Looking to snap an eight-game losing streak on TV and win his first PBA major title, Chris Barnes converted the four pin with his final shot to defeat Patrick Allen, 213-212, and win the 62nd U.S. Open presented by Odor-Eaters by one pin Sunday at Brunswick Zone Carolier.

Barnes earned $100,000 for the victory and a three-year Tour exemption.

In the 8th frame, Barnes left the 10 pin with his second shot letting Allen, Tarrytown, N.Y., back into the match. Both players struck in the 9th to make it a one-pin match heading into the final frame. Allen struck and converted a spare to put the pressure back on Barnes. Barnes then struck and converted the four pin to win.

"I didn't throw a whole bunch of great shots and in the U.S. Open you have to throw great shots," Barnes, who eclipsed the $1,000,000 mark in a PBA Tour-record 220 events, said. "On the last shot, I came over the top of it. I needed help. You have to catch a break."

In the semifinals of the stepladder format, Allen edged Mika Koivuniemi who only needed to mark and knock down eight pins to advance to the title match. After converting the 10 pin, Koivuniemi left three standing, ending the game in a 194-194 tie and forcing a one ball, sudden-death roll-off. Both Allen and Koivuniemi had nine-counts with their first shots. In the second roll-off, Allen left the three pin standing, giving Koivuniemi the opportunity to win the game with a strike. Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., left the two and pins pins, giving Allen the match.

In the first match, only six pins separated Koivuniemi and Walter Ray Williams Jr. in the 7th frame when Williams left the 4-9 split leaving the nine pin standing. Although Koivuniemi followed with two spares, Williams' 4-6-7-9-10 split in the 10th sealed the 212-179 win for Koivuniemi.

Allen earned $50,000 for his second-place finish, while Koivuniemi earned $25,000 for third and Williams, Ocala, Fla., took home $15,000 for fourth.

Story courtesy of PBA.com