Austin Hits Solo Homer and Grand Slam to Lead LG to Victory

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The league-leading LG Twins secured a comeback victory against the SSG Landers, extending their winning streak to two games. LG's Austin Dean hit a solo home run to spark the rally and followed up with a grand slam, moving into a tie for the league lead in home runs.

Reporter Lee Seonghun has the story.

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Trailing 2-0 in the first inning, Austin fired the opening shot for the comeback with his 18th home run of the season.

With the team down 5-2 in the fifth, he delivered the decisive blow.

With one out and the bases loaded, Austin pulled an inside pitch from SSG's Lee로운 over the left-field fence for a go-ahead grand slam, sending the crowd at Jamsil Baseball Stadium into a frenzy.

With his 19th home run of the season, Austin is now tied with KIA's Kim Do-yeong for the league lead in the category.

After taking the lead thanks to Austin's home run show, LG's new foreign pitcher, Rios, made his debut in the sixth inning. He left a strong first impression, pitching a scoreless inning with a fastball that reached a top speed of 158 km/h.

Closer Son Ju-young earned his 11th save of the season to seal the 8-6 victory, keeping LG in first place with a one-and-a-half-game lead.

Hanwha avenged yesterday's loss to KIA, fueled by starting pitcher White's strong seven-inning, one-run performance, a three-run homer by Moon Hyun-bin, and a solo insurance home run by Kim Tae-yeon.

Leading by one run in the ninth with one out and a runner on first, left-hander Jo Dong-wook replaced closer Lee Min-woo and struck out two consecutive left-handed batters to earn his first save of the season.

Lotte snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating Doosan 3-1, thanks to a scoreless outing from starter Kim Jin-wook and a standout performance by Jeon Min-jae, who recorded three hits, including a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung achieved his 800th career win, the seventh manager in league history to reach the milestone, in his sixth attempt.

Second-place KT extended its winning streak against third-place Samsung to two games, widening the gap to two-and-a-half games. The win was led by starter Sauer, who maintained a no-hitter through six innings, and multi-hit, two-RBI performances from both Choi Won-jun and Kwon Dong-jin.

NC defeated Kiwoom behind the stellar pitching of Bae Jae-hwan, who entered the game in the ninth with no outs and the bases loaded—with the team leading by two—and struck out all three batters he faced.

(Video Editing: Park Jeong-sam)
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