Welcome to Fairlands and Halifax Nova Scotia. We are in round eight of the World Team Championships and this is the second string, the end of the second string of a match between USA, East, the defending World Champions and Big 20 Recreation Center of Strawberry Omen. Right now there are two bowlers left to bowl for each team. The other three bowlers have finished the string and right now in through the bowlers who have finished USA East leads by a score of 404 to 393. So each team has two more bowlers to bowl two boxes of pace. That's Ed Tringale on lane 12 and he throws a strike. He's bowling against Brian Purdy, a Big 20 and Brian drops eight, leaving a three-six and Brian with his spare. The three bowlers who have already completed this string for USA East Dave Godwin had a 130. Brian Mayer had a 151 and Nate Neely with a 123. For Big 20, Quincy Adams had a 148 Scott Serus had a 124 and Tim Matara with a 121. Ed Tringale working on the strike, he drops six. Brian Purdy also drops six. So Brian has 118 through nine and Ed Tringale still has a ball to throw. He fills that strike with eight. So he's got 121 through nine and both bowlers are going to be open in the 10th ring. They will give way to Sean Morrison for USA East and Mark Carrier for Big Point. So as Sean and Mark come up to bowl the last two boxes, Big 20 leads by five pins and both Sean and Mark are working on strikes that they threw in the eighth frame. So it's a five-pin lead for Big 20. Sean Morrison, as you know, is the mainstake champion and he drops eight. Actually nine. Leaving a three pin. Mark Carrier with an eight drop. He's got the one in seven. Couple of spare opportunities for Sean Morrison and Mark Carrier. Very tight match. In this match, USA East won the first game by a score of 617 to 582. And Sean Morrison drills that spare and the ninth. See if Mark Carrier can make this one seven to keep the pace. And he does really nice shot there. Hit the left side of the one pin and take a look at it on replay. Just about a perfect shot. I think that probably would have gone without the wood. Mark Carrier hits the left side of the head pin and the ball is deflected over into the seven. So that maintains the five pin lead for Big 20. Sean Morrison with a very important fill ball. He drops nine. And he's got the six pin. Piece of wood next to it. Pretty good chance to make another spare. Wow, Mark Carrier with a nice ball in a one-two pocket, but only six. So that cuts it down to just a two pin lead for Big 20. And if Sean Morrison can make this spare, that'll put them in the driver's seat because Mark has a tough spare. But Sean goes by the six pin. Meaning that Mark Carrier is not going to have to make a spare to hang on. Since they're up by two pins, it's just going to have to pick pins. But he only gets one. So let's see. Sean Morrison with the ten. Meaning that Mark Carrier needs one pin here to tie and two to win this second string in this three string match. And he's got the two. Mark Carrier with a clutch shot there to seal this second string. By one pin, as you can see the score, Big 2665, USA East 664. So USA East still leads in total pin fall because they won the first string. But there's still one more string to go in this match. And we will have coverage of that string later in the week.