Our second night on the 52-foot Badger pattern was unkind. Three of my four games were in the 170's. If there was any good news, two of those games were winners against the #2 lefty in the league. My teammates struggled too, and we won only 3 of 17 points for the night.

The challenge for me was having a high rev lefty burning up the lane inside my line. I could not move in deeper because my lower rev ball would not make the turn, and I could not make a big move outside because on the 52-foot Badger pattern moving away from the pocket was washout-city. So, I was stuck crossing lines with him, resulting in more splits than any other night. I did make the 6-7-10 twice or my scores would have been lower. For the first time in a while, I thought about rolling the ball two-handed.

Next week, we bowl on the opposite extreme, the 32-foot Wolf pattern. I will be happy to see my ball hook again. As tight as all of the patterns have played so far in this PBAX league on Brunswick Pro Anvilane, I will probably be able to use my reactive Ascent Pearl. But, I will have my urethane Natural Pearl and hard rubber High Skore Pro on standby in case it is too difficult to control the breakpoint.