LG Defeats Doosan's Kwak Bin with 2nd-Year Pitcher Park Si-won... Austin Hits 36th Home Run

The professional baseball team LG Twins swept their three-game series against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil, extending their winning streak to four games.

In an away game against Doosan in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 3rd, LG secured a thrilling 1-0 victory following a tight pitching duel.

With their fourth consecutive win, LG widened the gap with the fourth-place KIA Tigers—whose game was canceled due to rain today—to 2.5 games, solidifying their grip on third place.

LG defeated Doosan ace Kwak Bin by leveraging second-year pitcher Park Si-won.

Park Si-won limited the Doosan batting lineup to 2 hits and 2 strikeouts with no runs allowed over 5 innings, claiming his first career win since debut.

Doosan's Kwak Bin pitched brilliantly with 3 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, and 8 strikeouts allowing 1 run in 7 innings, but ended up empty-handed due to a lack of run support.

The sole run scored by LG came off the bat of Austin Dean.

With one out in the 4th inning, Austin attacked Kwak Bin's 157 km/h fastball, launching a solo shot over the center field fence for his 36th home run of the season.

Austin narrowed the gap with league home run leader Kim Do-young (KIA, 39 home runs) to 3.

Ko Woo-suk, who signed a contract with LG for 500 million won the previous day and returned to the KBO League, was registered to the first team today.

However, as the club decided to grant him additional rest, he did not pitch in today's game.

After Park Si-won pitched through the 5th inning, LG relievers Lee Woo-chan, Kim Jin-su, and Kim Young-woo each pitched a scoreless inning.

LG closer Son Joo-young, pitching for the third consecutive day for the first time this season, preserved the victory in the 9th inning to collect his 26th save of the season.

Son allowed a triple to Kim Min-seok with one out, but put out the major fire by striking out Junio Severino.

After giving up a walk to Cho Su-haeng and allowing a stolen base, he faced a two-out, runners-on-second-and-third comeback crisis, but secured the win by inducing a ground out from pinch hitter Park Ji-hoon.

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