double switch

double switch
a) When two things are changed at once

The dance included an intricate double switch.

b) When two players are replaced simultaneously, typically so that a fielder can hit in the pitchers spot in the batting order.

They did a double switch after the eighth so that Jones could bat second in the ninth.


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