Still here. And he's still here? I bet that changes tonight. He's gonna have to. And, of course, after I said that, he does that. Three seven nine. Well, the match last week against Jacob Butler was just two guys grinding out, making tough spares, getting some bad breaks. They were around the pocket frequently. Jesper's carry stunk. Yep. Looked like Graham Faz carry yesterday. Is that Graham one, though? Graham did. He gutted it out. He's tough. That's a tough Canadian. Oh, well, that got mildly interesting there.
We've been in the vicinity of the wall with the seven. But, tough start. Now here's Andrew Anderson. Number two overall seed. Truly solid twenty twenty five. Picked up the PBA Mike Albee, Nevada Classic in Reno, meeting EJ Tackett. He was second at the US Open. Open. He was the number one overall seed. Yeah. That's how he did it. He's been red hot all year. What a turnaround in his career. Well, third of the PBA Chameleon Championship, twelfth at the worlds, and six top tens in 2025. Big, tall, lanky kid, and he really uses his legs nicely for leverage.
Kind of an old school throwback style with power. He's got all the tricks. He can really tilt it, rotate it up the back. He's going with urethane on that left lane. It's been a common thread. IQ tour seventy eight u. Stop. Stop and I guess they stopped it up before it became a disaster. And his rise to the ranks, Justin, from 2023. '20 '20 '3, he's thirty fourth on the points list. 2024, he gets the Roth Hallman Doubles with Chris Crater right in this building and finishes fifteenth on the points list. Now here he is, number two Yeah.
With a title. Singles title. He also you saw how much stuff he changed for him last year in Portland, Maine. Jesper's Arsenal IQ Tour 70 8 U, he'll be using that on both lanes. No pulse. I don't know how that could have happened. I don't. If you watch the replay, if we show a replay here, watch something fly by the five. Yeah. I mean, watch this this pin action here. This pin goes flying right in front of the five pin, and it goes so fast. I'm surprised the vortex created by that pin scooting across it and sucked the five
out of the deck. Oh, boy. You know Jesper doesn't have the home court advantage now. He's not missing this. I know. He doesn't know they're doing it. Well, he probably knows you're doing it, but I think he can handle it. High gain for lefties thus far. Grandpa, two ten. That leads us to our oil patterns powered by Kegel. And it's the dual pattern. The Hardwick pattern named after the hall of famer Billy Hardwick on the right, 44 feet in length. Players have played more towards the track. Move into the center and feed it to that track here. A little more to the outside part of the lane on the shorter back pattern
at 37 feet. Nope. Soft 10 for Jesper. Maybe just a little high. Not by much. Yes. We're actually hitting the same arrow on both lanes just with two different angles. 95% of the time, this this 10 pin is converted on the PBA tour. And, Dave, you know how I know it's 95% of the time? I know, but I tell everybody else. Well, because our dear friends at Lane Talk give us all that great information week in and week out. You wanna be a better bowler? Head on over to lanetalk.com and download the free app.
So Andrew Anderson, who owns the only strike in the early going in this race to two, and we'll give you the details on that in just a moment, but it's pretty simple. Just get to two points before the other guy does. And if we're tied after two games, we'll go to a roll off. It'll be a quick one. Ninth and tenth for a roll off. And that is bad. That's not what we wanted. Well, he's using a DNA coil that's reactive on the right lane and, that pocket seven ten, that stinks. It's a horrible break. We'll take a run at it, though. I like the effort. Four times in the history of the PBA on television,
it's been converted. The last time by the ginger assassin. That's right. Mister Dyer. Obviously, urethane ball, his angle is gonna be much straighter, much more up the lane even though the pattern's shorter on this left. Yep. No. I'm looking quiet eight pin. So neither bowler off to a hot start. He wanted this one to grab a little bit sooner and come up the hill, but just the eight pin. Well, Betty, one of the pros on tonight's show, both a perfect game. Everyone in America can receive a free game of bowling courtesy of Go Bowling. Pre register, visit GoBowling.com,
and sign up for the Go Bowling pre America promotion. Won't be this game, but we've got more. Interesting watching Graham yesterday. Graham Faugh, he liked the left lane better. I think Jesper likes the right lane better here tonight. Okay. There we go. What you just saw there, everybody, was a clean wipe on that six bin presented by dude wipes. No fear. All clear because of the trip six for Jesper Svensson. Hello. So Jesper's first strike of the match. Yeah. Double. You know, I think he likes the right lane better the longer pattern because he can go
straighter through the front. This time, no choices. What is missing on the left lane in the early going? It's a shorter pattern. Right. So it's gonna hook more. Okay. So because it hooks more, he's gotta create more angle. He can't play that same straight direct line. The ball never hold hold its line to the pocket. We saw it in tournament of champions. Right? Just a couple of weeks ago, he's playing farther left than any other player on the telecast. You saw Butchick was playing. He moves way left, pipes it just outside first arrow, and throws it hard and straight right up the gut.
It's what he likes to do. And he dominated that tournament too. Qualifying, he was first or second the whole time practically. Also, by the way, I he made a seven ten in qualifying Yeah. In that event, and so did DJ Tackett. That's a good shot. Cool. And coming away. Yeah. Great touch. And that kind of touch helped him. And the National Bowling Stadium Arena, Nevada win the PBA Mike Albee Nevada Classic presented by Pilgrims. It was a rematch of the US Open final. This time, Anderson beats EJ Tackett. That was right after Tackett had won the longest roll off in PBA history.
And that was Andrew's fifth career single title in his first since creator Jonesboro opened June of twenty eighteen. We all saw it coming. No surprise to anyone. Yep. I'm just gonna go to the frame, man. Like, he's too deep or he's gotta get out of that urethane ball, but it's not picking up in back to back light shots on the left. On that pickup. So in this race for two, it's close. Neither player really able to string any strikes at all. We're looking for our first double of the match from either bowler in the race to two, and it's close in match number one.
Another PBA playoff in FS one. So Jesper Swenson with a a little bit of a lead, but, again, both players with an open train and already six single pins have been left by both. Started with the open frame in the first, then that wild five pin, seven pin, and the only strike, the trip six on this lane. Oh, that's unfair. Graham Fogg did a lot of this yesterday. Just nine spare after nine spare after nine spare. Not counting the roll off.
He had twelve nine spares in two games. At one point. Every one of them, though, to his credit. He left nothing you know, that really, I think, made as much a difference as anything else. No silly open frames. Not an open. Covered everything. Yeah. Made the bucket. Made the three nine. Covered everything. And promised a little more detailed explanation of the race to two. It is, I think, simple. You win a point this first game. Whoever's gonna win this first game is gonna get a point. If that same bowler wins the second game, good night, everybody. We'll see you in a week. Or we'll have a roll off. It'll be one to one.
We'll have a roll off that covers the ninth and tenth frames. Should there be a tie in a game, we'll have a roll off of one ball, which could happen. There you go. I mean, the seven almost didn't fall there. It's like, Yeah. That was a late take a look at how late this is. Can anyone get the corner out on that side of the lane? Yep. 565 rev rate will do that too. And, oh, come on. Do it. Hey, nothing. We're back. Like to introduce you to double a. He's gonna take a re rack too. Alright. Ball with clean bod putt.
There you go. Had one come off the wall and take the nine out. And we are still tied up. Take a look at the numbers for the twenty twenty five PBA season. Strike percentage virtually even. Same really all the way around. Maybe a slight edge for Andrew in the clean frame percentage, but, pretty tight between these two. Wow. He cleared out a lot of garbage. I I just think he's too deep on that lane with the earth in ball. He's gotta be farther right. I think the break point is fine, but I I just think his feet are too deep. Light eight pin, light two pin, light two pin on the left lane for Andrew Anderson.
And now a chance for Spencer. Get up here and go bang bang and take the lead, set up the tenth frame. Can Jesper carry a corner pin on that right lane? Only one strike on the right. That was a trip six in the fourth. Only two strikes in the game for Jesper. Actually, that would be three strikes. Usually, when you jam it right there, they're gonna go down. And now it's a 10 pin advantage. Three Espar heading into the ninth. Using two different IQs. Trying to see if I can get some information on the layouts that he's using.
But, again, remember, we have a dual pattern. Long on the right, short on the left. Oh. Oh my. Late kickoff at seven, baby. That's impressive. That's the double that he was looking for and puts a lot of heat on the back of Andrew Anderson. Make it three in her own now for Jesper, but a double coming off of Andrew's last frame. What a big hit there in the night setting up the test. No matter what Andrew does cannot shut out Jesper. For take a look at the max scores folks right there. Yep. Alright. Alright. He's still gonna find his way through here. Now I'd like to see Andrew make a move on this left lane and just
kinda move his feet right, maybe leave his target alone, and just kinda square that angle up a bit. Alright. So he stayed in the same locale, but he just got a little softer with his ball speed, and that helped the ball pick up. Trying to put a little bit of pressure on Benson for the tenth frame is Andrew. Get there. Nope. It's like He's not. No. Any anything else? Nope. Max rates the one ninety six. Another light shot on that lane staying in that same zone. Strike will end it. Any kind of mark will end it. That was almost not a mark. Wow. Yeah.
We agree. That was nearly a disaster for Jesper. Watch that 10 pin go down late. Huge break for Jesper Stenson. Covered up. Grab game one. Take advantage of this nice break. So looking ahead here, Randy, Andrew Anderson, was it a matter of execution, matter of equipment, both? What what what was it? I don't think he played the left lane correctly. What is the correct role in your view for Andrew? I mean, I would have liked to see him for one shower. He actually moved right with his feet. Maybe kept his target the same. Maybe up his ball speed and just jammed it.
Kinda like what Jesper is doing on that right lane. And Jesper has the advantage over Andrew Anderson. One nothing in the race for two. One more point for Jesper. He will be in the semifinals. The PBA playoffs on FS one. Much straight up the lane that time. Much better re result on the left wing for Andrew Anderson. Watch this leg kick on the 10. By the way, the the last game for Jesper two zero five is high gain. Here he is leading. He's still here. He's still here, and he has the advantage. That that ice man has not thought out yet.
Nope. He hates it. Yeah. Because he got it wide. Cover the spare and it looks the same as nine spare versus seven spare. No difference. He said something interesting when we went to break too. He he still was kinda muttering about not being comfortable. Well, that was an issue a week ago, and he figured it out. But he said that. And it is interesting that that still with all his accomplishments, his skill, all that, that he can get uncomfortable. And his attribute yet still performed well enough to win. Yeah. Yeah. Jesper, who owns two
PGA Tournament of Champions. So what he did in his younger days, heck, he's only 30. Oh, Woah. Not this again. Woah. That looked like what happened to him a week ago. Yeah. Living in the pocket and not getting much change out of it. Living in the pocket and not getting much change out of it? I like that. Yeah. I remember pocket seven tens and solid times. He kinda He kinda had a whole lot of ugly going on last week and still managed a victory. Still, I like that shot. It was a good shot. He gave it room to the left.
It came back. And he's leading in this one game to none. And as we've seen, if it does go to a roll off, anything can happen. Well, the interesting thing that has happened is the bowler who wins the second game has won the roll off every time. Right in between third and fourth arrow. That break point being around eight on both lanes. Look out here. Yeah. That was tugged. Nope. That would have been interesting, but, nope. Big time tugger here. He's got a little work left. Alright. Good chopper. I have a little conversation with Rob, I believe. I just touched on this a little bit.
He's a little offline. I had no chance. Offline. Offline? Like, he just got offline. And then felt like he got offline immediately. Okay. Tempo's there. That looks good, buddy. Here. So he seems satisfied with his tempo, but shots just a tiny bit off. And, yes, for trips a couple that time. Wanna remind you that registration for the twenty twenty five PBA LBC national championships is open to boulders of all skill levels. The PBA LBC national championships are returning to the Chicago area and includes the division toward everyone. You can compete in singles as well as optional doubles and team events and even
combine your scores with the professionals. Enter today at pba.com/lbctournament. Okay. Here you go. So you're gonna be the end of seven. Yeah. And think about what would be if there was no, solid eight the last time he was up on that left lane. This time, kicks the seven out for a double. It looks like he's a a little afraid to shape it on that right lane. He's really up the gut, real forward with his role, It was very fortunate to trip the six out six eight out last time on that lane. Anderson stops the pocket. Jesper needs to hope that Andrew doesn't get comfortable on the left lane because if
he does, he's gonna be in a world of hurt. It's the only thing that's keeping this close. He goes into that shot right away. You can see in the distance. Players could add to one knee. They like it. Friends. Absolute perfection from Andrew who's now doubled. He's got four strikes and five frames. Jesper working a double off of two spares. And that last shot on the left lane, Anderson actually bumped it in a couple boards. Interesting. These guys between them have four doubles titles. Two for Jesper. All for Andrew. It's all about having the right teammate, brother. Jesper. Jesper. Jesper. Jesper. Two four seven. He missed one wide left,
and that one was deep. That shot. It's chopped right through the face. 81% on a PPA tour for this two four seven. And that percentage is now a little below 81. And a stunning mistake there for Jesper. The lead grows to 24 for Andrew Anderson, who looks to be in very good form. And Jesper has been given a shot clock warning for the first shot in the fifth frame. You got twenty five seconds to get off your shot. Yeah. Nice recovery for Spencer that time.
He did not let one bad frame become two. But the entry continues. Are we headed for another roll off? That's Andrew Anderson's hope for the hometown crowd here in Michigan. We'd like to see him get one extra shot or two at Yesper Spencer. We go back to Easter Sunday, the PBA tournament of champions powered by eighteen hundred tequila, AMF Riviera Lanes, and Fairlawn. And the number one seed, Jesper Spencer, picked up the major championship knocking off Jacob Puntre for his second career major thirteenth career PBA title,
and that thrust Jesper into the number seven overall seed for the twenty twenty five PBA playoffs. So Andrew Anderson is in excellent form after losing the first point. And that that's not gonna get there. But for just a flash, there was a seven ten there. The 10 was kicked aside. Yeah. That was a crappy break. That's just wrong. 10 gets kicked out. No no reason for the seven to be there. Look out. No way. Okay. Way. Good news is that Jesper's lost on the right lane. Bad news is is that Andrew just let Jesper that much closer,
and his lead is now just 11. Andrew is the captain of the nine hundred global team in the PBA's battle of the brands. I think he needs to get out of the urethane ball in that lane. Silly. There's too many shots that have done that. This doesn't have enough energy? No. It either burns up early, goes high, or it does that unless he throws it perfect. Alright. Let's go down to the floor and talk with Rob Gottschall one more time. This time it's about Jesper Stenson. He looks totally uncomfortable on that right lane. What's the advice you're giving him? Yeah. He just had bad shot in the first, and then the fifth,
he got caught by someone in the crowd, didn't regroup. So now it's just about getting his feet under him. He's gonna make a little move to the right, just to get a little away from his early friction. So as long as he makes a good shot, he'll be okay here. Thank you, Rob. And they're caught by the crowd. Hang on here. Oh, boy. Caught by the crowd is what caused Jesper to end up getting that warning from the tournament director. He's gotta move back to where he started. That still went high, so I keep going in that direction if I was Jesper. Well, the max still favors Anderson despite the open frame in the sixth of the missed seven pin.
Alright. Last couple on this left lane, solid eight, and then followed up with two strikes. And Well, you would think that that pin would have crowned the seven. Pretty good shot. Like before, it just Yeah. There was a few pins that intercepted the head pin that was looking to come across. Yeah. He looks as confused as we are. Again, if it does go to a roll off, he just has to find a way to get comfortable on the right lane, and he'll be okay. Yes. But, you know, he's gonna make a finish on that lane. He's on the higher seed. Oh, yeah. Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, but his are the only ones that matter.
Colin Coward is the most interesting man in sports. Don't miss the herd. Weekdays at noon Eastern only on FS one. Get there. Get there. Talk his way to the left side. Alright. So, it's your question, my friend. Alright. Good thing. Which lane does Jasper not really care for? The right. Which lane does Andrew not really care for? That would be the left. Okay. See where I'm going? I do. Okay. So Andrew Anderson will have lane choice in case there's a roll off, and he'll start on the left. Alright. Which means Andrew would finish on the right, his favorite lane, and Jesper would finish on the left,
his favorite lane. Oh, so what do you do if you're Andrew? You finish on your favorite lane. That's what I'm saying. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. That's big. That's big. That's bigger than this. Because that was a clean wipe presented by dude wipes. Nice gentle touch on this wipe. Six pins second to the right. Love tapping the 10. It's a big shot because it's Jesper's last on this right lane before a possible roll off. Oh, look out. Oh, come on now. And wait to bowl some more in that lane. Yes. We're saying, I can't wait to bowl some more on that lane.
Yeah. Right? I I was actually looking for him to move a little bit more right and create a little bit more angle on that lane. Certainly didn't do it on that shot. So, yeah, that that's that's the dilemma when when we go to what looks like we're going to go to this roll off Yeah. You've got two players that only have one favorite lane. I'm I'm with you, though. I I think you take the offense and you finish on your favorite and make the guy execute on his favorite. He's locked in on that lane. And right now his brain is going, alright. What do I do on the right lane?
Oh, yeah. I don't think there's any question about it, and I'm sure he's already figured out that he thinks Andrew's gonna make him start on the bad lane because Andrew's so hot on the right lane. It may come down to how they manage their worst lanes as much as they manage their best lane. Yeah. If Jesper strikes out Anderson, we'll need a mark. Hey. Another eight pin. Yeah. Why not? Alright. We're gonna go to another roll off, my friend. And the winners of the second point have yet to lose in the PBA playoffs in the roll off. So Andrew Anderson has that going for him,
which is nice. And, again, we will jump right into the roll off. We won't have any break. Andrew probably has already made up his mind. He will tell the tournament director what he wants. Yeah. And those words are gonna say, I'll start on the left lane. And Andrew has the higher six. So it needs just six. And, obviously, his chances are quite good. Like Do you agree? These goals too. His words are gonna be, I'll start on the left? Oh, yes. I I'm with you on that. Oh, there's another. That's pretty unusual, isn't there? Well, why not? It's it's yesterday. I mean, we've seen a little of everything. This has been a pretty funky Yeah.
Playoffs so far. Some of the things we have seen. It's It's been all over the place. You just never know what's gonna happen. The re rack. Re rack. My re rack or time out, whichever one. Well, now what what Do you have to try a different ball phase two? No. That's more so like, what do I do if I start in left lane or Oh, you guys start in the left lane? I don't know. Ask me. Oh, yeah. He has good lane as left lane as well. My dude is right lane. So both in his. Yeah. Okay. Think about it. Uh-huh. I told you. Alright. I mean, it makes perfect sense, though. I mean, ball in hand, you wanna finish on your bread and butter lane.
I know. And that's the right lane for Andrew. Yeah. We need an answer. Yeah. I need one second. I I still think you start. You gotta finish on your good lane. It's offense. I'm gonna start. My PBA rule is one one time must be Does he look does Andrew look convinced to you of that strategy? Rollout. Andrew Anderson. I might be misinterpreting this, and I apologize if I am. I'm not sure it's a %. In his mind, Rob Gothel's dead on. He said go on offense. He's he's like I I think that Andrew feels like he can probably get by flip flopping it and putting Jesper on Jesper's bad lane.
Right. But But Gotchel's point was the point we both made, offense. Make a good shot. And it may not matter. Beauty here by Andrew Anderson. Yeah. He works on controlling his breath while Jesper Spencer gets his bad lane to start off. He actually moved left. He got away from that zone, moved left, made a great shot, and the carry gods got him. Oh my goodness. Hard to believe anything could be standing up after that. That was just an assault.
Alright. Good cover. Hell, Throw three here and see what happens. Make it beat you. So for those of you keeping score at home, if he throws three here Mhmm. His total score will be 50. That would force Andrew Anderson to get two. You kind of expect him to throw three here. By the way, we haven't even mentioned these guys coming up. We still have Jason Belmonte and Chris Vibe. Oh, that guy. Yeah. Both that guy. Yeah. I mean, we're just so locked into this. It's like a chess match. It's it's once again Jesper dragging us,
you know, long for the ride here I mean, that with these intense matches. His high game's two zero five. Said three one ninety games and a two zero five. But, yes, the winner of this will take out the winner of the two handed battle between, Jason Belmonte and Chris Vibe. Jason's parents in this year's playoffs, but let's get through this first. Big one. Bullets on. Get some. What a beauty there by the Iceman. One more forces Andrew Anderson to double. On his favorite lane. Go. Go. That was good news. Alright. That's not alright.
That was a big miss out. And now Anderson strike nine spare. How is it? Gives him 49. So Andrew Anderson has this opportunity to take the semis in his hand. Strike nine spare to get it done. This shot here has to be a strike. Hasn't struck on this lane with his last three shots. Oh, get lucky. Oh, unbelievable finish. That wasn't my best. Wow. Jesper Svensson's meat grinder continues. It's unreal. He gutted it out again. Thank you, Detroit.
The number two seed, Andrew Anderson, has been taken out by the number seven. Jesper Stegson, it takes up one of the three semifinal births. Jesper will join grandpa as our last two remaining southpaws that are headed to the final four. What an incredible match. Unbelievable. Look. Okay. Well, let's get to our frame of the game presented by Beat Box. It can only be one frame. Well, Jesper made Andrew Anderson show up in the tenth. He had to have the first hit. He goes right through the nose. Three six ten.
You heard you heard him saying that needs help as soon as he let go of it. Svensson survives yet another match. Game of the game is presented by Beatbox, the original party punch. Beatbox, what's your flavor? Please Please enjoy responsibly. Yep. He is moving on. What is he gonna bowl against? Well, it could be Chris Bae. It could be Jason Belmondi. Bae, also a guy who came from one game down to win in a roll off. And this is Belmo's first appearance in this year's TBA playoffs. They are next.
He wants to go first. Thirty second title this year with Bill O'Neil, the Rothman doubles. And a European start for Bobo. That is a game start, my friend. Our last match, I was a little surprised at the scoring pace. Two thirteen for a high with Andrew Anderson and Jesper Svensson. I think the scores are gonna be a bit higher in this match. So Chris Fye could not have gotten off to a worse start in the match with Ryan Barnes. Didn't strike in his first game until the sixth game.
He got that out of the way quickly, but he rallied in the second and won the roll off. Yeah. It was a great comeback by Chris. He just grinded on him and then took it to a roll off and won it fifty nine forty against young Ryan Barnes. But congratulations goes out to young Ryan. What a season he's had. Chris Phai using attention star s two on the right lane and IQ tour seventy eight u, u meaning urethane, on the left. And that's right through the nose and a nearly big Ford.
Four six seven. Gotta get it further right than that. You can hear him say, gotta get it further right. Alright. Jason going with rock star on the right. IQ tour seventy eight on the left. Oh, he's way in. Oh, he's way off on this. He's way in and it's still in high. Big step to the left. See a lot of the two handers do that. We saw Simo do that. And that big side step to the left, you know, since you're not really you don't really have an arm swing. Right? It's it's, it's to get the hips cleared and out of the way so that you can actually swing the ball back and forth.
A little bit of a backup also, reverse rotation. It's actually rotating in the opposite direction as their strike ball. And players will occasionally use that to on first shots if they feel that they're just. Oh, yeah. He's bringing the heat. And you see how nice and straight and in front of him he is with the earth in on the left lane. Well, exactly you can add to that. Just perfection from 15 time major champion. Now Vai will try to counterpunch. And again to the face. Gosh. Not far enough right. You touched on his first match up with Ryan Barnes. Got off to a pretty slow start,
but hung in there and grinded on him. Well, the interesting thing about that match last week was he started to bowl better after the first strike. But by that point, Ryan had just run him over. Ryan had bowled a gorgeous game in the two seventies. Shot two seventy nine, I believe, in the first game. You are correct. Yep. But Chris kept it going in the second game where Ryan did not end up with a difference. Yeah. Ryan kinda lost his match in on that left lane and He said Chris pulled the tidy two thirty to force into overtime. Let's take a look at our tail of the tape between Jason and Chris and
strike percentage and, with Belmo with the edge there. And second on tour and strike after strike percentage and clean frame percentage virtually identical. There you go. Velma versus Tackett. That's what you wanted in a major championship. That's what you got back on March 22 in Reno. DJ on top of that one. Okay. Three four six seven ten through the nose. I mean, he's way in. Just not enough angle yet. I think you better hurry. Gonna get it right side or try to get it to the right side of the three pin and cut it over. See if there's backup rotation on this shot or not.
Oh, no. He's gonna hook it. I hope because I've got too much of the three. I can't do it right away. Yeah. Again, the hesitation of getting the ball too wide. That's what's keeping it. That's what forces the the end misses. Okay. For both players. For all players. It's time. Hey, Tim. Pocket collapse are there for Jason. Get a lot of traffic out of the way. Yep. You see the ball. Takes away the nine. Good shot there. Yeah. Good shot there by Chris Vai. Keep building on good shots. Chris is the first forward to double.
Keep building on good shots. He tried to build on a good shot and threw another one. He did. You hear that chatter? The ball going down the lane with it. It's more pronounced with the urethane balls. That's the ball actually rotating over the logo. And because the earthened balls don't flare very much, it'll stay on that logo longer. Picks it up to the 10 to send that into the fifth. It was just by Jason Del Monte in the opening of our race to two. First to two points will move into the semis to take on Jesper Stenson next week on FS one. So Belmo looking to double for the first time in this match.
He had the disaster in the fourth. And so far, this lane that he's about to step up on has been difficult for him. Staying with the same ball, but at right lane, he hasn't been close. That looks a little bit better, and he does kick him up. Yeah. That had a bit more room. Let's go down to the floor once again to talk with Storm Tour rep Rob Gottschall. Rob, what advice would you give Jason Belmonte at this point here in game number one? Yeah. Really, the the right lane is just a little too much shape, so he squared up on that one to give it a little more speed just
so just so he's not going so far away from the headpin and playing so much down like motion. Thank you, Rob. Come on, man. You got exactly what you were hopeful right there. So Bebba will be getting to catch fire in the middle of this opening game between he and Chris Mie. It's three bagger for Jason. Just keep making good shots. Yes, sir. That was. Just keep making good shots. Nice shot again on the right lane for Christopher. He's only missed once on the right. That was in the third frame. Oh, no. Come on. So unnecessary. Over 500 rev rate.
And, again, you hear that little chatter that is him tracking directly over the logos of that urethane bowling ball. Got it. I would have been happy about it. Might have been an issue with the line. Yeah. He did manage to make it. Memorial Day weekend, the greatest spectacle in racing comes to Fox. The one hundred and ninth Indianapolis five hundred, Sunday, May twenty fifth, only on Fox. Shred around my birthday. Always a fun watch. In case you wanted to get me something. Drop that. We were on the air during mine. About that. No, Jason. Tug. No. Big miss. Last time last time up on this right,
Laney actually moved right and and then amped his speed up. This is just a full yank. So it's not the ball. It's just that he is not executed. Right. That that that shot there was rubbish. And now he's left himself Yeah. It was, Andrew. That's right. Absolutely. It sure doesn't help to have an extra one back there. And you'll look at it. Cool. Better get it right. Oh, he didn't even manage. No. No. Caught just enough for the six pin to drive it into the 10 and still maintains a five pin lead. Well, these matches have been kinda stressing me out hard. They are stressful, man.
Right? This isn't everybody going up there and bomb in the pocket. We're getting two eighty nine, two 70 nine. This is There was, like, two games where I was like, oh, okay. One was Kyle Troop because he struck 11 out of 12. Right. Shoot two two sixty five. Right? It was a it was a total blowout. And and Ryan Barnes when he had 11 out of 12 for two seventy nine. That's it. We've had so many bizarro leaves. We've had so many ringing this solid bat. And on cue, a solid that. I'm sorry. What did you say? A solid what? That. I cleaned up my language. Right on cue.
Just as it came out of your mouth. Jeez. Watch this. Here goes the ball. But it's like nine and a half. And something flew out of there. It it made contact, but just not solid enough to take it down. So Vi now takes the advantage of the max score, but something bad will happen to him. It just happens to everybody in this thing. Oh, David. Something bad will happen to him. So I don't want it to. He's a great guy. But just the way things are going on right now, Just insane. There you go. There's a ninth and seventh where it deserves.
He likes that lane. Good shot. I'll ask Matt. Good shot. Andrea Anderson liked that lane as we take a look at Papa Vi. Of course, Mama Vi's at home watching miss her cookies. What a great family. So they were here Was Angie here? In the play out. Oh, yeah. Was she? Yeah. Oh, I missed I missed her. Oh, I didn't. It Means cookies. Alright. Big shot here in tenth. Gotta get up. Good notch. Not bad. Shot. Boot the 10 away. Good shot. By six ten. Good shot. Yes. It was. And he could lock Belmonte out.
Ever since that start in game one. Right? It's like if you if you would would erase that first half Kind of negative impact, please. And then look at what he's done since, it's It's been pretty strong because I think he closed that that first game out with, like, a four back. Oh, yeah. No. He really started to bowl well. I mean, I remember us talking in that match about, hey. Wait a minute. Now Ryan's got this point easy, but Chris is beginning to look like he's got it figured out. Yeah. And what would happen to game two? Ryan had to fight back. He wasn't able to. He lost his look as you mentioned, and five moved on. That was like a tortoise and hare kind of thing.
Yeah. I think it sucks. It's pretty soft. It's just beautiful. I think it just needs five here to get the first point. I want you to watch this finish. Good job. How about that? He didn't move. He didn't flinch. He let go of it. It was that perfect. Just keep stacking good shots. Yeah. Just needs five. We'll get five times two. And the first point goes to Chris Vibe. That's not always a good thing around here, but maybe Chris will be the exception after what's happened in the last five matches. So he leaves Belmo one zip. Well done. Here's a chance for Jason to change equipment,
which he has done. Not surprised about this. Yeah. Looks like he went to an XL. Oops. Sorry. No. Tour dynamics. Yeah. Good reaction there. Didn't get the strike, but still. And just looking ahead, after the third frame, Chris Vai only left two ten pins, never missed the pocket. That's a good sign as Jason's looking at another ball. Looks like an identity. And Belmo still not striking, but Okay. Getting some intel. A four bagger finish finish for Chris Vai, including all three of the tenth. He leads Jason Del Monte one point to none in the race for two.
Well, there have been happy times for Jason Del Monte in this building at Thunder Bowl Lane because the number one seed beat Jacob Buttrick for his twenty first career PBA title and his record breaking 11 career major wins surpassing Earl Anthony and Pete Weber. However, he needs to conjure up some of that twenty nineteen magic right here as he trails Chris Vai one nil in the race for two. Alright. So he went through a couple of the different bowling balls in the tenth frame. Let's see what he comes up with here. Double the solid here. The second strap on the right wing.
I mean, that would be pretty pure. Our first two matches in the playoffs, clean sweeps. Ever since that? Yeah. Everything's been a roll off. Yep. I wonder why I'm a wreck. Too much stress, Dave. If it follows form Alright. Velma will win this point right in the roll off. Right. That trend started with Jesper Spencer against Jacob Butchart last week. Then Chris Vai over Ryan Barnes, and we've been doing it ever since. He looks very comfortable. Well, he's pumping himself. Really. His eyes stand on the target. Beautiful finish. Yep. Big dude,
man. This is a big dude. He didn't miss arm day. And he doesn't usually miss arm day. But I like what he's doing. His his mental approach, very positive. Yeah. Talking himself. Good shot. Keep it going. Yep. You know, he's kind of the right handed equivalent of grandpa. They're always around. They're always contending. They're always dangerous to grab a w here and there. The consistent producers, and that's why they're both in the playoff. Yep. Chris Vai, our six seed. Ramfa, fourth on the point list this season. Well, that's a bit unfortunate. I think he liked that.
I kinda liked it going down the lane and then it never grabbed. And nothing took care of the eight. That would be an unsolid eight. Have to think that was a decent enough shot to feel good about even though the result wasn't what he was expecting. The problem is in this deal when you've had that second game, it tends to be that the bowler with the one zero lead shows a little weakness in the second game. And that allows the opponent to jump in. Right now, Chris Vai is three for three. No. We saw that one coming. What do you mean by that? You saw that one coming.
His location and the shape of the ball going down the lane as it entered the pocket is all about entry angle. Either that or he's, like, clairvoyant? I was gonna say, he's got, no trouble with his vision. I mean, there's just times where you throw a shot and and you because you're like, that's gonna ring down. And typically, it happens when for a right hander, they pull it and they get it inside of target. It hits a little bit more oil, and it scoots down longer down the lane before it hits the pocket. And when that happens, typically, it's almost always a ring 10. Wow. Two four eight ten. Well, this was only a fraction right of his last shot.
He must have missed it off his hand because the break point was, like, just a board right of his last shot on that lane. It's the tick under 9% conversion on this. Alright. Come on. And again, Randy and Vonetta has been the habit of these second games. Move on. Third good one here. There's always a big mistake made by the guy who's up the point, and it opened Oh. Wow. That looked like a trip big four. It was. I was about to say big four. What big four? Watch this. Let's see if we can get a good look at the last four that go down.
That's big four. No more. Alright. Let's see if Belmonte can put something together. Couple to start the game. Nice, very nice, spare sense. Oh, no. Jesus. He goes up the lane a little bit. It goes high. Gets a little bit to the right, and it hangs. And that is a bad sign. Is it ball change time? Something has to change. And Jason's gonna step away, something might have caught his attention. Looking over the right. Sorry, Tony. Maybe open the lane up more on that right lane. Move in and try to shape it more. Keeping the same equipment and just moving moving his body first?
I mean, if he uses that same ball and moves it takes a a pretty good sized step to the left, he's gonna have to slow the ball speed down to shape it. So the max now favors Chris Vai. Okay. Tony, can I please just take a time out for a second? So you hear Jason requesting a time out from tournament director Tony Lammy. He's gonna stay with that urethane on this lane. The issue becomes what does he do on the right lane? I think what he needs to do on the right lane is go to a bigger ball, move in, and shape it. This has been his left leg game plan, and well well executed.
Very fortunate. Just the two. Yeah. I think I'll assist a little little left. That's okay. We'll figure that one out. Well, you better hurry. Alright. So They're through five and a half. Chris Vai has the advantage over Jason Balmani and Max scores. Belmo trying to figure out both lanes. Is it the equipment? Is it his execution? Or is it his opponent? The PBA playoffs continue on FS one. So we pick it up with Chris Vai. Top of the sixth. No spares through five. Hasn't had to shoot him. And the two four eight ten got him in the fourth.
Alrighty then. And the lead back to Vi. Another beauty right here by Christopher as we take a look at the gun show, letting go of that ball. Yeah. Which way is the beach? It's that way. I don't know if you heard. I said 1000. Yeah. 1001, 1 Thousand 2. Oh, it burns. Uh-oh. Oh my goodness. Well, that plane's been stretched up now where if you miss in and your feet knives are in the right spot, it should hold its its head up. It did that time. That's gonna put a lot of heat on Belmo's shoulders. He has not struck since the second frame. Yeah.
And Del Monte has been in full diagnostic mode. Ouch that one a little bit, and he is in deep, deep trouble. Okay. Okay. So we can't get around it? Can't get up it? We can't go slow. What are we gonna do? I I just don't think the ball's strong enough for him to shape it. What? How are we gonna do? He's in big trouble. Yeah. He's gonna have to be super aggressive with this and make that attempt. This is about a 9% conversion rate. We're getting close to Chris Vai moving into the semis against Jesper Spencer.
We already have EJ Tackett versus Graham Faugh in a one handed righty lefty matchup. We already know that the other semifinal will be a two hander. Jesper on the left, and one of these two on the right. Must strike. No. Wow. He has thought of just about everything you could think of, Randy. Try this, try that, try this. Yeah. Like I said, he's running the full diagnostics test right on on what's going on, but never figured out the right lane. It was on the left. But And unlike the other games, the guy with a one zero lead didn't have a bad game,
isn't having a bad game. One one messed up frame is all for Chris in this second game. Three bagger open, three bagger. The open game on this lane. Fourth frame. Lowe's got away with one. Yep. Didn't miss that one. Three six 10, must pay it respect. Kinda like that. Well done. It's fair. It's half up as 80% tour average. Yep. One out of five don't get made. Damn. Del Monte got off to a nice start, right, starting with a double and then Oh, man. Was that good? Alright. Spare here. He's gonna be in the two twenties. If he can fill 20 in the tenth,
you can see Belmonte's max score, two zero nine. Spare here. If convert if he converts to 10 pin, it'll be all but over. He's been as solid as you can ask a guy to be in his two games. He's doing the math in his head, knows what. One shot. See if we can't mix them up. There's a ball change. Went to an identity. A little loft. Did fix him up. Just one of those days we tried a few things. Yes. You did. Where no matter what you tried, it just didn't click. Some of it execution. Some of it There's days like that.
Right? No matter what It doesn't matter who you are, what you try, what ball you throw, it all looks the same. Well, that one got away from him. The whole match got away from him Yeah. Unfortunately. So Jason Belmonte, the number three seed, has been eliminated from the PBA playoffs by Chris Vai who will advance to the semifinal in an all two hander battle versus Jesper Stenson next week on FS one at noon eastern. With the other matchup being grandpa versus number one seed, EJ Tackett. Oh, it's gonna be a long flight home. A long flight home no matter what. Yeah. You know, it's,
it's a joy though to to watch him compete, to call, you know, his games, his matches, and, you know, he's been great for so long, and he really set a pretty high bar for the rest of the tour. Right? And I mean, this guy and what he's done in his career and to watch him struggle is just not something we're used to. No. And it isn't. It's a sour ending to a solid season. Yes. Joe still does not have a singles title since 02/2003, but he got his thirty second title this year, finished third here,
lost to the best player. Look at that. So, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that Yeah. It's not like And he gets to go home with family. Yeah. That is ultimately the best Absolutely. It's not like we're never gonna see him again. No. You'll we'll see him again. Oh, yeah. You know who we're gonna see again? Yeah. That guy. That guy, we will see Chris Baie again in a week when he takes on Jesper Svensson.
Lord knows what's gonna happen to Jesper next time we see him. In the moment of the match, Chris Vai, you can use almost any of these shots. He was so solid in these two games. And while Jason had a tough day, Chris Vai didn't make it any easier for him. That's for sure. Chris bold beautifully. Chicken can be pouring. The program is turning chicken nuggets upside down. I love it. You love it. Put it in a nugget. And the nugget on this is Chris Vai dominates this match. Mom wish you could have been here, but happy mother's day. I love you. See if we can keep doing this thing.
Yep. Find out on the eighteenth. Again, going back to his start against Ryan Barnes halfway through game one. He shoots one eighty eight, fails it out, wins game two, wins the roll off, and has a look back. Yeah. That last shot. Thanks a lot. Lot of respect there, man. Thank you for that. So Chris Nye has advanced. Our brackets look like this for the semis on the eighteenth. DJ versus Graham. Yesper versus Chris. And then we'll set it all up for the final on Saturday, May 24 at 02:30 eastern time on Vox.