The silence of foreign batter Austin Dean of the professional baseball LG Twins is becoming prolonged. However, he led the team's victory with an incredible diving catch and hustle defense. If hitting doesn't work, he contributes with defense.

The game against the KIA Tigers and LG Twins was held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 27th.

LG faced a crisis with no outs and runners on first and second base due to a critical throwing error by third baseman Moon Bo-gyeong in the top of the fourth, and they fell behind after giving up a 2-run double to Choi Hyung-woo.

In the top of the fifth, starting pitcher Son Ju-yeong found himself in trouble again. Another throwing error by Moon Bo-gyeong occurred. After one out, he made an ordinary ground ball play on Choi Won-jun's hit but threw to first base in a completely wrong direction with a wild one-bounce throw.

First baseman Austin quickly ran to the foul territory to catch the ball, but he could not prevent the batter-runner from advancing to second base. After that, the runner on second stole third and with a walk, the situation became one out with runners on first and third base.

The line drive hit by Park Chan-ho flew like a bullet along the first base line, and Austin made a diving catch. As he fell to the ground, he touched first base, resulting in a double out for the runner at first base. He ended the inning with a super catch in a crisis. Austin received applause from LG fans and congratulations from his teammates.

Austin's excellent defense continued in the seventh inning. In the top of the seventh, with a 3-2 lead, reliever Jang Hyun-sik came on and faced a crisis with consecutive hits after one out, putting runners on first and third base. The pitcher was replaced by Lee Jeong-yong.

Austin, who caught Choi Won-jun's ground ball, accurately threw to home, causing the runner on third, Kim Ho-ryeong, to get caught in a rundown. He was tagged out by the catcher and third baseman, preventing the tying run. Afterwards, Lee Jeong-yong ended the inning with a strikeout.

LG allowed a tying solo home run to Wisdom in the eighth, but in the bottom of the eighth, with two outs and a runner on second, Moon Sung-ju's timely hit led to a 4-3 victory.

Austin's hitting is in a slump. He was out on a ground ball to second baseman in the first inning and got on base with a single to center after one out in the fourth. After one out in the sixth, he drew a walk, and in the eighth, with no outs and a runner on first, he flew out to right field.

The hit in the fourth was his second hit in the last 10 games. His performance over those 10 games was 29 at-bats with 2 hits, resulting in a batting average of only .069. Since hitting a home run against the SSG Landers on the 11th, he has remained silent for 11 games concerning home runs.

However, although his hit in the first inning was a solid connection, it was caught by the second baseman's excellent defense, and the ball in the eighth was well struck but caught slightly to the right of the right fielder. The quality of his hits is improving. He has drawn 10 walks in the last 10 games.

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