LG Twins Austin Dean hits home runs for the first time in 21 days... Season 40 reached

Austin Dean, a foreign slugger for professional baseball's LG Twins, broke his long silence and resumed hitting home runs.

Austin hit a two-run home run in the home game against the KIA Tigers in the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium on the 4th.

Austin hit a home run against KIA starter Keisho Shirakawa in the bottom of the first inning, with one out and two on second base, over the left fielder's height and into the outfield stands.

Austin, who hit a home run 21 days after the Samsung Lions game on September 13, recorded his 40th of the season, trailing the division's co-leaders Kim Do-young (KIA) and Sam Hilliard (41, kt wiz) by one point.

In addition, Austin was recorded as the first batter in the history of LG (including the predecessor MBC Blue Dragon) to hit 40 home runs.