David runs out off of an unusually poor Albin safety and we're at 5-3 favor of Albin, with David to break. One senses that David needs to do something with the gift he just got from Albin.
David breaks wet in Rack 9 but, with no good shot on the one, he plays safe, and only passably at that, leaving Albin a cross side bank. Albin hits it beautifully and it looked like it would lead to a runout, but Albin missed the shape onto the five and had to kick. He, shockingly, misses the five ball completely on his kick and David takes ball i hand and runs out to pull within 5-4. Strange match so far. Albin has been brilliant in executing the offense, but absolutely awful in the defense/kicking portion of the game, and a blowout that looked like it might be in the cards sits at 5-4 favor of Albin.
David's scratch o the break costs him rack 10, and Albin takes a 6-4 lead.
Rack 11 is a strange one. Albin breaks wet, but he misses the one ball by a mile, rescued by a fluke safety. David tries a crazy difficult jump and isn't up to making the one, and Albin is back in business. He opts for a safety on the three ball and butchers it, leaving David a long, but good look at the one ball, but David misses it. Albin runs out to win a rack in which he made two errors. Probably a big moment in the match, and Albin now leads 7-4.
