Article: 7 months pregnant, she just misses 300

Terri Pinczes made one concession to bowling seven months pregnant.

She dropped from a 16-pound ball to a 15-pounder.

The pound lost became a ton of pins gained on Monday. With a new 15-pound Triton Elite ball, Pinczes, 28, just missed a 300 with a 286 in her third game of the singles competition in the 95th American Bowling Congress Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. The ABC championships - the largest participation event in the world - started Feb. 14 and will run until late June. The event opened to women in 1994. Pinczes' 286 is one of the highest individual games for a woman in the tournament. "I had the first 10 in row, then I just threw a little slow and ...

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