Austin is crazy! Explosive back-to-back home runs in the 37th and 38th slots → While '40-home run' Kim Do-young was sidelined, Austin launched a fierce chase, tying LG's single-season record with Ramon.

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LG Twins' foreign power hitter Austin Dean (33) unleashed his immense strength on the road in Daegu, rewriting club history. He not only tied the franchise's single-season home run record with back-to-back blasts but also closed the gap to just one home run behind league leader Kim Do-young (23), who has 40 home runs.

Austin started as the third batter and first baseman in the road game against Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 12th, launching arches that seemed to paint the sky one after another.

The opening salvo came in the third inning. With two outs and no runners on base in the bottom of the third, Austin connected with the second pitch—a 145 km/h fastball from opposing starter Harada—sending a solo shot soaring 120 meters over the left-center field fence (his 37th home run of the season).

The fire in Austin's bat did not cool in his next at-bat. With an unstoppable full swing, he cleared the outfield fence once again, completing his 38th home run of the season in quick succession. This back-to-back home run marks Austin's third career occurrence of such a feat.

With this home run, Austin tied Roberto Ramon's 38-home run record set during the 2020 season, sharing the top spot for most home runs in a single season in LG club history.

Austin had recorded 32 home runs in the 2024 season (fourth-most in club history) and 31 in the 2025 season (fifth-most), surpassing Lee Byung-kyu's 30 home runs from the 1999 season and Smith's 35 home runs from the 2000 season (15 with LG, 20 with Samsung). He has now tied Ramon. Just one more home run will allow him to set a new club record of 39 home runs for the first time in franchise history.

The race for this season's home run title has also intensified. Hitting two home runs in a single day, Austin narrowed the gap to just two home runs behind Kim Do-young, who is currently sidelined due to a broken nose after reaching 40 home runs.

Notably, Kim Do-young will be called up for the Nagoya-Aichi Asian Games starting on the 14th and cannot participate in KIA games during his absence. Even under difficult conditions playing at Jamsil as his home field, Austin continued to display remarkable power, firing a signal of his fierce chase from Daegu. The final stretch of the season's home run race has now descended into an unpredictable showdown with no clear leader.

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