Four More PBA GEICO Team Shootout
Shows to Air on ESPN This Sunday

After two opening matches in the PBA GEICO Team Shootout from Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J., Team Bayer, with Lumber Liquidators Professional Bowlers Association Tour stars Rhino Page, Michael Fagan, Bill O’Neill, Sean Rash, two-hander Jason Belmonte and Tommy Jones, took a 1-0 lead.

Round-robin match play continues this Sunday with four more matches televised on ESPN beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern. In all, viewers will be able to watch two hours of competition in the made-for-TV event featuring three of the greatest bowling teams ever assembled.

After the first weekend, Team GEICO (Chris Barnes, Patrick Allen, Mike Wolfe, Mika Koivuniemi, Brad Angelo and Wes Malott) trails Team Bayer with a 1-1 record, and in third is Team Lumber Liquidators (Mike Scroggins, Parker Bohn III, Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Norm Duke and Steve Jaros) at 0-1.

The players qualified for the event through their performances in PBA’s 2008-09 Extreme Swing, Versatility Swing and Grand Slam point lists as well as five wild card selections, and teams were assembled based upon the ages of players. Team Bayer includes the six youngest players in the group – the “young guns” of the PBA. Team Lumber Liquidators features the six oldest, most experienced and most decorated players on Tour. Team GEICO is the “middle-aged” group, and arguably the most competitive group of players in PBA Tour competition today.

The upcoming telecasts will again feature two-way communication between announcers Rob Stone and Randy Pedersen and a selected player on each team during competition, a first in televised bowling.

The Baker Scoring System is used where five (of the six) players bowl two frames in one game to combine for one score. Teams will also be able to take advantage of the “Endless 10th Frame” bonus. If the team that is behind in the match strikes on its final ball in the 10th frame, it can continue throwing shots as long as each is a strike. If the opposing team loses its lead, it can then try to rally in its own Endless 10th Frame but only if its anchor bowler also struck on the final ball in the 10th. Each Endless 10th Frame strike adds 10 pins to a team’s score.


PBA GEICO TEAM SHOOTOUT HOSTED BY SIX FLAGS
ESPN AIR DATE SCHEDULE

(All times Eastern. Viewers are encouraged to check their local listings for air times in their area.)

June 28 (four shows)
1—1:30 p.m. – Show 3
1:30—2 p.m. – Show 4
2—2:30 p.m. – Show 5
2:30—3 p.m. – Show 6

July 5 (five shows)
1—1:30 p.m. – Show 7
1:30—2 p.m. – Show 8
2 p.m.—2:30 p.m. – Show 9
2:30 p.m.—3 p.m. – Show 10
3 p.m.—3:30 p.m. – Show 11

July 12 (four shows)
1—1:30 p.m. – Show 12
1:30—2 p.m. – Show 13
2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Show 14
2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Show 15