Mookie Betts begins pro bowling career, opens with 224 game

Mookie Betts prepares to bowl in the Rolltech PBA World Championship in the World Series of Bowling at National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (photo courtesy of PBA)By the time the first day of the World Series of Bowling was complete on Tuesday night, 12 separate bowlers had thrown 300-games, knocking down 12 straight strikes on their way to bowling perfection.

Also at National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., Mookie Betts opened with a 224 game, his first career game as a professional bowler. It would’ve been a strong score for any bowler, but particularly for someone who was traveling the country as a professional baseball player just more than two months ago.

It was Betts’ first game out of…