VIDEO: Watch as hidden ball trick secures victory for Delsea baseball team - NJ.com

What a way to end a baseball game.

Clinging to a one-run lead in the top of the seventh inning Saturday, Delsea coach Joe Smith pulled a game-ending play out of his bag of tricks.

With a runner on second base, pitcher George Starr stepped off the rubber and faked a pickoff attempt. Teammates executed the play to perfection, with everyone buying into the ball sailing into center field.

The base runner initially dove back to the bag, but then got up and started to make his way to third. Starr raced over, tagged him out and a 4-3 victory over Audubon was sealed.

“I don’t even know what to say. We were just trying to get a win against one of the best coaches and programs in South Jersey,” Smith said.

Smith tried the same play in the season opener against Cumberland and it failed.

A video clip of the game went viral, ending up on ESPN’s SportsCenter as one of “Saturday’s Best.”

Check out the sequence of events below.

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Kevin Minnick covers South Jersey baseball. He can be reached at kminnick@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @kminnicksports

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