PITTSFIELD – Scott Sirois smashed his way into the candlepin bowling records Tuesday night at the Pittsfield Bowling Center.

Sirois, of Skowhegan, set a Pittsfield one-game mark when he fired a 223 in the Tuesday Night men’s league. The score broke the old record of 208 set by Bangor’s Scott Gosselin on Feb. 13, 1974.

Sirois three seven strikes and his only open of the game came in the first box when he rolled an eight. He closed the game with five straight strikes

The state record of 231 was set by Phil Bernatchez of Moncton, New Brunswick, during the World Team Tournament at the Bangor-Brewer Lanes in Brewer in 1998.