Two RBIs from behind... As the club's first RBI king. "Good son and foreigners" still haven't given up the first place."
Aug 20, 2024
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As expected, Austin Dean is a treasure of the LG Twins. He fell to third place after being humiliated by the No. 1 KIA Tigers for three consecutive losses. Perhaps that's why LG's confident and aggressive baseball did not come out in the match against Jamsil SSG Landers on the 20th, which was held in an atmosphere that fell to the ground. He hesitated and was triple-killed, and he made a single into a double while playing excessive defense, and that served as an excuse to give him a come-from-behind score.
But Austin turned the last chance into a comeback and led his team to victory. Austin led his team to a 4-3 victory in the bottom of the eighth inning with a two-run come-from-behind double falling to the right from Noh Kyung-eun, an opposing setup man on the second and third bases with no outs.
Austin, who started at No. 3-1 on the day, was grounded out in front of the third base by opponent starter Drew Anderson at the end of the first inning. In the bottom of the third inning, when the score was 2-2 tied, he hit a left-handed hit over Choi Jeong's height with a one-bound third baseman with no outs to make the first and third bases. Later, Moon Bo-kyung was out with a double play in front of the third baseman. At this time, third baseman Shin Min-jae was tagged out while digging into the groove and became a triple shot.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, the ball hit with two outs and runners on the second and third bases was thrown out by a foul fly to the first baseman. And he saved his team with a double in the bottom of the eighth inning, which was overturned 2-3.
Austin scored 102 RBIs to lead the league in RBIs on the day. There is a possibility that Austin will have the RBI king trophy that LG has never had in the history of the KBO league. If Austin becomes the RBI king, there is a high possibility that Matt Davidson of the NC Dinos, who is likely to become the home run king, will compete for the first baseman's golden glove.
Looking back on the situation in the eighth inning after the game, Austin thought that Shin Min-jae would steal second base and then hit a sacrifice fly to go to extra time``.
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Austin said "The batting has been fine. Unfortunately, KIA did better in the match against KI"You've lost." What is past is past. I thought I should focus on this series again." Still has a win in Austin's mind. Austen says, `What I haven't given up on is to take back the top spot.' `It's not impossible, but I'm sorry I have to be lucky enough"
There is also great interest in whether Austin will become the first RBI king of the LG club. But Austin said he doesn't have the idea of a title. "I don't think about records. The moment you think about your personal record, you can fall into a slump. I just want to contribute to the teamIn the case of the RBI, Hong Chang-ki, Park Hae-min, Kim Hyun-soo, and Shin Min-jae have been on base in front of me since the beginning of the season, so I only played the role of making the RBI I had to do for the team. I didn't post it out of my greed."
Still, if he becomes the RBI king, he will have the possibility of winning the Golden Glove Award for the second consecutive year following last year. Asked if he would like to come to the ceremony if he could, Austin replied: `He could come to the ceremony. However, I don't see my growing son during the season, so I want to see him a lot even in the offseason. So if I'm sure I'll get it, I'll think about coming," he said with a smile.
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