It’s a play that Louisiana-Lafayette’s baseball team works on regularly, but uses frugally.
After all, Ragin’ Cajun coach Tony Robichaux says, once you execute the double-squeeze once, the scouting report quickly spreads.
“We try to use it sparingly,” Robichaux said Sunday, “because after that, they know what you’re doing.”
On Sunday, the Cajuns executed the rare play to perfection, scoring two momentum-turning runs against Arizona in what eventually became a 10-3 win over Arizona in the NCAA regional winners’ bracket final.
UL-Lafayette led 7-3 in Sunday’s fifth inning at M. L. “Tigue” Moore Field, but the second-seeded Wildcats had just pushed across two runs on Cody Ramer’s two-run homer to get back within striking range in the top of the fifth.