10/13 DAING! (O what could have been...)

It is Week 6 of the Philly Pinoy Mixed Fall League (MFL), and Team BALUT is up against Team DAING, with Lanie, Jay and Joel D.  Team BALUT had their orange shirts on while Team DAING was decked in black.  Team BALUT was coming off its first winning week last week against Team GOTO (3.5-0.5, baby!), but Team DAING is the second ranked team, fighting for the top slot currently held by Team PISBOL.

Team DAING (L-R): JAY Lizardo, LANIE Santos and JOEL Deo

Photo Courtesy of May Libo-on

We wanted to get hot early, as Team DAING is known to explode and collectively score above average.  It was hard to get our groove on the lanes though, and while we tried to keep it close, Team DAING and especially their hot anchor Joel D, was throwing their share of strikes.  So we conceded Game 1.  Keep fighting, Team BALUT!

And fight we did!  Game 2 was neck and neck from frame to frame, exciting!  Lowen was hot, hitting strikes and spares galore, whoo hoo!  Edmer was throwing his share of strikes, and I was happy to be getting marks (matipid sa strike!).  Lowen, Edmer and I each had strikes in the 9th frame: it was anybody's game going into the 10th frame.  That was when Edmer, the Bandidong Balut, showed his mettle and hit three strikes in a row, winning it for us!  I could not get my spare, but we still won the game by 7 pins.  OMG, we got a win, it is a tie, go team!  Sumipa and SISIW sa loob ng BALUT!

Game 3 was a battle of epic proportions, a fight to the finish!  The lanes were getting unpredictable, marks were harder to come by.  The curse of the open frame was befalling us all. But as luck would have it, as everyone got done, it fell on me to decide the ultimate outcome: three strikes in the 10th frame would win the game for Team BALUT.  My bowling angels were whispering words of encouragement, we can do this!  Alas, my first ball left two pins, so Game 3 goes to Team DAING.  I got my spare and my last ball was a strike, but it was not enough.  Mahirap talagang maglaro nang nakatitig kayo sa puwet ko....*hikbi*  DAING, that was much closer than the outcome reflects: Team BALUT will live to fight another day!  One win and three losses for Team BALUT, we are still in the bottom.  Great game, Team DAING! 

So here are the unofficial standings after this evening's matchups.  Remember to check the Palace website for the official league standings.

Team #	TEAM	RANK	CURRENT			Wk 6
			win	loss		win	loss
9	PISBOL	1	19	5		4	0
7	DAING	2	16.5	7.5		3	1
8	ADOBO	3	12.5	11.5		3	1
4	TAPSILOG	4	12	12		3	1
3	KROPEK	5	12	12		4	0
5	MONAY	6	12	12		1	3
1	LAPU-LAPU	7	11	13		0	4
6	GOTO	8	9.5	14.5		0	4
10	SISIG	9	8	16		1	3
2	BALUT	10	7.5	16.5		1	3

More unofficial results:

• Top male individual averages are Romy-SISIG and Paolo-PISBOL (194,  tie), followed by Joel D-DAING (187) and Joel C-GOTO (181).
• Top female individual averages are Jing-BALUT (153), Mitchie-LAPULAPU (150), Alice-KROPEK (145) and Angie-TAPSILOG (142).
• Our 200 Clubbers tonight are Paolo-PISBOL (229), Art-MONAY (215) and Joel D-DAING (212).

Outstanding "pro" performers scoring all three games at and above their averages are Art-MONAY, Grace-ADOBO, Lolet-SISIG, Joel D-DAING, Ryan-GOTO, Mitchie-LAPULAPU, and Roy-KROPEK.  Galing-galing!

The players that displayed flashes of bowling brilliance, with games 20+ pins above their averages are:

• Art-MONAY (189 and 215)
• Lolet-SISIG (159 and 118)
• Lanie-DAING (148)
• Grace-ADOBO (155)
• Lowen-BALUT (154)
• Ryan-GOTO (166 and 150)
• Sansu-PISBOL (159!)
• Paolo-PISBOL (229)
• Atit-PISBOL (179)
• Roy-KROPEK (186 and 190)

There was no 50/50 raffle tonight.

Only three more weeks in regulation play, folks!  Keep on fighting and keep the momentum going!

See you on the lanes.  Bowl, baby, BOWL!