A moment of dread flooded over PJ Cannon as he instantly realized his mistake.
With the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh and the bases loaded with one out, Zachary High School baseball coach Jesse Cassard signaled Cannon to run a suicide squeeze from third base, so he started to take a large lead off the bag.
Dutchtown closer Caleb Ricca took notice.
“I wasn’t really expecting them to try to pick (me) off, so I start running down the line,” Cannon said. “The next thing I know, he’s picking me off and I have to just keep going.
“I just kicked it into overdrive. I had to score.”
The next thing Cannon knew, his teammates were piling on top of him as the ball slowly rolled away from Cameron’s glove.
