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Berry’s clutch home run secures Thursday win for Jacksonville

Berry, Mervis homer in 4-2 against Durham
Jacob Berry crushed a go-ahead home run in Jacksonville's 4-2 win against Durham. (Logan Turner, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp) ((Logan Turner, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp))
July 24, 2025

DURHAM, N.C. – A clutch tenth inning go-ahead home run from Jacob Berry pushed the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp past the Durham Bulls, 4-2, Thursday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Tied at two in the tenth, Berry (7) clobbered a go-ahead two-run home run, giving Jacksonville a 4-2 lead against

DURHAM, N.C. – A clutch tenth inning go-ahead home run from Jacob Berry pushed the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp past the Durham Bulls, 4-2, Thursday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Tied at two in the tenth, Berry (7) clobbered a go-ahead two-run home run, giving Jacksonville a 4-2 lead against Durham.

The Bulls opened the scoring in the bottom of the fourth. Jonny DeLuca led off the inning with a walk. With a runner at first, Tre’ Morgan (4) crushed a two-run blast, making it 2-0.

The Jumbo Shrimp battled back in the sixth inning. Jakob Marsee laced a leadoff double and then stole third. With a runner in scoring position, Marsee scampered home on a wild pitch, making it 2-1. Three batters later, Matt Mervis (10) mashed a solo home run, tying the game at two.

Jacksonville and Durham continue the series with Friday’s 6:35 p.m. first pitch at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. LHP Patrick Monteverde (3-3, 4.56 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Jumbo Shrimp and RHP Logan Workman (5-3, 4.20 ERA) will counter for the Bulls. Coverage begins at 6:20 p.m. on ESPN 690 and ESPN690.com.

International League Championship Series: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp clinched the first half of the 2025 season with a 47-28 record and will host the International League Championship series at VyStar Ballpark from September 23-24, 25(If necessary).Playoff packages are already on sale and can be found [*HERE**](https://mlb.tickets.com/?agency=MILB_MPV&orgid=56689&packageId=60451&packageListId=60447#/event/PKG/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=55&maxPrice=65&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false).

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.