Consecutive S-8s

Talk about a fluky ending to an otherwise well-played match, I had two S-8s in a row on Monday night. I was playing a SL4 so I needed four wins and my opponent needed three. I got ahead two games, then my opponent won the third. I won the fourth game to put myself on the hill, then I blew it two games in a row when going for the 8 ball. In the first one (above), my opponent totally got lucky with this leave. I think he was going for some bank shot and when the balls stopped rolling he had inadvertently gotten a near-safety out of the leave. I should have shot this much more softly than I did. But the gap between the rail and the 15 was pretty narrow and I worried about the ball straying off line if hit too softly. So I rammed it and the cue ball went straight in after the 8. Since I was so close to the head rail I had to hit center-high on the cue ball, plus I think having to hit it rail first, a little left spin was imparted onto the cue ball and it just got sucked into the pocket. In the final game I totally take credit for this horrible cut angle. I had a pretty easy runout but I hit one ball too hard and was left with this severe angle. The 8 ball didn't even go in the pocket. Just awful. So combined with my loss from last week I'm already at 0-2 for the season.