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Dom Barrett edges top seed Jakob Butturff in heart-stopping title match of 2018 U.S. Open, leaving PBA Player of the Year race wide open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:00 pm
Dom Barrett edges top seed Jakob Butturff in heart-stopping title match of 2018 U.S. Open, leaving PBA Player of the Year race wide open
Dom Barrett throws a shot on the way to winning the 2018 U.S. Open on Wednesday night. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
With the 2018 U.S. Open title on the line, Dom Barrett stepped up in the 10th frame and rolled a shot as good as he probably can throw it for his third straight flush strike. That left the English right-hander needing just 7-spare, 8-1, 9-0, or a strike for the win, and he rolled two shots perhaps as bad as the previous three were good. Barrett’s first jumped high and left a 4-6 split, after which he commented that he “grabbed a handful of that one.” The second looked like...