The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team pulled out one of the oldest tricks in the book during its 11-4 win over the Pepperdine Waves on Wednesday. In the bottom of the third inning, sophomore righthander TJ Coats struck out the first two batters to start the frame, then walked Pepperdine outfielder Joe Cardinale. With the count even at 1-and-1, Coats and Nebraska first baseman Tyler Stone decided to pull some trickery out of the bag.
Coats checked the runner with a throw to first out of an actual pickoff move, then Stone faked the return throw back to the mound as Cardinale looked away for a moment. When Cardinale took his lead off first, Stone surprised him with a tag, and Nebraska had the final out of the inning.
