AJ Johnson had the highest individual total of anyone in the field as he helped carry his partner Robert Fusik III to the doubles victory Thursday night at the 2020 Columbus HP 10K Mega Event.

The pair had a five-game total of 2,284 to win by six pins at HP Lanes in Columbus, Ohio. They earned $2,500 for first-place. Action in the event now shifts to the team event, which takes place Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern live on FloBowling.

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Johnson was the only player to surpass the 1,200 barrier as he crushed everyone with a 1,267 total. The PBA Tour player had games of 248, 268, 279, 213 and 258.

Fusik gave his team just enough to get the win by six pins, finishing with games of 216, 265, 168, 170 and 198 for a 1,017 total.

The combined finish of 456 in the final game for Johnson and Fusik allowed them to rally in Game 5 to pick up the win. Going into the last game, they sat in third place, 42 pins off the lead.

FULL RESULTS: Columbus Mega Event Doubles

PBA champions Brad Angelo and Jason Sterner finished in second place with 2,278. Angelo led the pair with 1,156, while Sterner had 1,122. The pair was in the lead down the stretch but closed with their lowest game of the night as Angelo had 232 and Sterner had 176 to finish second.

Lefthanders Mykel Holliman, the 2019 PBA Rookie of the Year, and AJ Rice finished in third place, just eight pins off the lead with 2,276. The lefties posted identical individual totals of 1,138.

Dean Vargo and Brandon Fleming finished in fourth place with 2,250, while Frank Snodgrass and Ronnie Sparks Jr. were fifth with 2,244.

The women’s pairing of PWBA players Shannon O’Keefe and Shannon Pluhowsky finished the event in sixth place with 2,229.

In all, the top 15 doubles teams cashed in the event, which featured a full field of 75 teams. Phil Drumm and Newt McClellan earned the final cash spot with 2,161.