LAS VEGAS -- There have been a lot of ups and downs for Jacob Berry since the Marlins selected him with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2022 Draft.
And so on Saturday in the ninth inning, after the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp had lost the Triple-A National Championship lead they had for six frames and were attempting a comeback, Berry knew how to ride the wave.
“I mean, it can go really good and really bad,” he said. “I've had both ends of it this year, but I just kept grinding.”
The result? A walk-off home run that gave Jacksonville a dramatic 8-7 victory over Las Vegas in the Triple-A title game at Las Vegas Ballpark .
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“To watch the struggles he went through early in his career, to step up to that first-round [expectation], he met it tonight,” Ju