Homers hurt Jumbo Shrimp in 4-2 loss

Bulls crack three long balls to beat Jacksonville

Jacob Berry drove in two runs on Friday at Durham. (Victoriz Orozco/Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

July 25, 2025

DURHAM, N.C. – Jacob Berry drove in two runs on Friday, but the Durham Bulls hit three home runs en route to a 4-2 win over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. With the Jumbo Shrimp (59-40, 12-12) ahead 1-0, Jamie Westbrook led off the fifth with

DURHAM, N.C. – Jacob Berry drove in two runs on Friday, but the Durham Bulls hit three home runs en route to a 4-2 win over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

With the Jumbo Shrimp (59-40, 12-12) ahead 1-0, Jamie Westbrook led off the fifth with a long home run to tie the game. Two batters later, Curtis Mead singled and Bob Seymour smashed a two-run homer to put the Bulls (60-38, 15-8) ahead 3-1.

In the sixth, Tristan Peters added a long ball to make it 4-1.

Jacksonville’s last chance came in the seventh. Deyvison De Los Santos led off with a single before stealing second. After a strikeout, Joe Mack and Maximo Acosta each walked to load the bases. Berry cashed in a run with an RBI ground out before Dalvy Rosario drew a free pass to reload the bases. However, pinch-hitter Rob Brantly struck out to end the threat at 4-2.

Paul Gervase worked 2.0 perfect innings from there to pick up his fourth save.

The game was initially scoreless until the fifth. Matt Mervis singled and stole second to jumpstart the inning. After a pair of outs, Berry’s RBI double score the game’s first run.

Jacksonville and Durham meet again in Saturday’s 6:35 p.m. contest. LHP Robby Snelling (0-0, 2.00 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Bulls RHP Forrest Whitley (1-0, 3.12 ERA). Coverage begins at 5:50 p.m. on ESPN 690AM and www.ESPN690.com.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls VyStar Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.