just getting ready,” Kessinger said.

The Padres twice rallied to tie the game, first at 2-2 on Machado's 27th homer with one out in the sixth and at 3-3 in the eighth when Fernando Tatis Jr. scored on Josh Hader's two-out wild pitch.

Hader (8-7) came on to boos and was called for a pitch clock violation. After a lengthy delay it was announced there was no violation. Hader then threw a wild pitch that brought in Tatis.

Hader was with the Padres from the 2022 trade deadline through last year before leaving as a free agent. He drew the ire of San Diego fans when he said late last season that he was reluctant to get more than three outs.

Neris earned his 18th save.

The Padres failed to add to their wild-card lead over Arizona and remained 3 1/2 games behind Los Angeles in the NL West.

Machado admired his 405-foot homer for several seconds, tossed his bat aside and gestured toward the Padres’ dugout as he began his trot.

Last week, Machado broke Nate Colbert’s 50-year-old club record of 163 homers and now has 165 in his six seasons with the Padres.

Hunter Brown had retired nine straight batters before Tatis hit a leadoff single two batters ahead of Machado.

The Astros took a 3-2 lead in the eventful eighth. Alvarez doubled into the right-center gap with one out, advanced on a balk by Jason Adams while Kyle Tucker was batting and scored on Adams' wild pitch that put Alex Bregman on with a walk.

The Astros took a 2-0 lead in the fourth. Singles by Tucker and Bregman put runners on first and second before Jon Singleton lofted an opposite-field blooper to left for a run-scoring double. Jeremy Peña's groundout brought in Bregman.

Brown allowed two runs and five hits in six innings.

King struck out seven in seven innings. He was charged with two runs and five hits.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Astros: Placed OF Ben Gamel on the 10-day injured list with a broken left leg three days after he ran into the wall at Angel Stadium while making a running catch. Gamel will be out indefinitely. C César Salazar was recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land.

Padres: Luis Arraez was back at DH despite jamming a knee into home plate while being thrown out Monday night.

UP NEXT

Astros LHP Framber Valdez (14-6, 2.91 ERA) and Padres RHP Dylan Cease (13-11, 3.58 ERA) are scheduled to start on Wednesday.

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Matchup Prediction

Padres: 62.2%
Astros: 37.8%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

10th Inning Machado grounded into fielder's choice to second, Profar out at second.
10th Inning Profar hit by pitch, Lockridge to second.
10th Inning Tatis Jr. struck out swinging.
10th Inning Lockridge ran for Arraez
10th Inning Arraez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Díaz out at second.
10th Inning Díaz walked.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
13 Ground Balls 13
11 Strikeouts 8
3 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 6
1 Stolen Bases 1
3 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
4 Runs 3
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
39 At Bats 36
0 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
22 Runners Left On Base 19
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
1 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 1
15 Fly Balls 15
0 Caught Stealing 0
135 Pitches 161
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
12 Total Bases 10
42 Plate Appearances 40
0.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
3 Extra Base Hits 2
3.7 Runs Created 2.7
.231 Batting Average .167
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.308 Slugging Percentage .278
.179 Secondary Average .222
.286 On Base Percentage .250
.593 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .528
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.9
3.3 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.4
30.0 Batter Rating 22.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 36.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.21 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.03
.077 Isolated Power .111
0.27 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.38
.071 Walks Per Plate Appearance .075
-.051 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .056
7.0 Runs Produced 5.0
0.8 Runs Ratio 0.7
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
77.8 MLB Rating 71.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Petco Park

Location: San Diego, California
Attendance: 44,553 | Capacity:

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 88 73 .547 - W2
Seattle 85 77 .525 3.5 W4
Texas 78 84 .481 10.5 W3
Oakland 69 93 .426 19.5 L3
Los Angeles 63 99 .389 25.5 L6

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3
Full Standings