Westbrook Late-Inning Heroics Lead Durham to Sixth Straight Victory
May 3, 2025 - International League (IL)
Durham Bulls News Release
DURHAM, NC - Jamie Westbrook drilled a three-run homer for the second straight night, lifting the Durham Bulls past the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 6-4 before a paid attendance of 9,098 at the DBAP on Saturday night.
The Bulls won their sixth straight game, and moved into a second place tie with Jacksonville, just 1 1/2 games behind first place Lehigh Valley.
Durham (21-11) had just surrendered three runs in the top of the seventh, but struck for four runs against Austin Roberts (L, 1-1) in the bottom half. Tre Morgan opened the inning with a single, then Kenny Piper reached on a bloop single to short right field to set up the inning. Tristan Peters stroked a run-scoring single to right-center to bring home Morgan, with Peters advancing to second on a bobble by Jacksonville (21-11) center fielder Jacob Marsee. Westbrook then connected for a three-run shot to left center for a 5-4 lead.
The Bulls added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on a single by Peters.
Jacob Waguespack (W, 2-0) earned the win in relief with Evan Reifert (S, 3) fanning the side in the ninth on 11 pitches to notch the save.
Connor Seabold threw five innings of one-run ball to receive a no-decision.
The Bulls aim for a six-game sweep on Sunday at 1:05 PM ET with Ian Seymour (3-1, 2.01) slated to oppose Robinson Pina (2-1, 3.09).
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