I'm sure it's a big deal After a month's rest, he played one game in the second team and five games in the first team, batting average of 0.381. Austin's secret is

Aug 10, 2025

LG Austin Dean is interviewing reporters after the Hanwha match on the 9th. Jamsil = Reporter Kwon In-ha

A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. LG Austin is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/

He took a month off due to a side injury. And although two games in the second division were scheduled, he played only one game due to rain and immediately called the first division.

However, he had multiple hits from the first game and all five games were hit. And on the first day of the important first and second place match, he hit a tie-breaking hit and a two-run shot on the second day, making a brilliant contribution to the team's lead.

The effectiveness of Austin Dean, the best foreign hitter in LG Twins history, is truly enormous. He returned to the first team from the game against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 5th, and has a batting average of 381 (8 hits in 21 at-bats) in five games. He has four RBIs and three runs on a home run.

I played until July 1st and took a month off due to side pain, and I played the only Futures League game against SSG on the 2nd, and it's amazing that I'm playing well in the first team right away. Usually, if you take a month off, you play a few games in the second division to get a sense of the game, and when you get a sense of the game, you come up to the first division and it's hard to find a sense of hitting, but Austin is doing well as if he continued to play as soon as he arrived.

He hit one hit each in the first and second place games against the Hanwha Eagles in Jamsil on the 8th and 9th, and this came out when it was absolutely necessary. On the 8th, he hit a tiebreaking right-handed hit from Joo Hyun-sang at the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, and on the 9th, he hit a pre-emptive two-run shot from starter Um Sang-baek at the bottom of the first inning with one out. Thanks to Austin's tiebreaking hit on the 8th, LG came from behind to win 2-1 with Chun Sung-ho's walk-off hit in the bottom of the 10th inning, and on the 9th, starting with Austin's home run, he scored eight runs until the fourth inning to secure an 8-1 victory, extending his win to three games against Hanwha to remain atop. These were scenes that made me realize how much Austin is a batter needed for the team.

Austin, who met after the game on the 9th, said of the home run "I needed an RBI because I had to bring the flow from the beginning as the opponent was the opponent, but it just led to the best result, and most of all, it was very good to have the taste of playing after returning after a long time."I was delighted.

After a long break, when asked about the secret of playing well even after playing just one game in the second division, he said it was mental. Austin said, `I've been out for a very long time, but I've been mentally relaxed since I had a break, and it's helped me find peace of mind by spending time with my family.' `I only played one real game in the second team, and honestly, the timing was so bad that it would be a little difficult, but when I came up to the first team and played, I suddenly started to get ready and the timing was right. I felt sorry for not being able to contribute to the team, but I'm very satisfied that I was able to continue the momentum while the team was doing so well.'

In particular, he was happy about winning two consecutive games against Hanwha, which is very important. `We look very good because we're going up at a time when Hanwha has been on the rise through July and is now slowing down,' Austin said. `We're very satisfied with this game because Hanwha has a good mound and a good lineup and we can show them that we can stand up to some extent against them.'

Austin is proving that a good player is good after all.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.