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Gwinnett’s Berryhill, Duvall win International League honors

Damon Berryhill is league’s Manager of the Year.

Adam Lynn Duvall was born Sept. 4, 1988 in Louisville, Kentucky. Duvall played college baseball at Louisville. The Giants drafted Duvall with the 348th pick (11th round) of the 2010 draft. Duvall made his majors debut June 26, 2014 against the Reds. In his debut, Duvall was 1-for-4, with a solo home run off Mike Leake. On July 30 the next season, the Reds traded Leake to the Giants for Duvall. Duvall became a full-time player in 2016 and hit 33 homers, adding 31 in 2017. Duvall took part in the home-run d
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Aug 27, 2019

Damon Berryhill of the Gwinnett Stripers was chosen the International League Manager of the Year, in a vote of managers, coaches, media and club representatives within the league.

Also, Stripers outfielder Adam Duvall was chosen an IL postseason All-Star. Ozzie Albies was the most recent Gwinnett player chosen as a postseason All-Star. Other past winners include Freddie Freeman (2010) and Julio Teheran (2011).

Berryhill, a former Braves catcher, is the first Gwinnett manager win the International League Manager of the Year. Two managers of the Richmond Braves, the predecessors of the Gwinnett team, won the award: Eddie Haas (1982, 1983) and Grady Little (1994).

The Stripers have seven more games on their schedule this season. They will play their final homestand of the season, three games against Norfolk, Tuesday-Thursday at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville. This weekend the team plays four games at Durham, finishing Labor Day afternoon.

Through Monday’s games, the Stripers have a 76-56 record and lead the South Division by 2-1/2 games. Three division winners and a wild-card team qualify for the Governor’s Cup playoffs, which begin Sept. 5.

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