LG Twins manager Youm Kyoung-youb mentioned Austin's pitch clock violation strikeout.

Austin came to the plate as the lead-off hitter in the bottom of the 8th inning against KIA on the 28th at Jamsil Stadium, hitting a foul on the first pitch and another foul ball toward first base on the second pitch. The game was briefly halted before KIA pitcher Jo Sang-woo threw the third pitch with two strikes.

KIA manager Lee Beom-ho emerged from the dugout, pointing to the pitch clock and appealing to the umpires. After the umpiring crew confirmed with the official scorer, they declared a strikeout due to Austin's pitch clock violation.

Afterward, manager Youm Kyoung-youb went to speak briefly with the umpiring crew and quickly returned to the dugout. The game resumed after Austin's strikeout.

On the 29th, before the game at Jamsil Stadium, manager Youm Kyoung-youb was asked about the appeal situation during Austin's pitch clock strikeout. He said, "Did they call time? I went out to check that. I thought time was called. If time wasn't called, it’s definitely an over time situation. I can see the pitch clock from here."

He continued, "I wondered why he wasn’t stepping into the batter's box, if time was called or not. The hitting coach said that time was called, so that's why I went out. When I asked the umpire, 'Wasn't time called?' he said it wasn't. So when I went to Austin and asked him, 'Did you call time or not?' he said he didn't. I had nothing more to say. If he said he called time, I would have had grounds to protest, but since he said he didn’t, I had no words. I told Austin to get in there."

In the TV broadcast replay, at the moment with 8 seconds left on the pitch clock, Austin was still in the ready stance, resting his bat on home plate. The pitch clock requires that a pitcher must throw within 20 seconds when there are no runners on base and within 25 seconds when there are runners on base. The batter must have both feet in the batter's box and be ready to hit with 8 seconds remaining. Violating this results in the pitcher automatically receiving a ball and the batter receiving a strike.

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