Masters - Day 2

The second day I started with a game plan to play the lanes straighter, as most of the lefties had more success doing that on day 1. In practice I had trouble finding a look going straight that I was comfortable with until I tried my pin-ring Clash, which reacted beautifully to the pattern. I used this ball the entire block. Once I made the turn down, I had even better reaction and shot 214-258 in games 3&4. This left me right at the cut score, but the last pair was much tighter and I couldn't get the ball to roll up properly. On a pace to shoot 190 clean and not make the cut, I gambled a little and squared my line up a little more. On the left lane in the 8th frame this worked, but the ball released too soon on the right lane and I left a 4-6-10. I ended up +40 and 23 pins off the cut score, but I was very happy with my tactical play and my physical play in this block. Sometimes you make a lane move decision and it's not the right one, but I'd rather do that then not make the move and "what if" myself afterwards.