Live-Blogging: 2021 Professional Bowlers Association Super Slam

Fox TV Broadcast

PBA: 2021 Super Slam

Possible Announcers: Dave Ryan, Randy Pedersen, Kimberly Pressler

​Hello, and welcome to another edition of ‘Live-Blogging Other Sports’. This Morning the Professional Bowlers Association will have the winners of the five majors bowl in a ‘Super Slam’ at Bowlero Annandale, in Annandale, Virginia.
 
The way the Super Slam works is that all five bowlers will bowl in a roll-off. The Bowler with the lowest score is eliminated. Then in Match 2 the bowler with the highest score will take on the bowler with the lowest score that advanced. And then Match 3 is the two bowlers with the middle scores in the roll-off. And the winners of Matches 2 and 3 will advance to the Championship Match.
 
Here are the bowlers who will bowling in this Super Slam.

​PBA Players Championship: Kyle Troup
PBA Tournament of Champions: Francois Lavoie (PBA Tournament of Champions)
PBA World Championship: Tom Daugherty
USBC Masters: Thomas Larsen
US Open: Chris Via

Fox opens up the PBA Super Slam with the roll-off underway.  Tom Daugherty is the lowest max score going into the 6th Round.

After the roll-off, Tom Daugherty has been eliminated.  He bowled a 179. Match 2 will be Via vs. Lavoie and Troup vs. Larsen.

Tom Daugherty joins Ryan and Pedersen for the telecast.

Match 2: Chris Via vs. Francois Lavoie
​1st Frame:
Lavoie with a strike. X.
Via with a strike. X.

2nd Frame:
Via left a 10 pin. Via with a spare. 9/.
Lavoie with a double strike. XX.

3rd Frame:
Lavoie left a 3-6-9-10 pin. Lavoie picks up a spare. 6/.
Via rolls a strike. X.

4th Frame:
Via left a 3-6 pin. Via picks up a spare. 8/.
Lavoie left a 10 pin. Lavoie missed the spare. 9-. 

5th Frame:
Lavoie with a strike. X.
Via nails a strike. X.

6th Frame:
Via left a 7 pin. Via pickes up a spare. 9/.
T.V. Timeout Max Scores: Lavoie 254, Via 240
​Lavoie with a spare.9/.

7th Frame:
Lavoie leafves a 10 pin. Lavoie with a spare. 9/.
Via with a strike. X.

8th Frame:
Via leaves a 10 pin. Via picks up a spare. 9/.
Lavoie picks up a strike. X.

9th Frame:
Lavoie calls for a rerack. 
Lavoie picks up a double strike. XX.
Via with a strike. X.

10th Frame:
Via with a strike on the first ball. Via leaves a 10 pin. Via picks up a spare to close with a 209. 
Lavoie with a strike on the first ball. Lavoie leaves a 10 pin. Lavoie opens on the last ball, to close with a 212.

Final:
Lavoie 212, Via 209

Match 3 Kyle Troup vs. Thomas Larsen:

1st Frame:
Troup with a strike. X.
Larsen with a strike. X.

2nd Frame:
Larsen with a double strike. XX.
Troup with a double strike. XX.

3rd Frame:
Troup with a triple strike. XXX.
Larsen with a triple strike. XXX.

4th Frame:
Larsen with a 4-bagging strike. XXXX.
Troup with a 4-bagging strike. XXXX.

5th Frame:
Troup needed a messenger with a 5-bagging strike. XXXXX.
Larsen left a 10 pin. Larsen missed a 10 pin. 9-.

6th Frame:
Larsen leaves a 7 pin. Larsen picks up the spare. 9/.
T.V. Timeout Max Score: Troup 300, Larsen 257
Troup nails a 6-bagging strike. XXXXXX.

7th Frame:
Troup leaves the 7 pin. Troup picks up a spare. 9/.
Larsen with a strike. X.

8th Frame:
Larsen leaves the 4 pin. Larsen picks up a spare. 9/.
Troup gets another messenger for a strike. X.

9th Frame:
Troup nails a double strike. XX.
Larsen with a strike. X.

10th Frame:
Larsen leaves a 4 pin. Larsen with a spare. Larsen ends his event by leaving 3-6-10. Larsen ends with a 214.
Troup with a strike on the first ball. Troup leaves a 4 pin. Troup picks up the spare to earn a 268. 

Final:
Troup 268, Larsen 214

Championship Match Francois Lavoie vs. Kyle Troup:

1st Frame: 
Troup leaves a 3-6-7-10 split. Troup picks up the 6 and 10 pins. 6 2.
Lavoie drills a strike. X.

2nd Frame:
Lavoie leaves a 10 pin. Lavoie with a spare. 9/.
Troup with an exploding strike. X.

3rd Frame:
Troup leaves a 4-6 split. Troup picks up a 6 pin. 8 1.
Lavoie with a strike. X.

4th Frame:
Lavoie leaves a 2-4-10 split. Lavoie picked up 2-4. 7 2.
Troup leaves a 2-8-10 split. Troup picked up 2-8. 7 2.

5th Frame:
Troup calls for a rerack. Troup with a strike. X.
Lavoie with a strike. X.

6th Frame:
Lavoie nails a double strikes. XX.
T.V. Timeout Max Score: Lavoie 248, Troup 225
​Troup with a double strike. XX.

7th Frame:
Troup with a triple strike. XXX.
Lavoie with a triple strike. XXX.

8th Frame:
Lavoie with a 4-bagging strike. XXXX.
Troup leaves a 2 pin. Troup picks up a spare. 9/.

9th Frame:
Troup with a strike. X.
Lavoie with a 5-bagging strike. XXXXX.

10th Frame:
Lavoie with a strike on the first ball. Lavoie with a strike on the second ball. Lavoie with leaves a 2 pin to end wih a 247. 
Troup with a strike on the first ball. Troup with a strike on the second ball. Troup leaves a 3-10 split to end with a 202. 

Final:
Lavoie 247, Troup 202

​Final Thoughts:
Francois Lavoie wins the inaugural PBA Super Slam and collected a $100,000 by staying with his ball  in his semifinal match and Championship Match. Kyle Troup decided to have a ball change after shooting a 268. But was struggling in the Championship Match. 

PBA will now have their Playoffs, which will be on FS 1, the next few weeks. 

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